Button.Badge.Pin.

Call it free speech, passive aggression or just simply DIY gone awry, the humble button, badge, pin is the latest favoured accessory to adorn. Like tattoos but without the commitment, the enamel pin and its siblings, the brooch and the badge, are the accessible, affordable and playful way to express your individual style and opinions.

Paired with the also-ubiquitous classic sweatshirt or denim jacket, how do you see yourself in this sartorial relationship?

You’re opinionated, judgemental and super knowledgeable. You have a lot on your mind and you’re not afraid of letting everyone know it but hey, you do have a point there, so tell me more…

The Vocalist: Can Pep Rey Oversized Sweatshirt £213, Naps Before Chaps Pin £7.50, Middle Finger Pin $10, Not You Pin £7.50, Depressed AF Pin $12, Erase You Pin $9, Hollyweird Pin $12, Troll Doll Trump Pin $10, Nasty Woman Pin $10

You’re championing all that happened yesteryear cos frankly the 00s just doesn’t cut it for you like the feel-good 80s or the mostly-melancholy 90s do. You miss cassette tapes, your blazer sleeves are rolled, you geeked out with the re-release of the Nokia 3310 because snake, and that’s OK!

The Nostalgist: Acne Studios Blå Konst Denim Jacket £320, Slide Me In Disk Pin $12, Date With Zack Pin $7.50, Convergence Badge $2.40, Golden Girls Blanche Pin $12, Trivial Pursuit Pin £6, Paper Origami Fortune Teller Pin £6, Synth Keyboard Pin £7.50

Wes Anderson is your hero, High Fidelity is your favourite film and you subscribe to Vice Magazine. You’re effortlessly clued in to the latest meme, hashtag and viral so naturally your badge game is on point too.

The Culturalist: Pull&Bear Hooded Sweatshirt £18, She’s My Rushmore Pin £8, RipNDip Falling For Nermal Pin $10, Drake Hotline Bling Pin £6.80, Fuck Jerry Pin $12, RipNDip Wart Pin $10, Invader Emoji Pin $12, Obey Andre The Giant Badge £7, Stranger Things Dustin Pin £6

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Run For Cover

This week Huffington Post revealed the most popular jacket of 2013 was indeed a trophy jacket. A trophy jacket from the deservedly-hyped Isabel Marant for H&M collection to be exact.

Be it baubles, sequins or a power print, I love a statement jacket. While I’m aware that trinketed and jewelled wear isn’t for everyone, I’d say look past the flash aspect for a minute and you really do have something completely wearable. The key to making it work is to let it work by keeping the rest of your look simple. I love an all black, rocking skinny ensemble topped off with a boxy or bomber-shaped trophy cover up.

Like its distant cousin, the maxi dress, trophy jackets ask for minimal effort but deliver maximum effect. What’s not to love?

Urban Outfitters, Vintage 80s Escada Animal Print Jacket – £180

Every season Monsoon gets top marks in the trophy jacket department. They are just fabulous; all wonderfully adorned with the proverbial bells and whistles you would expect from this statement piece.

Monsoon, Dita Sequin Jacket – Was £99, Now £49
(Editor’s note: This sumptuous jacket is now sold out online, so you’ll have to go in store to snap it up!)

Monsoon, Glasto Pom Pom Jacket – Was £119, Now £82.50

ASOS Premium, Zip Through Jacket with Floral Embellishment – Was £150, Now £90

Helmut Lang, Pheasant Print Jacket – £159

3.1 Phillip Lim, Souvenir Embellished Twill Bomber Jacket – £1,160