The word boutonniere has appeared in four articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 18 in the Vows column “Before the First Kiss, Plenty of Drives Home” by Tammy LaGorce:
At their Oct. 5 wedding, the couple promised to love each other with their whole hearts, follow each other for life and strengthen each other in times of weakness. The ceremony was composed of chanting in Tigrinya and prayers in English. Their 200 guests filled the church, while about a dozen more unexpected attendees from the church community watched the two-hour ceremony on a video screen in the church basement.
Ms. DeGroot-Lutzner, who wanted “something vintage that was thrifted,” wore a white dress sewn by her friend Sarah Culbertson. On a shopping trip to upstate New York, she found two dresses she loved. Ms. Culbertson sewed parts of them together for the finished product, a strapless floor-length gown with a bustle and train. A veil covered her face as she entered the church, escorted by her father. Mr. Seyoum wore a tuxedo adorned with a large boutonniere of colorful dried flowers.
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