Hats, caps, lids, buckets, domes, bean pods, skull cap, roofs, helmets, head pieces, bonnets, chapeau

[mpukas]

Let's use this thread to talk about the headwear we wear with our jeans. READY SET GO!!! 

Edited November 18, 2019 by mpukas

[andrewrose]

Here are my three most worn hats.

Salomon mountains is most often worn trail running, but occasionally around.

The red Fox’s Market hat has a sentimental story. My grandfather worked at that business in Middletown, Pennsylvania, where my dad grew up. The market has since been purchased and is now called something else. He died in 1986, and gave this hat to me sometime before then. I don’t really remember much of him because I was so young when he passed, but it’s nice to think of him and my grandmother when I wear it.

And last, Ouray Ultras. Earned at the 2018 Ouray 100 mile ultramarathon. Earned as in you get the hat just from signing up, but I finished the race, placing 14th in just under 46 hours. I wear it with pride frequently in real life, for trail running, hiking, adventuring, and so on.

[mlwdp]

I’ll be back to update this later on.

Also, is there any USA retailers of HW and Dog Co?

[Spiraltoy]

I’ll go next. It’s getting quite chilly here so this is my winter head wear.

Vintage wool one on top.

Left hand side are a The Hill-side wool lined cap in Japanese selvedge denim (fancy), NYC Hat co in cotton and last another vintage wool one. On the right there’s a uniqlo heattech one and than an Inis meáin one in merino and cashmere (luxurious).

[Iron Horse]

My hat right now: Vintage Penney’s Marathon felt Open Road copy, looks early ‘60s, most likely made by the Lee Hat Co. of Danbury, Connecticut. Marked as “XXX Quality”, not sure of the exact fur used.

Edited November 18, 2019 by Iron Horse

[pudaspriest]

I have way too many hats but these are my most worn --

Vintage 80's Celtics, Ebbets Field Paw Sox, Red Sox hat in Cone Mills denim, Heddels Quint hat, Samurai hunting cap

 

[MJF9]

@mpukas thanks for setting up this thread... much appreciated... it was on my to-do list but fell off...

I wear a hat all year round - winter for warmth, summer to guard against UV... 

Below is the L'Aronde (the dove) hat made by The Well Dressed Head.  Keith is The Well Dressed Head, based in Australia, specialising in early 20th century hat reproductions.  He's got a shop on Etsy with some superb vintage hats and super materials - definitely worth a squiz.  All hats are hand made, mostly to order, and consequently priced accordingly.  I only have the one but the quality is top notch and worth it..

Not for everyone for sure but it's a favourite of mine.

Details as follows

• 1920s-pattern French casquette flat cap in vintage multi-toned wool tweed
• Liner is built from vintage heavyweight cotton
• Sweatband is Australian leather. A hand-tied 1920s French ribbon finishes off the sweatband.
• Full leather reinforced visor
• The crown features a NOS (new old stock) vintage United Carr snap from the early 1940s.
• It came with a "Cap Keeper" i.e. a custom shaped pillow that lives inside the cap when not being worn to keep it’s shape

Given it comes out in colder weather, I tend to wear it with the Hillside twill scarf.

[JDelage]

My favorite hat is a simple navy watch cap I bought ~20 years ago in Seattle's Pacific Place, in a store that doesn't exist anymore and was kinda halfway between Abercrombie and a surplus store. The label says:

CAP, KNIT, WATCH - (100% WOOL) - DLA 100-85-6-0711 - 8405-01-006-1074

It looks like it still has many more years of life inside of it...

 

[MJF9]

@MasonAlexander a hat thread at last... are you joining us?

[JDelage]

New Andersen-Andersen indigo-dyed wool cap. How cool is that?

 

[mpukas]

7 hours ago, MJF9 said:

@MasonAlexander a hat thread at last... are you joining us?

I was gonna call out @MasonAlexander too. He needs to show up! 

