flat cap

Low-crowned hat

A flat cap is a rounded cap with a small stiff brim in front, traditionally made of wool or tweed.

Associated with working-class British and Irish men through the early twentieth century, it has become a general fashion item: He wore a flat cap and tweed jacket.

Also called a newsboy cap or driving cap.

style

newsboy

Youth selling periodicals

baker boy

wearers

golfer

One who plays rounds

  • farmerOne who cultivates land
  • cabbieProfessional taxi operator
  • jockeyProfessional race rider

newsboy · artist · musician · fisherman · huntsman · country gentleman · hipster · dandy · race-goer

British

Peaky Blinders

British gangster television series

working-class · newsboy · chimney sweep · coal miner · factory worker · docker · cabbie · publican · Sean Connery · David Beckham

material

herringbone

V-shaped diagonal weave

linen · cotton · houndstooth · windowpane · felt · canvas · waxed cotton · leather · silk-lined · heathered

heritage

vintage

Quality from past eras

timeless · traditional · old-fashioned · heirloom · authentic · working-class · industrial · Victorian · Edwardian · 1920s

fashion

dapper

Neatly and stylishly dressed

millinery · brim · peak · fitted · adjustable · earflaps · lined · unstructured · low-profile

Categories
Opposites
hat formality/social class signaling

flat captop hat

Tall formal headwear

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

hat structure/silhouette

flat captop hat

Tall formal headwear

stovepipe hat · tall hat · bearskin · shako · bowler hat

Family

flat, cap, flatten, flatter, capsule, flattery, flatness, capped, flattened

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G