cloth caps

Soft textile headgear

Cloth caps are flat, rounded caps with a small stiff brim in front, traditionally made of wool or tweed.

In Britain, they carry strong working-class associations—the cap a factory worker or coal miner wore, as opposed to the bowler or top hat of the middle and upper classes.

He came from cloth-cap country in the industrial North.

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baker boy · wools · flatcap · Irish heritage · pub culture · labor movements · British countryside · miner · fabric · beret · vintage style · old timer · Sunday best · Edwardian era · Victorian era · felt · industrial revolution · Northern England

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material and structure

cloth capstop hats

Tall formal headwear

bowler hats · hard hats · helmets · pith helmets · derby hats

social class association

cloth capstop hats

Tall formal headwear

bowler hats · crowns · tiaras · coronets · hunting caps

formality

cloth capstop hats

Tall formal headwear

bowler hats · fedoras · homburgs · tricorn hats · fascinators

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G