What Flat Cap did you wear today?

[David157]

It kind of becomes an addiction after awhile, buying flat caps. I've only been collecting flat caps for a short period of time, but I've accumulated a ton of them. I look a lot better with these caps on than I do when I'm not wearing them. Some people look great with them on, while others don't look so great. For example, George Clooney looks kind of strange while wearing them. I guess you have to have the right face or head for them. Clooney still looks great obviously even with a flat cap on, but he's more Hollywood without them.

With me, I look a lot better with flat caps on than I do when I'm using pomade. I think I've gotten a little overboard with pomade. My girlfriend has been urging me to use flat caps, because she thinks I look a lot better but I think I've stubbornly resisting by still using pomade. I like the idea of not having to mess my hair as much when I use flat caps, and I can change the color and the style depending on the occasion.

 

[shave/brush]

Flat caps are great. The best IMO.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

It kind of becomes an addiction after awhile, buying flat caps.

Hats in general are something I have a fair few of, but I only have one flat cap (well, newsboy cap actually). I have considered more, but I have a Brazillian tarp hat, waxed cotton trilby, beanies, mountain cap, one ball cap, and a second on order, a bobble hat, and an assortment of Buffs. I used to have a Barmah Sundowner Roo as well, but that's gone AWOL unfortunately. A good healthy assortment.

I'll probably pick up a second flat cap at some point, but as you rightly say, not all hats suit all wearers. I have to be quite selective of flat caps, and indeed all hats, as only a few work for me. Having long hair seems to narrow the selection that looks good on me even further.

I've not ruled out adding a Pork Pie and crushable wool trilby to the array too, if I can find ones that works on me. Sadly, the ones I've tried so far looked truly awful on me.

 

[camjr]

L.L. Bean Harris Tweed Scottish Rain Cap with a GoreTex liner.

 

[David157]

I'm wearing my NewsBoy flat cap today. I love this cap. Of all the caps I have, this is the best by far.

 

[shave/brush]

It looks great.

 

[David157]

Thanks, Shave Brush. I'm getting too many compliments with the Newsboy cap, so I decided to start wearing my stingy brim fedora. This is the style hat that Sylvester Stallone wore in the original 'Rocky' movie from the mid-1970s. Yeah, I know it's not a flat cap, but I figured I'd throw it in here anyway. The only thing I have negative to say about this hat is I feel under-dressed when I wear it. I feel like I should be dressed in a suit. Rocky Balboa still looked good wearing it when not dressed up, so it's good enough for me.

 

[Doc4]

My HarrisTweed cap today. One photo of it on my head, a close up of the fabric, and one of the inside. Oddly, they take Harris Tweed all the way from Scotland to China to make it into a hat. Quilted lining gives all the insulation one could need in a hat that doesn’t cover the ears.

 

[cleanshaved]

View attachment 954568 View attachment 954569 View attachment 954570 My HarrisTweed cap today. One photo of it on my head, a close up of the fabric, and one of the inside. Oddly, they take Harris Tweed all the way from Scotland to China to make it into a hat. Quilted lining gives all the insulation one could need in a hat that doesn’t cover the ears.

I like the pattern of that cap, it matches the lines of your tablet.

 

[shave/brush]

View attachment 954568 View attachment 954569 View attachment 954570 My HarrisTweed cap today. One photo of it on my head, a close up of the fabric, and one of the inside. Oddly, they take Harris Tweed all the way from Scotland to China to make it into a hat. Quilted lining gives all the insulation one could need in a hat that doesn’t cover the ears.

I like the color. It looks like it is made well.

 

[AimlessWanderer]

I only have the one flat cap, and yes, it was a flat cap day today.

This one again today. It's the only flat cap I have, but I have several other hats to choose from too. It was perfect flat cap weather today though (dry, cool enough for a quilted hat, but not cold enough to need the ears covered)

 

[shave/brush]

I got a new cap yesterday. It's from Boston Scally. I love their selection of caps. It's a nice deep black color but my pictures make it look almost grey. Does not do it justice. Here is a picture of it anyway.

 

[Scarry Knight]

Dept store clearance......$1.77 a decade ago. Bought two in olive, two unlined in tan. I can’t seem to wear them out. In spite of wearing them out.

 

[Dogrescuer]

Is a scally cap a style of its own?

 

[Dogrescuer]

As usual, my black Kangol Tropic 504. I love this cap. I've had it for over 10 years and it looks like new. I wear it year round and it goes with almost everything else I wear. I am considering getting a red one to
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What material?

 

[Dogrescuer]

I got a new cap yesterday. It's from Boston Scally. I love their selection of caps. It's a nice deep black color but my pictures make it look almost grey. Does not do it justice. Here is a picture of it anyway.
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Nice, does that company make any hats without a shamrock?

 

[shave/brush]

Is a scally cap a style of its own?

No, it is a Flat cap also.

 

[shave/brush]

Nice, does that company make any hats without a shamrock?

Yes, of course. They have many different styles of Flat caps. Go to their web site at Boston Scally. Here is a link:

Scally Cap Flat Caps & More| Boston Scally Co. - Boston Scally Co. | Scally Caps & More...

 

[Dogrescuer]

Yes, of course. They have many different styles of Flat caps. Go to their web site at Boston Scally. Here is a link:

Scally Cap Flat Caps & More| Boston Scally Co. - Boston Scally Co. | Scally Caps & More...

Thank you

 

[David157]

Wearing my gray newsboy cap today. I got this for REAL cheap on Amazon, and I love it. This is a cap I feel like I want to wear everyday and never replace it. The thing looks great on me. I wish I had discovered flat caps like this a long time ago. I would have saved my self so much trouble messing with constant haircuts and pomade.

I got my eye on a newsboy cap from Jangoul at Amazon. It looks like an amazing cap, and priced well at just $29. What a deal.