Button Hole
Most men the first time they will wear a button hole is at their wedding; and if they are left to their own devises on wedding day without help of the fairer sex, they may have a few problems working out how to attach the button hole to the jacket. I thought it would be useful to give some direction here.
The button hole will usually have one to several flowers and some foliage all taped together to make a button hole with a single stem. The button hole is pinned to the left lapel of the jacket ( over the heart); it does not poke through a button hole on the jacket. Florists supply pearl headed pins with your button hole so that you can secure them to your jacket lapel.
Hold your button hole in place on your jacket lapel with the stem facing down; then from the back of the lapel poke the pin through so that it appears at the front of the lapel; direct the pin over the button hole stem at a position just under the flower, and then back into the lapel on the other side so that it holds the button hole firmly onto the jacket. Try to make the point of the pin finish up resting into the bulk of the fabric or slightly to the outside, certainly not poking into your skin.
It is a good idea if you are pinning it on your-self to do it with the jacket off.
Lady's Button hole
Ladies can also wear a button hole; the design is slightly different with a ladies’ button hole being made of a group of several smaller flowers with a ribbon bow underneath them. They are generally also pinned onto the left side just below the shoulder.
Corsage
More traditionally the ladies wear a wedding corsage which is an arrangement of small flowers, which has a slightly curved back so that it sits just above the breast on the left side of the dress or gown. The main stem of the corsage points downward and the corsage should be on an angle pointing slightly away from the face of the wearer.
Your florist should supply two pins with each corsage for attachment. The corsage is pinned from one side of the main corsage stem, across the top of the stem and back into the dress on the other side, before the point is directed back out of the fabric to end with the point of the pin sitting just to the outside. Pinning through a bra strap can give more solid support if the dress fabric is light. The second pin should be used to secure the corsage in a similar fashion at the top, pinning across the stem just below the flower heads at the top. Make sure the corsage is sitting firmly in place.
Corsages can also be made to be worn on the wrist, they are usually of a slightly rounder shape than shoulder corsages, and are attached to a decorative elastic based wrist band.
Shoulder corsages can pinned or tied to hand bags instead of being pinned to the dress; just let your florist know if they are to be tied on so that the florist can attach some tie ribbon for attachment.