Boutonniere (flower)
The boutonnière ( French , German flower in the buttonhole ) is the flower worn by men in the buttonhole of the jacket lapel.
During the French Revolution (1789–1799), nobles often climbed the scaffold for their execution with a red carnation in their buttonhole as a sign of their fearlessness. Even later, during the time of the labor movement (around 1840), a red carnation was often worn at demonstrations or public gatherings when it was forbidden to carry flags. So socialists and communists could recognize themselves by the red flower.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the so-called dandies also used the boutonnière as an expression of their idleness. Today, men only occasionally wear the flower in the buttonhole as a very personal trademark or - somewhat more often - at special festivities such as weddings or dance events, often in the form of a small flower arrangement.
Famous porters
- Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1911–2004), he mostly wore a white carnation in his buttonhole
- Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), former President of the Republic of South Africa
- Umberto Angeloni , former director of the Brioni fashion company
- Amir Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979), former Iranian Prime Minister; wore a fresh carnation in her buttonhole every day
- Johannes von Thurn und Taxis (1926–1990), entrepreneur and head of the Thurn and Taxis company
literature
- Umberto Angeloni - New York: The Boutonniere: Style in One's Lapel, Universe Publishing, 2000.
