What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

Short Balding Guy said:

The terrific part of commissioning a cap, as most of you know first hand, is the selection of fabric. I have been fortunate the spring and summer of 2020 to stumble upon the fabrics of Dashing Tweeds. https://www.dashingtweeds.co.uk/fabric/ .

I currently have 3 Dashing Tweed caps from Cordova Caps on my cap rack.

Their website speaks to "urban tweeds, "technical yarns," "new color combinations" as well as "new textures." Normally the words Urban tweed" would be a certain turn-off for me. This time it is different as I can see inspiration or fabrics that I easily see as the bold fabrics used in the 30-40's mens caps/clothing I see in the magazine advertisements. The recent thread, Esquires Complete Golden Era Illustration's -https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/esquire’s-complete-golden-age-illustrations.101480/ , showcases the advertisements in the Esquire Magazine that showcase the bold patterned/colors/textures/hues of fabrics used during this decade. Dashing Tweeds "Urban Tweed" is similar to what I see in the Esquire magazine ads of the 30's-40's.

Check out the many artisan cap makers and their fabric offerings. I can only imagine what your creative eye and the handy work of the cap artisans will be able to conjure up.

Cheers this Sunday afternoon folks. Be safe, be strong and see you on the streets soon, Eric -

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Tukwila said:

Our day trip up to Trillium Lake on the east side of Mt. Hood. Normally, you would see the highest peak of Mt. Hood right behind us, snow still on it, overlooking the lake. But a fire at Mt. Hood Meadows produced enough smoke to obscure the mountain today.

I wore the WDH indigo hemp cap and the Misses wore a parabuntal hat for shade. It was 74° at the lake, 92° here at home on our return.

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jonesy86 said:

Monsivais indigo cotton cream stripe today at my local beach. It was pretty quiet for a Holliday. View attachment 259420 View attachment 259421 View attachment 259422 View attachment 259423 View attachment 259424

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jonesy86 said:

I’m enjoying this combination of leather and linen today with my Simonds Cap at my local beach.
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Short Balding Guy said:

Good afternoon cap folks. I would like to introduce a new cap today - Cordova X Star Cap.

The Dashing Tweed fabric is in a olive green and black wool. Faint red and gray threads really make the chevrons pop.

This cap has a five star pleated design on top. I like this more modest pleated design as it appears to my eye to be more subtle. It certainly has a "look at me" pleat, but I do not see a not a "I demand your look" design.

I instantly like the cap right out of the box. I wore it on a walkabout thru the neighborhoods. The medium weight wool is perfect for our 55'f(12'c) weather.

Thanks for taking a look at my new Cordova X-Star cap.

Cheers, Eric

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jonesy86 said:

Groundhog Day with a Monsivais.
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jonesy86 said:

Hanna Hats patchwork Irish linen cap today on the same old beach.

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