driving cap

Old-fashioned motoring headwear

A driving cap is a rounded, low-profile cap with a small stiff brim in front, traditionally worn by motorists in early automobiles to keep hair in place against the wind.

The style remains popular as casual headwear, sometimes called a flat cap or newsboy cap, though driving cap specifically suggests the sleeker, closer-fitting version: He adjusted his tweed driving cap before heading out.

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herringbone · visor · brim · old money · cabbie · vintage · vintage style · dapper · motoring · classic car · goggles · roadster · chauffeur · peaked · cloth · snap · snap button · beret

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headwear formality

driving captop hat

Tall formal headwear

opera hat · bowler hat · homburg · silk hat · fedora

head protection level

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Protective headwear for riders

crash helmet · helmet · hard hat · safety helmet · football helmet

headwear structure

driving capsombrero

Wide-brimmed Latin headwear

wide-brimmed hat · sun hat · cowboy hat · top hat · ten-gallon hat

Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G