The Flat Cap is wonderful. It stays put in a wind and when you go inside, fold it, and it fits in a coat pocket. All neat, tidy.

@hansoak3664

4 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@amym.4823

4 ай бұрын

And some of them have a useful earflap that can be tucked away when not needed. So cozy!

@jamesandrews8698

4 ай бұрын

i forgot about that! i like billed tobogans for the same reasons

@Patcannistan

4 ай бұрын

Sin é.

@assininecomment1630

4 ай бұрын

_Wonderful?_ You need to get out a little more often, squire. 😐

It is a perfect cap for those of us with sparsely populated head hairs.

@bryanashirley1327

4 ай бұрын

Yes

@assininecomment1630

4 ай бұрын

Why? What does it do, that's any better than any other hat, for thinning or bald folk?

@sarkybugger5009

4 ай бұрын

@ddr8215 Wearing a hat indoors is banned in the UK, unless you are female, or a small child. It's just _not done!_

@steves7896

4 ай бұрын

Shhhhhh! Don't let the cat out of the bag!

@assininecomment1630

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately for some,@@steves7896, everybody has known all along, that those friggin' cats have been shedding. *Wigs,* however - and *comb-overs* - they are perfect strategies! Nobody can _ever_ tell what's really going on under there, when the wig, toupé or comb-over are employed. 😐

I picked up a flat cap at a thrift store. I have a photo of my grandfather wearing one, and it gives me a sense of connection.

I grew up in Ireland 🇮🇪 and my father wore one for most of his life but switched to baseball hats later in life. Rest in peace Jack.

Living in Ireland, I can tell you firsthand that the flatcap tradition is very much alive and well amongst the irish farming community. It would be odd to see a tractor driver without one

@hathistorianjc

2 жыл бұрын

I am very happy to hear that!

@ronschwigel8140

Жыл бұрын

and a lad walking the streets of old milwaukee wisconsin usa not wearing one as well. hee hee.

@melissamcgill6954

9 ай бұрын

Make more videos because your videos are amazi like them

@MattM-ce3qe

7 ай бұрын

I live in Hampshire in England and I would say every third man wears one in the winter.

@JustAnotherTradie

5 ай бұрын

@@MattM-ce3qe Same, as a Cornishman

This channel is one of the hidden gems of KZread

I’m 66 years old just started wearing one love it 😊

I started wearing flat caps 40 years ago and almost never go out without one.

@seansoccer100

4 ай бұрын

Tell that to your profile pic!

@Luk3d411

4 ай бұрын

@@seansoccer100 got him 😂😂😂

Finally I understand the difference between the Newsie cap and the Flat cap. Thank you.

I’m wearing one right now. We are bringing it back baby!

I love that there's a photo that shows both a horse and his rider wearing matching Flat Caps at 6:45

@WestCoastProf

4 ай бұрын

And the horse is wearing a tie?!

@EPeltzer

4 ай бұрын

A matching tie, shirt, trousers and jacket! Together with the cap none of which I noticed on first viewing, how is that possible?

@WeekendMuse

Ай бұрын

Excellent observation!

I had two. One from an American friend in Japan that didn't want that present from his wife and one handmade by a vendor at the Saturday market in Eugene Oregon. I started wearing one to work and was laughed at and ridiculed. Never one to care about the opinions of others, i continued to wear. Still have them both.

@nozrep

4 ай бұрын

why were you laughed at and ridiculed? how silly

@neilfranklin5644

4 ай бұрын

Good for you.

@lablount2910

4 ай бұрын

Hi from Eugene

@JohnnyWrongo-b9l

4 ай бұрын

Really strange reaction, isn't it?? Very American, it seems. Very conformist behaviour @@nozrep

@just-dl

4 ай бұрын

I get comments on mine. But I feel and look silly in baseball caps. My friends joke about it, kindly. My kids (my own and my students) line the style and wear mine when they can get it away from me. I take that as a compliment. And the opinion of 3rd graders is worth considering!

This has been my go to style of cap for years.

My Yorkshireman step-dad bought me one as a kid in the 80’s and I rediscovered them about 15 years ago which I wore ‘ironically’ in the trendy urban environment I then lived in given . Now I live in the Scottish Highlands and just wear it as cosy, less childish than a baseball cap and super practical in keeping the wind off my ageing bonce. I love that you can flip it on to your head one handed and there it stays come what may… Great history- thank you!

@snesleywipessqueegeeservices

4 ай бұрын

Libertines: Time for Heroes; 2002: "There are fewer more distressing sights than that, Of an Englishman in a baseball cap..." I have always heartily agreed.

