Back then, it was a real chrysanthemum flower given by a boy to his date, similar to a corsage given for a prom. There were a few ribbons on them, but it was basically a flower you pinned to your blouse. Today, they are mammoth, over-the-top splays of silk chrysanthemums festooned with flowing ribbons, plush animals, lights and an array of colorful trinkets that have spawned competition among girls to see whose is the biggest, and therefore, best. The trickets and colors typically represent the school colors and clubs the couple may participate in. However, some have moved away from thier tradition school colors to do what represents them. I made a mum one time for a girl who loved to hunt, it was pink with green camo. The boys where a version of their dats mum fastend with a garter on their arm. The homecoming mum is distinctive in Texas, where the over-the-top mum is widely considered to have blossomed first. But high schools in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have adopted the tradition as well.
Senior Mums/Garters - Triple (or mor) mum, usually gold with some color flair added, can be her favorite colore or the school colors.
Junior Mum/Garters - Double to Triple mum, usually silver with some color flair added, can be her favorite colore or the school colors.
Freshman-Sophmore Mum/Garters - Single to Double mum, usually the school colors.
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