corsage

The arrangements became more elaborate starting in the 1980s, having grown considerably since the days when a boy commemorated homecoming by giving a simple chrysanthemum corsage to a girl and received a garter in return.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023

A Queens high school student nicknamed Zlatko shared his budget for a new three-piece suit, shoes, ticket and corsage for his prom.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023

The often colourful Harry Styles, who has four nominations, wore a flared black jacket and trousers, with an enormous matching corsage on his neck.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2023

Kamlager-Dove’s mother bought her a silk corsage to wear for the oath of office on her first day of Congress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023

On her shoulder was a corsage of two white orchids sent by her father from the ship’s florist.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Solheim said she will happily provide bouquets and corsages for all celebrations.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

On graduation day, teachers pinned corsages on the laughing graduates, usually a job for younger students.

From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023

Community members also chipped in for prom essentials, including dresses, tuxedos and corsages.

From Washington Times ● May 28, 2022

His aesthetic — a blend of 1980s-era Vivienne Westwood and Charles James — was visible on all the designs, including the foam-padded orchid corsages and the lace-fringed Elizabethan collars.

From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

Tonight, it smelled of sparkly red punch and older brothers’ cologne and flowers from corsages and whatever those things are called that girls pin onto a guy’s jacket.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake