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

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