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

In his hand was a plastic container with an amaranth-pink corsage nestled inside.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

Students have to pay for tickets, dresses, tuxedos, transportation, corsages, dinner and photos.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

Yearbook photos show Ms. Herring in a group of smiling young women, corsages pinned to their white dresses, hair perfectly flipped up at the ends.

From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2020

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