@deadandburied7626

4 ай бұрын

Baseball caps, plain ones, are not childish.

@geoffpriestley7310

4 ай бұрын

Yorkshire the land of flat caps and ferrets

@MichaelWilliams-tv1bm

4 ай бұрын

The Newsboy cap is also called a Yorkshire cap in the North of England.

@megatronjenkins2473

3 ай бұрын

​@@geoffpriestley7310ahhhh, ferrets, the tubesteaks of the animal kingdom!

My grandson got me one from England, and it’s my favorite hat .

@JMacistheguy

4 ай бұрын

God bless you and your grandson

@neilfranklin5644

4 ай бұрын

I have a heavy weight one for winter and a lighter summer one for best , then several corduroy ones as well.

44 year old southern American here. I moved from a baseball cap to a bucket cap when I was in high school and then from the bucket cap to a flat cap after college. I still wear a flat cap daily!

My grandfather called them “going down the road caps” probably because a lot of sports car drivers wore them. That’s what I called them for years not knowing the flat cap name. I started warring them for cycling because they didn’t blow off easily, shielded my eyes from sun and rain and my Grandfather’s name seen to fit. I did switch to a bike helmet when they became more available but carried my flat cap in a bike bag for when I got off my bicycle. Over all a very practical hat.

@Cokecanninja

5 ай бұрын

Cycling caps have a similar construction to the flat cap with a short stiff brim, but the body of the cap is more form fitting so it fits under a bike helmet.

@assininecomment1630

4 ай бұрын

Huh? "going down the road caps"..? Was your gramps already going senile by then?

@barryirlandi4217

4 ай бұрын

Warm and comfortable

I was in Ireland in 2018. They were having a heat wave then. It was all of 80 degrees F. Not having as much hair as I did when I was young, I needed to cover my head. We were in the village of Cong. So we went into the gift shop and I purchased a flat cap. It was a bit warm but it kept the sun off my head. Still have it. It is a very good hat for winters in the northeast. Glad I bought it.

@omaoileoinb9

4 ай бұрын

Irish caps can be a bit heavy in fabric, 95% of the year it's perfect 👍

@noelio67

3 ай бұрын

Nice village Cong, The Quiet Man was partially filmed there in 1952, it's only about 40 mins away from me in Galway City

@petersimpson633

3 ай бұрын

I have an Irish linin flat cap summer, cool and keeps sun out of my eyes, very practical. Only downside is it wont stop the tips of your ears getting sunburn

Wore these since my teenage years in Detroit the mid 90s. Loving the fact that there are so many more fabrics available now.

I have fond memories of my grandfather wearing his to church every Sunday. He had 3 for the 3 different suits he owned. 😊

What's good enough for Fred Dibnah is good enough for me.

@pinktooth5473

2 ай бұрын

Big love fi Dibnah

From the North of England, I endorse this message!

I was part of a 70’s pop band. I wore a flat cap and sunglasses 😎

@guyjperson

5 ай бұрын

Was it a look? Did the other band mates dovetail to that?

@Alienalloy

5 ай бұрын

surly not 'curiosity killed the cat'...🙄

@StevieZero

4 ай бұрын

​@@Alienalloythat was the 80s

It’s one of my favorite too!!!!🤗🤗🤗

Born and bred in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, reaching a certain age, and following in the footsteps of my late father and grandfathers, I recently felt inclined to buy and wear a flat cap myself. And it feels great...

@Buster_Piles

4 ай бұрын

Same. I have quite a few these days, as a Geordie it's a way of commemorating my ancestors as I think you are to. Pride. 😊

I was brought up in the wake of Two Tone, by my grandfather in Coventry, who was a very old retired publican of a famous wartime pub who was very old-fashioned even when he was young, so I have been wearing fedoras, trilbies and flat caps ever since I was the only boy in my school during the 1980s to do so, and as a result my nickname of the best part of forty years has always been: 'The Hat'. From that time, I have consistently espoused the opinion that the decline of hat-wearing in England has much to answer for, as if in jest, but actually in sincerest earnest. It has been most gratifying to bear witness to the hat-wearing revival over the years since then, especially amongst the youth. Nonetheless, I unfailingly learn some fascinating new insight into the world of hats every video I watch on this channel. It is content of the highest quality. I doff my hat to you, Sir.

Ahh, the bunnet. Very popular in Scotland. Not just Northern England and Ireland.

