How to Put on a Boutonniere & Lapel Flower Pin The Right Way

About this video

The Gazette team explains the proper way to wear boutonnieres, tracing their history back to the 18th century and demonstrating how to correctly place them through a jacket’s buttonhole rather than pinning them to the lapel. They provide practical solutions for opening sewn-shut buttonholes and securing the flower stem, including using a stem keeper, safety pin, or having an alterations tailor add one.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that boutonnieres should never be pinned directly onto a lapel, as the shiny metal pin draws attention away from the wearer’s face
• The Gazette team recommends wearing boutonnieres through the jacket’s buttonhole, which is the traditional and proper method, and suggests having an alterations tailor create one if your jacket lacks this feature
• The Gazette team demonstrates how to carefully open a sewn-shut buttonhole with a small knife or scissors, and suggests using a stem keeper, safety pin, or custom solution to keep the flower stem hidden behind the lapel

Episode details: published November 16, 2014 · 128K views · 7:43 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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