How To Pin A Boutonniere To A Shirt
Although a boutonniere is small and unassuming, if you do not attach it properly to a lapel, it will flop and become unpleasant to wear. With one or two stickpins, you can securely pin a boutonniere to a shirt and it will stay where you pin it until you are ready to remove it. Choose the most beautiful rosebud from your garden to make a boutonniere. Once you see how simple it can be to pin a boutonniere, your boutonnieres will always stay put and look smart.
Step 1
Place the boutonniere where you want it on the shirt and align the pin near the stem of the boutonniere with the point of the pin facing up.
Step 2
Insert the point of the pin in and then out of the shirt (taking up approximately 1 inch of shirt material).
Step 3
Poke the stickpin back into the flower of the boutonniere. Allow the point of the pin to stay within the flower.
- Although a boutonniere is small and unassuming, if you do not attach it properly to a lapel, it will flop and become unpleasant to wear.
Step 4
Use a second pin in the same fashion if the boutonniere does not seem secure with only one pin.
Warning
Do not try to use a bent pin. If a pin bends as you are pinning the boutonniere, discard it and use a different pin.
Things Needed
- Boutonniere
- 2 stickpins