Boutonnieres?

More info. The groom will be wearing suspenders and bowtie and the groomsmen will be wearing bowties without suspenders. So they aren't going to be too fancied up.

There is nothing you HAVE to do for your wedding. I like boutonnières because they distinguish a guest from the bridal party.

I have never been to a wedding or seen a wedding where the guys don't have boutonnieres. I would have at least small/simple ones since the bridesmaids are going to have bouquets. We had corsages for my mom and my mother-in-law and boutonnieres for my dad and my father-in-law. We chose not to give my father-in-law's fiancee a corsage because we don't really know her. We also choose not to do corsages or boutonnieres for my grandparents since my husband's grandparents are deceased and he didn't like the idea of my grandparents having them.

We did bouquets and boutonnieres for bridesmaids & groomsmen but we didn't do corsages or boutonnieres for anyone else.

View Quoted Comment My parents are divorced and remarried so that's another thing I'm questioning. Would I give step parents them too? I don't want to offend anyone. Thank you for your reply😊

View Quoted Comment I am doing my parents and step parents and my FH’s parents and that’s it. I have a lot of different sides of the family and if I got every grandparent a boutonnière or corsage it would break the bank since were on a tight budget!

At the end of the day this is YOUR wedding... I will second that I also have never been to a wedding where the groomsmen didn’t have boutonnières of some kind.


As far as family is concerned, we opted not to do flowers for parents/grandparents and they weren’t missed. People could tell who the parents were based off how they were dressed and their role in the reception.

View Quoted Comment I think it depends on your relationship with your stepparents. My husband chose not to give his father's fiancee a corsage because he barely knows her. His father has only been with her for a little over a year and we had only met her twice prior to our wedding. I think the fact that my father-in-law and mother-in-law are still legally married may also have played into that decision. You aren't required to give anyone a corsage or boutonniere, but I think it is something nice to do to honor that person. We did have my father-in-law and his fiancee introduced at the reception so she was still acknowledged in a way.

We did bouquets for myself and my bridesmaids and that was it. I offered to get my husband a boutennire and he just rolled his eyes and was like “why do I need a flower? Please don’t waste the money or effort.” Lmao. They’re a nice touch I guess but I don’t think they were missed at all.

The groomsmen do usually have boutonnieres . The family or whomever is in the processional usually also get the corsages and boutonnieres

We had bouquets for the bridesmaids and myself, corsages for our moms and boutonnieres for our dads. H didn't want to wear a boutonniere, he wanted a pocket square, so he and his groomsmen all had pocket squares and no boutonniere.

View Quoted Comment Thank you I agree parents will already be noticed so I will most likely just do boutonnieres for groomsmen 😊

You don't have to have them. I'm doing them because I LOVE flowers and I think it's a nice touch to add to the bridal party. We are also using the corsages and boutonnieres for the mothers, fathers, and grandparents to honor them. Our ushers have boutonnieres too. I agree with Kelsi (haha imagine that) that it is a great way to distinguish the wedding party.