Badges on the jacket lapels?

[hospitaller]

It's no more political than someone saying America doesn't just consist of USA.

Reminds me of the immigration officer that almost had me kicked out of the country (USA) when I told him that regardless of what he thought or said, i was also an American, as I was born in Chile. Chile being a country of South America, being a subcontinent of America. Thus, we're all americans.

Of course he argued to no end and eventually realized his own stubborness.

But I digress, guys, please lets go back to the OP intent.

Lapels and what to attach to them.

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[O'Callaghan]

I find myself, unusually, generally agreeing with Malcolm of Rathdown on lapel badges. One where the buttonhole is/would be is enough on a semi-formal jacket, and more makes you resemble a fisherman who wears lures all over his hat, or perhaps a Pearly King, which is only OK if you actually are a Pearly King.

I am wearing a Breast Cancer Awareness lapel badge this month, as it is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and my mother is a survivor. Sometimes I wear a flag there, but I wouldn't wear both at the same time. As I wouldn't wear more than one to the office, I certainly wouldn't to a formal function. I definitely wouldn't wear a lapel badge with my dinner jacket (tuxedo) atall, unless it were somehow relevant to the actual function I was attending. I would say the same would apply to a PC jacket, if I actually had one. With an argyll jacket I suppose it depends where you are intending to go in it.

That said, I have worn more than one on a motorcycle jacket, but that is informal clothing, and even then, I like to keep the number down. I had at one time a lapel badge for Hesketh Motorcycles (I was a shareholder) as well as one of Fat Freddy's Cat (a hippie cartoon strip) and a 'Motorcyclist' Robinson's Jam Golly badge. Of course, many would now consider Robinson's Gollies to be racist, but I beg to differ. That's another matter entirely, though. More than that I would consider to be too cluttered. If Prince Charles can get away with three, I suppose that's OK, but I wouldn't wear that many to the office. He may be heir to the throne, but don't forget that he is pictured at an outdoor event.

It may be true that the UK was formed in 1603 by the crowns coming together, but Good King James himself considered the UK and Great Britain to be interchangeable terms. I suppose if the Act of Union of 1707 itself defined the mainland as Great Britain, then this is what differentiated the two terms. We've discussed this before, with a surprising lack of agreement.

ETA: 'British' has always applied to both Britain (the mainland) and the UK (the whole country), and I suppose for that matter, Her Majesty's Dominions Overseas.

[Phil]

I won't go into the Britain v. UK thing beyond stating that most Northern Irish (of the Unionist persuasion) consider that they are British and will argue all night about it. I will say no more. As to badges (or pins as they are called in America), they are never worn with formal, evening attire, but one may be worn to a daytime occasion such as a Rotary lunch etc. where it was appropriate. I do appreciate, however, that this is possibly a generational view and, from my visits to Disney parks where older gentlemen are seen with all kinds of badges festooning their lapels, a transatlantic thing also. They were not kilted, however.

[Urchurdan]

older gentlemen are seen with all kinds of badges festooning their lapels, a transatlantic thing also. They were not kilted, however.

I think you must have wandered into a Bowling Club by the sound of it Phil....

[Foxgun Tom]

I attend a lot of Gamefairs, countryside orientated show's working dog shows and Falconry displays etc: I always wear my Johnstons estate tweeds (crail jacket and vest) along with my muted hunting Cameron kilt!! The only lapel badge I wear at any of these events is a Scottish Gamekeepers Association members lapel pin badge, see below:



Only last weekend I attended a terrier show in County Durham (NE England) as a judge, I was dressed in tweeds and kilt and it went down a storm, I was told by many attending it was the first time they had ever seen a terrier judge in the ring dressed in a kilt while handling and giving their dogs the once over, everyone was really appriciative and complimentary

Tom

[Phil]

I think you must have wandered into a Bowling Club by the sound of it Phil....

I know what you mean but I doubt if many others on here will. Skittles is more their game. But these badges were things like mickey mouse, goofy - you know all those kiddies' Disney characters. Strange.

[Paul]

I attend a lot of Gamefairs, countryside orientated show's working dog shows and Falconry displays etc: I always wear my Johnstons estate tweeds (crail jacket and vest) along with my muted hunting Cameron kilt!! The only lapel badge I wear at any of these events is a Scottish Gamekeepers Association members lapel pin badge, see below:



Only last weekend I attended a terrier show in County Durham (NE England) as a judge, I was dressed in tweeds and kilt and it went down a storm, I was told by many attending it was the first time they had ever seen a terrier judge in the ring dressed in a kilt while handling and giving their dogs the once over, everyone was really appriciative and complimentary

Tom

Yellow hose?! They look great with that kilt!

[Foxgun Tom]

There's a yellow stripe in the kilt and the hose match it exactly and they also go well with the brown ghillie brougues I normally wear with the tweeds



Tom

[KFCarter]

I know what you mean but I doubt if many others on here will. Skittles is more their game. But these badges were things like mickey mouse, goofy - you know all those kiddies' Disney characters. Strange.

Ah... Disney pins... it's a whole subculture all its own. The pins are collectible and some are only available from "cast members" (staff) at the parks on certain days... lots of limited editions and special commemoratives ones, etc. You will see people in Disneyworld with lanyards around their necks with literally dozens of pins on them...some wear vests or hats that are literally covered in the pins. People trade with each other and with cast members or purchase the pins outright. We may think kilt addiction is strong; but just don't get between a Disney pin collector and their lanyard!!

[Jack Daw]

I wear nothing larger than a lapel pin in my lapel.