Flat Cap Wearing

Many men including me turn to it because there are few other sensible alternatives.

Flat cap wearing. The flat cap also known as an ivy cap driving cap or golf cap falls somewhere in between the casualness of a baseball cap and the formality of a fedora once a sign of the working class man during the 19th century the flat cap has evolved into a piece of headgear that s popular with the hollywood elite trendsetters and well dressed men. Go for a plain t shirt underneath to keep the look simple and avoid creating a messy neckline. Don t wear a flat cap in summer even if it is made of summer materials such as linen. Like its american equivalent the baseball cap the flat cap has an everyman quality to it as fitting atop a pigeon fancying yorkshireman as it is an estate touring toff.

I too am a fan of the flat cap and it is usually my preferred hat. Cloths used to make the cap include wool tweed most common and cotton. And when wearing a flat cap material is key. Just like with any article of clothing the type of hat you wear says a lot about you and your style.

In theory women can wear a flat cap to royal ascot. Winston chesterfield wrote a good column earlier this week on the love hate relationship many have with the flat cap. If you wear your cap with old time traditional looking accessories like monocles walking sticks or suspenders your outfit may appear too much like a costume. Whether it s a flat driving cap or a looser newsboy hat you can wear a flat cap of any style with a blue utility jacket that will feel at home in the studio and at those after work drinks.

Avoid wearing your flat cap with old fashioned items like suspenders. This configuration isn t part of the original style even if the snap is working and it tends to be a more feminine look. Instead wear your hat with modern classic pieces for a timeless style. But i think two points are essential here.

How to wear a flat cap. Don t wear a flat cap unpinned or snapped. Whether you sport a beanie baseball hat or flat cap the hat you wear on any given day leaves an impression either good or bad when it comes to wearing a hat it not only matters what hat you wear but how you wear it. Wear a panama hat in the summer instead.

It simply isn t designed for that season. The hat is known in ireland as a paddy cap in scotland as a bunnet in wales as a dai cap in new zealand as a cheese cutter and in the united states as a driving cap.