I automatically think of my uncle. He was a faithful wearer of the Flat Cap . He had a everyday one and another that he only wore to Sunday services.Thank you for posting. ❤

I didn't realise my leather Stetson brand 'flat cap' is actually a Newsboy cap. Thanks for pointing out the difference. The reason I wear (both) is that they're so practical. Being short, the sun visor in my car doesn't come down far enough to shield my eyes from the sun when I'm driving towards it when it's low on the horizon (to and from work). My flat cap does that job. It keeps me head warm, and when I'm out and don't want to wear it, I can fold it up, like a Cornish pasty, and stick it in me pocket. So I call em 'Pastie hats'!

I wore various flats during the 70's disco era. Now that i'm over 60 and bald, I got a nice one from Louisiana to wear. Welcome, old friend!

@wilhelmseleorningcniht9410

4 ай бұрын

honestly that's my plan if ever I should start balding. No hair? Hats're the next best thing or even better

I have one that I bought in Ireland. I love it as a classier version of a billed cap, which I wear daily outside in my working gear. My flat cap is warm, doesn't mess up my hair too badly and looks nice with my fall wool clothes.

On a recent trip back to Wales to visit my family, I live in Canada now, they had my dad’s flat cap proudly displayed, along with his Bowler hat. The flat cap was his daily wear. The Bowler for special occasions, funerals as he was a pallbearer when needed at our church. I have just found your Channel and I am enjoying it immensely . I am now looking for a flat cap or a newsboy cap for my self, as I now know the difference. Thanks John.

I never thought i could have Enjoy hats so much …. Thanks !

I grew up in the States but have worn flatcaps and newsboys since I moved to Canada many decades ago. The newsboy has become my favourite cap though I still wear the Ivy. The newsboy worn by Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders did grab my eye.Very practical and yet stylish. It appears that the fedora is having a bit of a resurgence in popularity.

@megatronjenkins2473

3 ай бұрын

The fedora is popular amongst neckbeards and hipster douchebags. I've refused to wear mine ever since those fat bastards soiled the reputation.

I Love Flat Caps and I like History a lot so I never expected to find a channel like this

I have a very fine example of a 'baker boy' flat cap ( like the news boy but with a curved peak) in Harris tweed with eight panels from Earland & Sons Leicestershire hatters. I've had it for years and it ages gracefully; it is lovely and warm in cold weather and, being Harris tweed, reasonably waterproof. I've been told it's flattering to my face by more than one lady so naturally I'm delighted with it.

My great grandfather was a bit of a pack rat. He came to America from Westmeath in 1903. He had one hat, a greyish green plaid flat cap hand made of wool by a relative in Westmeath. Being a packrat, when it got a bit too worn to wear he retired it to his closet and obtained another from that same relative, this time in a solid dark forest green. Some years later he obtained yet another one in a brown plaid from that relative and then he got his last one, a solid grey made by the daughter of that relative around 1950. So in his adult life he owned four. They must have been extremely well made because I have all four and while they all have wear, there are no holes. He died when I was five years old and I expressed an interest in them so he gave them to my mother to hold onto until I was old enough to wear and fully appreciate them. He may very well have had others but I only know of four. An uncle of mine obtained his Irish flat cap in 1970. His was made in a herringbone pattern. He passed away about 20 years ago and nobody wanted his cap so my aunt gave it to me and it too fits. When another aunt visited Ireland she brought back three for me and that was around 18 or so years ago. The only one I have that was not made in Ireland of Irish wool is one cousin got for me from Paris which is nearly identical in style and construction as the three most recent ones I got from Ireland but it is solid black and has the added feature of fold up ear flaps which none of my others have. That was for some years my go to winter hat until I moved to Florida though I still occasionally wear it. It goes quite well with my black suit and overcoat paired with a black scarf. That's about as formal as I get. I'm sure someone in Ireland makes them but I have never seen one from Ireland that was all black. Recently I ordered one through Amazon that is a bit brighter shade of green though not quite a Kelly green. From the oldest to the newest there is little difference in design. I have dozens of hats from various periods. But my favorite is my flat cap. It is the one I feel I look the best in.

@megatronjenkins2473

3 ай бұрын

Kelly, my favorite shade of green! Incidentally, the name of the girl who took my V Card🤣🤣🤣

Terrific job! Interesting and informative! In my family, these hats are a bit of a family tradition. My 3rd great grandfather, an immigrant to the US from Waterford during the Great Famine, wore more of a newsboy cap while working in a brownstone quarry. His son wore a flat cap. My great grandfather became a Chief of Police and wore a Fadora when not in uniform. My grandfather wore a variety of hats including a flat cap. My dad has been wearing a flat cap for as long as I can remember. So it was only a matter of time before a picked up the family tradition--been wearing a flat cap for the past 3 years and love it. Now I'm trying to get my 23-year-old son to join the fun; so far, no luck there!

