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Tips to Help You Navigate the Prom Rush 3 Order the most popular flowers well in advance. 3 Order all of your prom accessories (ribbons, bracelets, rhinestones, glue, etc.) well in advance. 3 Make bows and prep corsage bases ahead of time. 3 Create your own unique collection of designs, and showcase them on your website and social media platforms. 3 Team up with your local high schools to promote your business and prom offerings to students. 3 Partner with other local businesses, such as restaurants, to offer prom packages. 3 Develop a social media campaign to help drive sales. 3 Require payment in advance. 3 Give each customer a receipt with an assigned time for the day of pickup. Make pickup times early enough for corrections. 3 Ask each customer for his or her mobile number. Then, call or text anyone who misses his or her assigned pickup time. the rhinestone category. It is heartwarming to know that Avery, Riley and Mayleigh are named after Fisher's granddaughters. "Fitz Delightzz" are another great option for those who are looking to speed design time, increase efficiency and reduce labor. ese bracelets come prepped with bows and with or without rhinestones sprays. All that is required is to glue in fresh botanicals and whatever other accessories a customer might want. Fitz Delightzz offer a solution for shops dealing with labor shortages and enable them to take last-minute orders. Natalie Gill Native Poppy "Rock Candy Collection" Flower Bracelet in Rose Gold, from Fitz Design. PROM HISTORY AND TRADITION e word "corsage" comes from the French term bouquet de corsage, meaning a bouquet of flowers worn by ladies on the upper part of their bodies. "Boutonnière" is another French word that translates to little buttonhole, referring to the placement of a single flower on the lapel of a suit jacket. e tradition of the prom corsage comes from a 20th- century practice of men bringing their dates' mothers bouquets of flowers. From those bouquets, the men would select a single bloom to pin to their dates' dresses. Traditional corsage etiquette has the flowers pinned onto the upper left side or shoulder of a lady's dress, with the flowers facing upward, in the manner they grow. Modern etiquette allows the flowers to be worn on the wrist, in the hair, at the waist of a dress, on a handbag and on a hat. Traditional boutonnière etiquette states that flowers for men should always be worn on the left lapel, pinned to the button hole, with the flowers facing upward.

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