Wedding Inspirations | Lovely Boutonnieres + What exactly is a Boutonniere?

Coined by the French a "Boutonnière" is a little bit of floral flourish worn by men for special occasions on the lapel of their jackets. The British term for it is "Buttonhole" which (as immature as it sounds) I don't care for how that sounds at all. Boutonniere's used to be worn much more frequently by the likes of dashing Hollywood men such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. Nowadays you usually only see men wearing boutonniere's at weddings (or proms for you young uns reading this).


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How to Wear a Boutonniere: This is a fantastic post and a little history of the boutonniere on The Art of Manliness. "Great statesmen, warriors, and poets have worn flowers for over a millennium. Soldiers headed to war have proudly worn flowers on their chests, and here in the United States every January 1st two of college football’s best teams square off wearing roses on their uniforms."


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