I was wearing mine only the other day. I live on a narrowboat on the UK canals and it's the perfect piece of headgear. My family is also from Ireland, so there's also the familial tradition of wearing them. Great video by the way.

I bought a lovely tweed flat cap to wear when driving my Mazda Miata with the roof open. All I need now is the Miata !

I'm really enjoying your series. My wife is a milliner, and she introduced me to the world of hats a couple decades ago. A flat cap is one of my favorites. In Japan, they're called "hunting" caps, and the newsboy caps are called "casquettes". I'm glad you pointed out the difference. Can't wait to see more.

There was a hatter in Norwich, England; Rumsey-Wells, who was a well known maker of a wide variety of cap styles.

@sacredinstrumentals1360

4 ай бұрын

There’s a pub in Norwich called Rumsey Wells

@simongee8928

4 ай бұрын

@@sacredinstrumentals1360 Yup. It's in the building that was Rumsey Wells shop. 😁

Have both Summer and Winter versions of the Sicilian 'Coppola', which I wear most days here in Sicily. It's both stylish (my opinion anyway) and very much a necessity here. Great presentation. Thanks...! :)

I live in the US, but bought one in Dublin when I visited a couple of years ago. I like it a lot, and even get compliments when I wear it out and about.

Now I´m also old and retired I´m perfectly happy to wear a Delboy cap !

I just realised that it's kind of a thing among older men of Turkish origin in Germany. Makes sense with the Attatürk connection you mentioned!

I keep my dear dad's flat cap to remind me of him. He wore it for many years.

I've been trying to find a flat cap to try locally. Still looking. Your video was great! Keep up the good work

My grandfather was a dairy herdsman in England from the 1930s through to the late 1980s and I spent much time in an agricultural environment as a child as a result of his work. He always wore a flat cap, as did my father and uncle. In old photos I can see that my great grandfather, also a dairy herdsman, also wore one. As a child in the 70s and 80s, I dont think I ever saw an agricultural worker in the south of England that wasn’t wearing one at work. My grandfather’s flat caps were usually brown tweed, often in a dog-toothed check pattern. He wore a smart looking one to church and a slightly more worn one on the farm. When his Sunday cap started to look a bit old, and his work cap started to wear out, the church cap was demoted to everyday use and a new, smarter, cap would be purchased for church. After he retired he still wore a smart flat cap to church or when going out somewhere, with his older one being used as a gardening hat. I own two, which I wear quite a bit. One is grey tweed, the other a brown dog-tooth check much like the one my grandfather wore.

Great video. I used to wear hats when i was younger, when I was a traveller. The flat cap was my favorite.

I'm from the US and I wear both a flat cap and a newsboy cap unusual wear the newsboy cap when it's really sunny out cause of the wide viser and the flap cap when it isn't to sunny but I like them both just the same

I really enjoy your videos. They are informative, clean, and nicely presented. Good job! Another perk, for me, is that I watch both, the english and french versions. I went to a french school for a few years, as a child, in Montreal. It's amazing how much I still remember, but don't have the opportunity to speak french very often, as I live in western Canada now. Watching the french version is helping me retain french as a second language. Merci bien. Continuer!

@hathistorianjc

2 жыл бұрын

Merci! Heureux de pouvoir aider!

Brian Johnson of AC/DC is who I always relate to this hat, enjoyable clip!

Very old Texan here. Sure, I wear Stetson cowboy hats, but I'm equally comfortable in one of my flat hats or newsboy hats. I am somewhat of a hat wearer who has no boundaries. I enjoy many styles. 🤠

Vive la Normandie, très bonne expliquation merci 🤝🏻

My flat cap is made of lovely harris tweed, its also got a curse on it, i go all 'northern' when i put it on, great vlog JC keep em coming!

Flat caps are very comfortable and practical, I got one on a trip and wore it constantly till I lost it. I will be getting another soon..

My grandfather an engineer wore one basically to keep his hair clean at work , the cap was filthy with oil. And going back to then people didn't get bathed or showers as often so it would make sense to have a covering for your hair when worn with overalls meaning only your hands and face will need cleaning.

@hathistorianjc

Жыл бұрын

I hadn't thought of that

@JH-lo9ut

4 ай бұрын

Still true today. I work in a dirty workshop with lots of dust in the air. I like to wear a cap to keep dust, oil, grease, paint and glue out of my hair. (I have the kind of hair that don't want to be shampooed to often) I prefer a short-brimmed cap, (sometimes called a five-panel cap or golf cap), as it fits my head shape. I also have to wear ear protection 99% of the time at work, wich requires a cap that fits tight on the head, and doesn't have that button on top of the crown.

