Fad Or Forever?
FROM DELICATE DAPHNE FOR A DINNER PARTY TABLE TO DAME EDNA’S POINTY GLADDIES, CAN A FLOWER GO OUT OF FASHION? THREE EXPERTS IN THE FLORAL INDUSTRY SHARE THOUGHTS ON FAVOURITES AND FAUX-PAS.
STORY Kirstie Clements
Some of the experts’ favourite blooms alongside those that have had a moment, including sweet pea, mulla mulla, hydrangea, garden roses, carnations, lavender, tree peony, callas and dogwood.
Collage created using photographs from Getty Images. Portrait photograph of Kirstie Clements by Fiona Susanto.
Kirstie Clements at The Eve Hotel in Sydney.
VICTORIA COLLISON
Stylist and owner of homewares store Victoria Collison
PAULA BANDIERA
NSW flower grower, B & B Flowers
DR LISA COOPER
Artist and florist, Doctor Cooper
THE EXPERTS
It may seem absurd to suggest there are any style rules when it comes to something as timeless as flowers, but many floral artists and stylists agree certain trends see some blooms become more popular than others, at least for a time. For some, it’s all about personal preference. I had a boyfriend once who hated hydrangeas, he thought they were bourgeois, which said more about him than these lovely blooms. So what’s trending in the wonderful world of flowers? Three floral insiders share their thoughts.