City Sport Ardooie, Belgium

[Eeyore]

City Sport in Ardooie is a traditional manufacturer of gentleman's caps, who started operations in 1898. They still design and manufacture their caps in Belgium. Despite the English sounding name, City Sport was founded by a Belgian textile trader, and the company is still held by the same family (the 4th generation by now).

Here's my new six piece cap from them, purchased from a hat shop in Utrecht that started in 1923; Van Dijck Hoeden.



Apologies for the crumpled shirt ... it's "working at home day".

 

[Eeyore]

Here are some historical pictures from their website. Since this is Belgium, a lot is cycling sport related, of course

 

[StillShaving]

Nice hat! I enjoyed your post about the history behind it.

 

[captp]

Very nice cap. I think my Harris Tweed cap is a City Sport

 

[BigJ]

Excellent hat!

 

[nffclsr]

Fantastic pics, thanks for sharing. I really like the one of the cyclist with the bloody knees, cyclists have always been some of the toughest athletes on the planet.