Oversized Floral Boutonnières Are Trending at the 2025 Met Gala—Here's Why We Love Them for Weddings

The Met Gala, which is held at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on the first Monday in May each year, is known for incredible style—stars arrive dressed to fit each year's theme, and they go all out for what many consider one of the biggest nights in fashion each year. This year’s theme is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” which was inspired by Monica L. Miller’s book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity. While a number of different trends have emerged—including a return of bridal separates—one that we're most excited about is all for the men: Oversized boutonnières and statement lapel florals.

Sure, boutonnières aren't a new trend—they've long been considered a classic wedding element, dating as far back as the Egyptians and Aztecs. As with many big-day traditions, the story goes that they were first added to men's wedding looks to ward off bad luck and evil spirits.

Now, they're another opportunity to bring in flowers, reinforce your day's color palette, and show off your personality. And if you look to the 2025 Met Gala red carpet for inspiration, you'll see that later point on full display. Statement-making flowers and lapel accessories were hard to miss on the carpet, with stars like Colman Domingo (the evening's co-chairs) and model Christian Latchman, the catalogue cover model of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” putting the trend on full display.

Whether you're a groom, groomsmen, officiant, or guest, oversized, statement-making floral boutonnières are worth considering for the big day. After all: Brides get a bouquet. Don't the men deserve something special, too? Here, our favorite examples and how to make them part of your wedding look.

Colman Domingo

According to Elle, Domingo, co-chair for the event, wore a custom three-piece Valentino zoot suit on the red carpet, which he debuted only after removing a statement blue cape. The element of his look that caught our eye? The black fabric flower, which he wore in place of a traditional boutonnière.

Christian Latchman

Model Christian Latchman is serving as the face of the Met's catalogue of “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," so stepping out in style was practically a requirement. His look, which featured a white tuxedo paired with a gauzy train, was finished with an oversized pink floral boutonnière.

Tramell Tillman

Severance star Tramell Tillman walked the red carpet at his first met gala in Thom Browne. His look was finished with his own take on the oversized boutonnière trend, with what appear to be black fabric orchids in his left lapel—they're so realistic, our editors wondered for a moment if they were real flowers sprayed black and augmented with fabric accents.

Edvin Thompson

Even fashion pros are getting in on this trend! Fashion designer and creative director Edvin Thompson, who was named CFDA's American Emerging Designer of the Year in 2021, paired his red velvet suit with an oversized faux hibiscus flower.