Have you ever wondered why there is a buttonhole on the lapel of a suit? Generally speaking, there should be buttons on the other side of the suit to connect and fix the two parts together, but there are no buttons on the lapels of the suit. In fact, this involves the origin of suit culture.

There is a word for lapel eye in French - Boutonniere, which refers to the bouquet that is different from the lapel hole on the left side of the suit. It is a decorative hole on the left lower collar piece. There are two types which is real openings and false openings, as well as machine-made and hand-made are very common.

The origin story of the lapel buttonhole is about Prince Albert. In 1840, he came to England to marry Queen Victoria. The queen gave him a small bouquet of flowers. The polite Prince Albert used a pocket knife to sew his coat on the coat. A small hole was cut in the left lapel and the flowers given to him by the Queen were inserted into the hole. From then on, Prince Albert asked his tailors to cut a collar hole in every suit and jacket they made for him. Today, people rarely put flowers on their suits. Instead, long brooches, short brooches, lapel chains and other accessories have become popular.

As your made to measure suits factory, SMART MTM continues this tradition very well. We can not only make real and false lapel buttonhole, but you can also choose machine-made or hand-made crafts. In addition, on this basis, we have also developed different styles of lapel eyes, which can make customers' orders more personalized and distinctive.