Want to know how to wear a lapel pin the right way? Use this guide to learn proper pin placement and other tips for stylish wear.
Suit up and let your confidence shine. But, don’t forget your trendy lapel pin to add swag to your dapper look. In the world of suits, lapel pins have become a fashion statement.
Today, if you don’t wear a lapel pin, it’s a fashion faux pas. Whether you’re dressing for a day at the office, a wedding or a romantic dinner for two, lapel pins add a touch of class to your suit.
Do you know how to wear a lapel pin?
Read more to find out the correct lapel pin etiquette so you can create a personal fashion statement.
Start with Unconventional Suits
Black suits and white shirts are not for the modern fashion-minded man or woman. If you are a suit lover, put some pizzazz in your suit choices. Try pale or mid-grey and blue. If you want to get really bold, go for windowpane check or glen plaid.
Remember to pair a solid color shirt if you wear a patterned blazer. This gives your outfit a balanced look.
If you prefer putting together separate jackets and trousers to highlight your creative fashion taste, perhaps you would like a seersucker or linen blazer in unconventional colors like pink, raspberry or green. Pair up your blazer with neutral-colored trousers.
Once you’ve made your suit choice, it’s time to dress it up with a lapel pin that gives a finishing touch.
Finishing Touches for a Dapper Look
You can go one step further to add panache to your suit with one of the many lapel pin styles. It’s a simple hack that pulls together your formal, business or casual style together, letting you really stand apart. This is especially true for the latest fashion trend of wide lapels.
When you want a polished look, wearing a lapel pin does the trick. Depending on your suit style, you can choose from several types of pin accessories. For example, you can select classy stick pins, floral lapel pins, magnetic pins, and motif pins.
Floral lapel pins are a popular choice for formal events like wedding and anniversary parties. Wearing a motif pin to a particular event is trending right now. For instance, if you were attending the Kentucky Derby, a horse lapel pin would be apropos.
Having a lapel pin collection on hand for every occasion ensures you’ll reach whatever look you hope to achieve.
Lapel Pin Styles
When you begin collecting lapel pins, try to select a few from each style. That way, you’ll always be ready with the perfect pin.
Here are the most common types of lapel pins:
- Soft enamel
- Hard enamel
- Glitter
- Metal
- Crystals
- Printed
- Customized
Keep your wardrobe in mind when choosing your pins. Do you want casual badges or formal stick pins and boutonnieres? Also, you can customize your pins to reflect your fashion sense.
If you love sports, consider sport’s pin of your favorite teams. You can also select military pins if you’re a veteran or club pins for an organization you belong to. Logo pins are also an option if you want to build the brand of your business.
How to Wear a Lapel Pin
Once you select a lapel pin with flair, you want to make sure you wear it correctly. Lapel pin placement is important if you want to dress to impress.
You might be wondering, “What side does a lapel pin go on?”
You attach your lapel pin to your left-side lapel. If you have a suit or blazer with a buttonhole, that’s where you place the pin. When your jacket doesn’t have a buttonhole, you attach your lapel pin where the buttonhole would normally be located.
How to Attach Your Lapel Pin to Your Suit Jacket
Lapel pins attach to your suit or blazer is different ways depending on the styles. If you have a screw back pin or clutch back pin, all you do is push the tack through your lapel. Then push on the back piece by either pressing the butterfly clasp together or screwing on the back.
When you’re wearing a stick pin, push the needle through your lapel and that’s it. You can either leave the bottom of the pin hidden inside your lapel or let the bottom of the pin showing through your lapel.
Alternative Lapel Pin Placement
Can you still wear a lapel pin when you’re not wearing a suit or a blazer? The answer is, yes. Here are a few alternative ways to wear a lapel pin to jazz up any outfit.
Tie
When you’re wearing a tie without a blazer, you can attach the lapel pin to your tie. Place the pin near the center of your tie. But, if you’re wearing a blazer, opt for the lapel for pin placement.
Dress Shirt
If you’re just wearing a dress shirt with no blazer, you can attach your lapel pin to the left side of your shirt. Position it above your heart where a blazer buttonhole would usually be.
Golf Shirt
When wearing a golf or polo style shirt, you can still wear a lapel pin. Just like a dress shirt, place the lapel pin on the left side above your heart.
Coat
Attaching lapel pins to coats and jackets is a popular way to display pins. When you’re wearing an everyday coat, attach badge style pins and mini pins.
If you’re wearing a formal coat for dressy occasions, wear your lapel pin on the coat’s left lapel. For coats without lapels, you can pin it to your collar.
Wear Lapel Pins for Every Occasion
Now that you know how to wear a lapel pin, start adding panache to your suits and everyday wear. You can find lapel pins for every occasion, whether you’re dressing for work, clubbing, networking, conventions or special occasions.
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