Will Boehlke of A Suitable Wardrobe recently wrote of the "Return of the Boutonniere". As with many men's fashion articles, I cringe when I hear about "The Return of Fill-in-the-Blank" since, for many gentlemen, the Fill-in-the-Blank never left. (Every Spring, GQ writes about "The Return of Seersucker", but for many in the South, seersucker never left. Or read articles about "The Return of the 2-Button Jacket"; I know 3-Button Jackets have been the predominant model for the past decade or so, but it's not like the 2-Button was banished from Earth.) No doubt Will has gone to the boutonniere at least a handful of times every year for as long as he's been dressing himself since he knows it's a unique and beautiful accent to a suit or coat. So I assume he's just trying to nudge those that "Fear the Boutonniere" to give one a try every once a while, as you should.

Having one of the City's finest florists 10 yards from our store, I have frequently grabbed a flower to dress up my suit, and I can safely say that you will be amazed at the looks -- especially smiles -- you'll get from passersby for having the guts to wear a flower on your suit. Multiply that reaction by 10 if you don a seersucker suit with a giant magenta daisy (as I did last Friday). 

Me, declaring a War of the Boutonnieres with Will, would be like Luxembourg declaring war on the United States. I'm small, under-armed for the fight, and ultimately we're allies in the same cause. But if he continues to provoke me with photos of boutonnieres -- or, escalates to a boutonniere and a pocket square -- I will be forced to retaliate.