boutonniere

As homecomings go, it was one bloody boutonniere.

Sitting in his parents’ backyard in mid-May, he showed off pictures of Baby Elliott, then 9 months old, at prom the night before, wearing a tiny floral boutonniere Walton had made in an agriculture class.

Sean Perry was wearing a U-Va. tie, and his wife had a U-Va. boutonniere, Haggard said, as they spoke by phone.

The groom, in a three-piece navy suit — also Ralph Lauren — wore a floral brooch as a boutonniere.

The price also included a bouquet for Ms. Tully, who coordinates mentoring and match support at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County; a boutonniere for Mr. Sykes, an anesthesia technician at the University of Michigan Hospital; a small cake and sparkling wine, for a toast; and even a personalized keepsake.