NEWS BOY CAPS

[Marc Chevalier]

A cap of mine from the 1920s.

[rlk]

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And the 2nd (and last) cap has just sold as well. Did a Lounger get it? http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-early-20...d=p3911.c0.m14


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I nabbed the last cap that I had been eyeing all week, I'm hoping for a combination of under measurement and/or stretch. What is the fabric of that beautiful 20's cap with the blue?

[Marc Chevalier]

What is the fabric of that beautiful 20's cap with the blue?

It's wool! I'll stretch it when it arrives. The black/white one is wool, too.

Congrats!

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[Garrett]

I nabbed the last cap that I had been eyeing all week, I'm hoping for a combination of under measurement and/or stretch.

If it doesn't work out, let me know - I'll take it

[Torpedo]

Allegedly, no modern manufacturer, not even the custom-oriented ones often mentioned here, offers a cap in the old style. One can not buy a new hat like the wonderful example Marc is modelling above.

I wonder, why the capacity of making a cap as in the 20's or 30's seems to have been lost? Those vintage styles do not look like they need more material, so economy of cloth would not be a factor; is the pattern more difficult to put together, and hence, it is manufacture time (labour hours) what is being spared? Agreed, quality of cloth and finish details like those of yesteryear would be inviable today, but not even the pattern can be done?

[Marc Chevalier]

It's not being done because there is little discernible demand for it. Customers are happy enough with the caps that are being made now, so manufacturers see no need to invest in retooling.


I strongly agree with you that 1920s-'30s caps look better on most folks. Don't know why; they just do, IMO.

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[Marc Chevalier]

Allegedly, no modern manufacturer, not even the custom-oriented ones often mentioned here, offers a cap in the old style. One cannot buy a new hat like the wonderful example Marc is modelling above.

You're right. Look at the 1920s-'30s caps below, especially the side views. No modern cap is constructed like that!

Adjustable using this rather fancy buckle

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[Kreissaege]

Allegedly, no modern manufacturer, not even the custom-oriented ones often mentioned here, offers a cap in the old style. One can not buy a new hat like the wonderful example Marc is modelling above.

Well, we can be happy that we get anything else outside Baseball caps at all.

Now, if it were fashionable again to wear hats, imagine this scenario:
The kids and the fashion-lemmings start wearing newsboy caps and Fedoras, but, of course, most of them would wear them side- or backwards.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3633163...dmadefabrichat
Makes you wish for the situation we have now, eh?

[Marc Chevalier]

Now, if it were fashionable again to wear hats, imagine this scenario:
The kids and the fashion-lemmings start wearing newsboy caps and Fedoras, but, of course, most of them would wear them side- or backwards.

Cameramen used to always wear their newsboy caps backwards when filming, but for a practical reason: to avoid having the cap's visor (brim) bump into the camera. ( See Buster Keaton's film, The Cameraman.)


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[Not-Bogart13]

I just received news that Hatpeople are going to attempt making a cap out of a houndstooth jacket I sent them. The jacket looked dreadful on me and nobody wanted it, even for free. But the wool was so nice and the colors fantastic. I can hardly wait!