Article: A Certain Savoir-Flair // These Style Leaders Definitely Have It

S tyle. It's that elusive, can't-put-your-finger-on-it thing, but even the untrained eye can spot it a mile away.

And just like love, money can't buy it.

"Style has absolutely nothing to do with fashion," says Tonne Goodman, fashion director of Harper's Bazaar. "A great deal of it is the posture you assume. It's about adapting something and making it your own."

Don't believe it? Bald heads popped up everywhere after Michael Jordan shaved his. Low-slung baggy jeans gripped suburbia after urban rappers wore them on MTV. And tied-at-the-waist flannel triggered a style revolution, thanks to grunge bands such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam. In other words, it's not what you have - it's how you ...

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