[conqueror]

i love hats but they don't always love me.

my favourite cap out of several dozen i own is either a '47 brand red sox (the sox logo, not the 'b') or my kapital old man and the sea. unfortunately i have a massive head so regularly need to use a hat stretcher, although even then sometimes it isn't enough.

watch caps, beanies etc are often tricky for me too as material is often an issue as opposed to size. 100% wool is too irritable on my forehead and scalp due to my eczema. i own a buzz one in 100% worsted wool which is completely unwearable, although a 60/40 armorlux and a wtaps in 'coolmax' are tolerable. acrylic is the best on my skin but most of the aforementioned labels avoid it for obvious reasons (lesser heat retention etc).

i wear a buzz or TCB daisy mae on super hot days here to protect my ears and neck. i want something with a wider brim, though. any suggestions?

Edited December 7, 2019 by conqueror

[mpukas]

Here's one of my hats that gets a lot of wear during the hot, mid summer months. Straw hat, made in MX by some brand based in Austin, TX. About $30 at a mountain chic shop. I really like the shape of the crown, as it's round and therefore unpretentious. The wide brim is obviously great in high sun. Strange thing is this hat didn't have any vent holes in it, and wearing it even in cool temps was like having a sauna on my head. I've since added venting grommets and it's made a huge improvement. 

[UkeNo]

My Only Denim Headwear.
Handmade by the now (sadly) defunct Circle A Brand. 
Cone mills, single needle with a nice twill liner and taped seams.

Shrank a little and crinkled with a soak and has crocked further as it's been wet a couple of times in the rain. 

[vIGGiou riou]

crosspost from TCB thread

my last TCB acquisition ...

30's Cap Olive Duck

 

 

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Edited January 22, 2020 by vIGGiou riou

[j0el2]

Been wearing this rope dyed Samurai beanie off and on for about 3.5 years.

Started off quite dark and I think I’ve tossed it in the wash and dry 4 times.

Im absolute Dog doo at taking pictures but this thing glimmers indigo under direct light. 
 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2020 by j0el2

[JDelage]

SDA’s 40th anniversary entry in the cap game. The fabric of the panels has shrunk less than the seams so the panels stay somewhat crinkly...

 

[mlwdp]

I just bought a hat from HW Dog and Co.  that's coming in shortly.  Just a ball cap.  Maybe next time I'll do the travelers hat.

[mlwdp]

HW Dog and co came in.  With a catalog as well.  The only thing I’m not a fan of is them stapling their call card to their hats that you can either remove or keep on your hat (I removed mine).

UPDATE:  This is by far the most comfortable SnapBack hat I’ve worn this far.  I’ve always been curious about MiJ SnapBack caps while the prices have been a factor.  And the quality is very good.  I can see myself wearing this in the shower it’s that comfortable. 

Edited March 8, 2020 by mlwdp

[Duke Mantee]

I’ve well over a dozen Bootleggers/FW hats and caps, a couple Canoe Clubs from Papa Nui and a couple of Bakerboys from Lock Hatters but this one has been worn most over the winter ...

[mlwdp]

Just now, Duke Mantee said:

I’ve well over a dozen Bootleggers/FW hats and caps, a couple Canoe Clubs from Papa Nui and a couple of Bakerboys from Lock Hatters but this one has been worn most over the winter ...

I have a Buzz midway wool watch cap that is getting dirty as hell and has the same white stenciling style like yours.  How do you wash it without taking off the stencil?

[Duke Mantee]

@mlwdp just hand wash - it didn’t seem to break the stencilling down, although I wouldn’t be overly fussed if it had

[unders]

Does anybody have any experience of Decho hats?

This image has me drooling. 

How do people feel about denim caps as well as a denim tux? Too much? Don’t want to look any weirder. 

[Flash]

Look nice , think the tux with cap would be a bit much though 

[unders]

You’re right. And after I wrote it I thought logically if it’s cap weather it probably ain’t jacket weather. 

[MJF9]

Stetson - live from the park

[Maynard Friedman]

Where in the north do you live @MJF9, somewhere in the NW I assume?

[mlwdp]

Recent hat is of course the HW Dog.  Most of these I’ve collected over the years and no longer wear them, specifically the FUCT hats.  All MIJ/USA made.  I have a eccentric hat taste.

[Double 0 Soul]

Fuct beenie is a classic, i had a couple of tee's in the mid-90's, 'Steal this garment' label allways made me smile, they go for crazy money nowadays.

37 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Where in the north do you live @MJF9, somewhere in the NW I assume?

Oldham? the jewel of the north west..

[Maynard Friedman]

Oldham, eh? I was thinking of going there for a summer break.