A flower is often pinned to a tux on formal occasions.
It's necessary to pin a flower to a tuxedo on many formal occasions. Yet, few people know attach one properly. Mistakes can be painful when pinning a flower to a tux. Many times the pin is pushed through the tux and into the chest. Flowers are often pinned crooked or on the wrong lapel. While pinning a flower to a tux is simple, there are some guidelines that you should follow to make the task as pain-free and flawless as possible.
Instructions
1. Hold the flower by the stem and place it on the left lapel of the tuxedo. The flower is usually placed about 4 inches away from the lapel tip.
2. Rotate the flower slightly so that it is not straight up and down.
3. Push a boutonniere pin from behind the lapel into the bottom of the flower stem. About one-third of the way up the stem, weave the pin back through the flower stem into lapel.
4. Push the pin back through the lapel and stem a second time. The pass should be another one-third of the way up the stem.
5. Push the pin back through the stem of the flower making sure the pin does not go through the lapel. Weave the pin in and out of the ribbon on the backside of the flower. Do not push the pin through the stem. Continue weaving in the ribbon until the tip of the pin is hidden underneath of the ribbon near the base of the flower.
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