NEWS BOY CAPS

[rgraham]

One thing I have noticed about how some people here wear their caps is, that they pull them down too far onto the back of their head. The reason the caps from Hat People are puffing up is for that reason. Try pinching down on the front of the cap and bring it down onto the bill. Then place the cap on your head while maintaining the pinch. To do otherwise will create the mushroom hat. Unless that is what you prefer of course. The back of the cap shouldn't be near the back of your neck, or touching your ears.

 

[Enig]

Has anyone got the B! Wear fuller cap? I'm tempted to get one, but would be nice to see one worn by a real person.

 

[davidraphael]

I'd like to see that, too. It'd be nice to see a few shots of one from different angles

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

You might want to look thru the offical Lounge thread for Newboys.

The-Cap-Faction

Really is a much better thread for Newboys and Caps. B wear and Hat people cap pictures are in this thread.

 

[Enig]

Actually went through the whole thread without spotting any B! Wear full cuts. Found a lot of pictures of other nice caps, though, so it was quite nice browsing through the thread. Bookmarked some of them for future reference

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Did a search for you for B Wear caps and found this thread.
B Wear Newsboy's

Another Brand that people like is Lofgren from Speedway in Japan.

Lofgren

 

[Sid Ceaser]

Hi all!

I'm a noob who just posted over in the Cap Faction thread to thank everyone there for posting images which led to me picking up two caps from Hat People. Previously I was a Ivy cap wearing guy who knew Ivy's weren't really the style for my head but never dawned on me that a Newsboy would be what would fit my head better.

Some images since making the fantastic transition:


Light grey newsboy for my wedding:


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Same light grey newsboy for my 20x24" tintype wedding portraits:


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brown William & Co newsboy as a transition cap until my Hat People order arrived:


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And finally my two caps from Hat People: a light green wool in a full cut, and a light green hemp in a medium cut:


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Thanks for letting me share!!!

 

[Feraud]

The more caps I wear the less satisifed I am with modern versions.
Here is a cap profile vendors need to copy

 

[dr.velociraptor]

Has anyone got the B! Wear fuller cap? I'm tempted to get one, but would be nice to see one worn by a real person.

unfortunately the pic isn't very good but this is a B! Wear cap, it is very full and puffy, low key it is not. It's a great winter cap with a heavy coat. Without the coat it's a little overwhelming for me. it doesn't seem to be proportional.

 

[alanfgag]

Fantastic cap and photo... could be Henry Fonda.

The more caps I wear the less satisifed I am with modern versions.
Here is a cap profile vendors need to copy

 

[Marc Chevalier]

The more caps I wear the less satisifed I am with modern versions.

One problem with modern versions is the way in which they're worn ...


Imagine a round, flat (but not pancaked) brioche resting gently on a ring the circumference of a man's head. The 'brioche' tilts slightly downward toward the ring's front (where the visor is). That's how caps were meant to look in the '20s and '30s.


Some modern caps can be shaped to look this way ... but the modern men who wear them don't know it, or they prefer to either puff up the 'brioche', beanbag-style, or to flatten down the 'brioche' so that it sags and droops down like soggy pita bread.

What really makes me sad is when owners of vintage 1920s-'30s caps wear them as beanbags or wilted pita bread. It's one thing to do so with new caps ... but why denigrate the shape of the vintage ones?

 

[reflected]

I got my newsboy cap yesterday from hatpeople.com. It's a brown "full cut" and it's a bit on the large side, luckily it's adjustable with a pin and a "built-in" elastic band.

(I know it looks horrible with a T-shirt, but I quickly snapped these 2 pics, I didn't want to change )

 

[esteban68]

Has anybody got any recommendations of hats available in the UK, I know of hatsandcaps and menshatshop but are their products good and close to the original don't want one too big as we still have the 'Ecky Thump' thing going on over here with caps.

 

[Sid Ceaser]

I got my newsboy cap yesterday from hatpeople.com. It's a brown "full cut" and it's a bit on the large side, luckily it's adjustable with a pin and a "built-in" elastic band.

That brown looks really really nice. I might have to get a brown one next year to add to my arsenal.

PS - toss on a vest over that t-shirt and you'll be good to go!

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Imagine a round, flat (but not pancaked) brioche resting gently on a ring the circumference of a man's head. The 'brioche' tilts slightly downward toward the ring's front (where the visor is). That's how caps were meant to look in the '20s and '30s.

Like this:

 

[Feraud]

I see your point Marc. Do you think there is also a difference in construction that precludes modern caps from "wearing" in the manner you describe?
Some guys jam the cap down on their head but not all do. Most have that same figlike profile.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Do you think there is also a difference in construction that precludes modern caps from "wearing" in the manner you describe?

Sometimes no, sometimes yes. To achieve a good 'forward tilt', you need a cap that's high enough in the back. Most modern caps don't have that back height.


Furthermore, many vintage '20s-'40s caps were made of 'stiffened' fabric --be it wool, linen or cotton-- that could be shaped via steaming, and the stiffener helped it to retain the shape.


A few modern caps here and here are still made with stiffened cloth, and they lend themselves well to 'golden era-style' shaping. Not that it means anything, if cap wearers don't grab a tea kettle and do the steam-shaping themselves.

 

[rlk]

Ariston Cap

Modern Borsalino Doria:

 

[randooch]

Based on these ads, I guess it's fruitless to search for such a hat in 7 1/2.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Based on these ads, I guess it's fruitless to search for such a hat in 7 1/2.

Not true. Those are boys' caps, so they're offered in boys' sizes.


Vintage men's 1920s-'40s newsboy caps in LARGE sizes do show up on eBay, though rarely.


Below is a 1920s cap I found on eBay a few years ago. Labeled size: 8. Yes, an 8! (Sold it.)

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-Hats-for-Sale&p=997856&viewfull=1#post997856