Few men wear boutonnieres today. Even if the thought occurs, places to purchase fresh red carnations, the flower of choice for day wear, are hard to find. But there is an alternative.
It is no secret that some of the great American dressers of the late twentieth century - Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. comes to mind - wore silk boutonnieres from time to time. And since I cannot even find the seeds I would need to replace the no longer flowering miniature carnations in my flower boxes, I am emulating him. Watered silk is the right size and the right color. It lacks only the scent of a fresh bloom and lasts much longer.
The boutonniere is back.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
The Return of the Boutonniere
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3 comments:
Nicely done, Will! Fine silk flowers can so closely approximate an actual flower that I’ve sat at a resteraunt table and touched the flowers thinking them silk only to find them real. Though, perhaps uncommonly, our local super market usually has small bouquets of suitable carnations at not altogether ruinous cost should I be tempted.
I was looking for one before I moved out of London, since the Rose Paradise pins I generally use don't always provide the flourish I'd like
I like today's look; one you've a natural facility for
B
Very nice Will. What kind of place might sell me one of these?
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