Coined by the French a "Boutonnière" is a little bit of floral flourish worn by men for special occasions on the lapel of their jackets. The British term for it is "Buttonhole" which (as immature as it sounds) I don't care for how that sounds at all. Boutonniere's used to be worn much more frequently by the likes of dashing Hollywood men such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. Nowadays you usually only see men wearing boutonniere's at weddings (or proms for you young uns reading this).


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How to Wear a Boutonniere: This is a fantastic post and a little history of the boutonniere on The Art of Manliness. "Great statesmen, warriors, and poets have worn flowers for over a millennium. Soldiers headed to war have proudly worn flowers on their chests, and here in the United States every January 1st two of college football’s best teams square off wearing roses on their uniforms."


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"The British Teddy Boy subculture is typified by young men wearing clothes that were partly inspired by the styles worn by dandies in the Edwardian period." - "It featured tapered trousers, long jackets and fancy waist coats." - "Teddy Boys made it acceptable for the first time in post-war Britain for young people to care intensely about what they looked like, and to dress for show, instead of having work or school clothes and Sunday-best." - Wikipedia


The thing I find most amusing about this style was that teenagers started dressing this way to SHOCK their parents.


Edwardian Men Style - the inspiration for Teddy Boy fashion


Image Credits: 1.] & 2.] Teddy Boys in the 1950s in Manchester ZS Fashion Sourcebook, 3.] Edwardian Men photo via Flickr 4.] Teddy Boys Group Photo from Julianne FSH Sourcebook, 5.] Teddy Boy Stephanie Fashion Scoop

{ More information on TEDDY BOY STYLE }
- Edwardian Teddy Boy Association
- Teddy Boy - Wiki
- The Teddy Boys (UK)