Accent Pillows - The Flange

I once had a client...you know who you are, and we are closely related so I can't be fired...I tried and tried to talk her into doing a gorgeous contrasting flange (like the images here) on her euro shams on her bed.  She couldn't get used to the word flange in itself.  Something about the word - just the word made her grimace and give me a look as if to say, "how can you say that with a straight face?"  She just wanted to play it safe (sort of) and omit the detail.  The fabric on her pillow covers is absolutely amazingly gorgeous, so I ALMOST don't miss the flange detail.  But from time to time I wonder what the outcome would have been if I had been able to talk her into it.  Maybe I should have made up a different word?  Ah, the continued education of a designer I guess...