Vintage Corsages
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I don't have a clear picture as it is soooo faded and unclear, but my Mom wore her bride's bouquet at her first wedding before she married my Dad.
It was a shoulder corsage that trailed down the front, side, and back of the dress.
All I have been able to make out from the faded picture and her memory is that the center flower was a large ball mum.
It was a shoulder corsage that trailed down the front, side, and back of the dress.
All I have been able to make out from the faded picture and her memory is that the center flower was a large ball mum.
Rhonda
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Considering they are high end silks you should be able to do mock ups and put them on your website - probably for just as high a price point!
That is still just crazy the price of them. Must be my Midwestern up bringing to think that anyone would pay that kind of money for silk flowers.
Okay, it must just be me but I don't like them at all. And I certainly wouldn't pay that type of price either. Oh well, I'm weird in other ways too.:loopy
I wanna find the market for the people who buy that! Think of what we could make off those dollar store silks just by giving them a name.
Greta, Lauren, Audrey........
Greta, Lauren, Audrey........
After my grandmother passed, we were going through her things and dividing them up among the family. I came across a few items that looked "florist related", but weren't anything I had ever seen before. This was not my grandmother that was the florist and I had never know her to do anything artistic in my lifetime.
As I dug deeper in the box, I found the most gorgeous corsage made out of interfaced velvet fabric petals and flower pieces like the attached picture. If I have time tomorrow, I'll post a pic of the one I have at the shop.
When I brought it back to my shop, I showed it to my assistant (who is now studying fashion at Parsons in NYC) and told him that this was going to be the next hot trend in fashion. He didn't believe me.... and here we are. I did convince him that a modern boutonniere is something men will be wearing at all social occasions in the future and that it is his duty as a fashion designer to make it his signature item. I'm going to start overnighting boutonnieres for when he has premieres.
As I dug deeper in the box, I found the most gorgeous corsage made out of interfaced velvet fabric petals and flower pieces like the attached picture. If I have time tomorrow, I'll post a pic of the one I have at the shop.
When I brought it back to my shop, I showed it to my assistant (who is now studying fashion at Parsons in NYC) and told him that this was going to be the next hot trend in fashion. He didn't believe me.... and here we are. I did convince him that a modern boutonniere is something men will be wearing at all social occasions in the future and that it is his duty as a fashion designer to make it his signature item. I'm going to start overnighting boutonnieres for when he has premieres.
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Toddxxx
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I think they are hideous!
But, yeah, I'm all sorts of weird in all sorts of ways
Each to their own.
rsef
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I think it's the size that I don't like. One of the grandmothers from last week's wedding was wearing a very small, delicate vintage corsage of pink and brown velvet. It was gorgeous--much prettier than the one I'd made. (I wanted to tell her to wear hers instead of mine but then she wouldn't have matched.)
I think they are fabulous. Your not going to sell these at a wedding, but there are circles who jump on this sort of accessory. I thought it was something to share, doesn't mean that you have to search the world for vintage silks, but every flower shop I've been to has a hidden box of silk flowers or silk arrangements that have been sitting on a shelf for 3 years.
Looking for alternate ways to expand your product line is what every successful entrepreneur does. You guys spend so much attention and money on your websites, I've always thought about the possibility of going global with product lines that "florists" can master.
There may only be a few prospective clients that would buy this sort of thing in blue jean country, but in my neck of the woods 16 year old girls spend this much on lunch.
Looking for alternate ways to expand your product line is what every successful entrepreneur does. You guys spend so much attention and money on your websites, I've always thought about the possibility of going global with product lines that "florists" can master.
There may only be a few prospective clients that would buy this sort of thing in blue jean country, but in my neck of the woods 16 year old girls spend this much on lunch.
twiggy
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Thom- you ROCK- I'm going to try to make a couple today with some nicer ribbon and maybe some bling.
They would TOTALLY sell here! no not for those prices but, I won't be using actual Vintage materials either.
I sure do appreciate all the links, making us think outside of our boxes!
They would TOTALLY sell here! no not for those prices but, I won't be using actual Vintage materials either.
I sure do appreciate all the links, making us think outside of our boxes!
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