A lot of people wonder where and how to wear a lapel pin on a suit. It’s a pretty straightforward thing, but you want to make sure your pin is placed well for a generally appealing appearance. Lapel pins range in size usually from 1/2″ to about 1.0″ (anything larger is more like wearing a dinner plate).

For a 1/2″ to 3/4″ lapel pin, you want to wear it about where the pin in the photo example to the left is shown.

For a 1″ pin, you’ll want it slightly lower to offset the larger size.

Toy around with left-to-right placement until you find a spot that looks best for you. Remember that lapel sizes vary, so no one solution is going to work for every suit. Go on google and look around at “Lapel pins on suit” or “how to wear a lapel pin on a suit” and you’ll find some pictures of guys (and gals) wearing lapel pins.

The type of pin may also affect how you want to work the placement of your lapel pins. For example, American Flag pins are pretty uniform in shape and can be moved up, down but need to be left-right centered most of the time.

For a round pin, the same applies, but for odd-shaped lapel pins, sports lapel pins, company or corporate lapel pins, you might need to adjust the placement of the lapel pins to achieve optimal placement.

Also – some people don’t like the idea of putting a hole through a nice suit, so be sure to try to find a lapel pin that uses a magnetic attachment (magnetic clutch) on the back so that you don’t have to ruin your nice suit just to wear a pin.