The burgeoning trade in high tech, over-the-top homecoming mums– once flowers, but now mutated into 20-30 pound bling monsters of ribbons, plush toys, LED’s, have been steadily growing in size and complexity since the 1970’s- spurred by prom-night competitiveness and the ingenuity of entrepreneurs capitalizing on it. The tradition, thought to have begun in Texas, is spreading.
Burgeoning Homecoming Mums Receive Media Attention as Texas Folk Art Spreads