Bravo Jean-Charles - had no idea this flat cap went so far back. Great storytelling to your history presentations.

Your changing outfits cracks me up. Now you're upper class.

I bought one when I lobbed in Britain years ago and wore it when I was driving around the countryside. Much to the amusement of my mates.

I have worn both styles for over 50 years! Because of practicallity! Wind? Rain? Driving convertible? Bicycle?…you name it…. IT STAYS ON AND DOES THE JOB!

Love the history! I'm looking for a British driving cap to go motoring in my modern Mini Cooper S...or flip it around for cruising in my vintage Model A roadster! Thanks!

My most Aerodynamic cap! Great in windy conditions

I really enjoy your videos and learning all about the different styles of hats. Having lived in tropical or southern climates all of my life and having wimpy Irish skin,, I've had considerable skin damage. Now that I live in Arizona, I always wear a nice stylish Stetson cowboy hat for sun protection.

Wasn't searching for this but the flat cap has always been one of my favorite hats and I happen to be wearing one now.

Back in the 1960's my dad wore a train engineer's cap on the farm. But when he and mom were going to town, he wore a flat cap. Always.

I love these hats. I wear one nearly exclusively. In America I don’t think most know the history so thanks for that. I feel a lot of connection to my forbears the more I learn about them. I know I’m part Scot at least. Wearing the hat actually gives me the feel of an old world intellectual and sometimes an American hipster from mid 20th century somehow.

I have a few flat caps and wear one whenever it's not too hot, which is most of the time here in England. My favourite is a Christy's Radnor which I bought back in 1975, though it is worn and holey.

So much that I did not know. So much I still don't. Cheers. Many thanks.

I used to wear a flat cap to school as a child in the 80s. No idea why, just a bit odd I guess.

@hathistorianjc

2 жыл бұрын

Well, so did I, so I understand. Embrace the oddity.

@hansoak3664

5 ай бұрын

Same. I wore one on occasion and didn't really think anything of it. One of the band members of ACDC was shown wearing one.

@elfpimp1

5 ай бұрын

Think back to the movies back then. The cool anti (insert plot of movie) guy wore one.

@martinholmes-ue9ko

4 ай бұрын

Very interesting as are all your vids.

@elfpimp1

4 ай бұрын

@@martinholmes-ue9ko I concur.

One of my favorite.

My first flat cap was when I was 12. My mother bought it from L.L. Bean and the catalogue called it a British touring cap. That’s what I called them for forty years until I recently heard the term flat cap used.

I wore baseball caps or welding caps for a number of years, and was given my 1st flat cap as a birthday present @30 years ago. My wife, along with a number of other female family friends, all told me that it fit my face and looked much better on me than the others, big surprise I guess as I'm of Irish/English heritage. I've worn nothing but flat caps ever since and have a fairly decent collection, with my main daily wearer being a rather battered leather one. Enjoyed learning the history behind it.

I have been wearing a flat cap for decades. Love the look.

Very well-done presentation. I have flat caps with ear flaps, great for extra cold weather, which you can either wear or tuck inside the hat if not needed. Flat caps with ear flaps are hard to find.

Still worn with affection and great utility by us in Yorkshire.

When I first started wearing one about 40 years ago as a farmworker in the English Midlands it was locally termed as a 'County Cap.'

The industrial working class used them as a portable glove for hot and dirty objects such as hot metal tools. In the original Ulster Defence Force it marked the social divides of the day with the men parading in flat caps, the senior NCOs in bowlers and the officers in soft brimmed hats. In the shipyards the foremen wore bowler hats and the workmen flat caps.

Growing up all the men in my family wore flatcaps, as I still do today. I have a modest collection. My latest acquisition was Buddy Murphy/ John Hanly-Fethard. The flat cap does stretch the gap between informal work wear, business casual & formal wear.

I remember when fedoras and flat caps were the style in my highschool, in 2010.

This youtube suggestion is proof that our phones are always listening. As a keen wearer of many different styles of hats, I’m pleased that only two weeks ago, I bought my first flat cap. It’s not been off my noggin since. 😄 May I suggest the Welsh Hat as a possible for a video?

Hats off to you, sir! Fantastic video! Very informative!

Well, again I am delighted to learn about another hat in a concise, informative fashion! I do have to ask however, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the cowboy hat soon! I cannot wait for the deep dive, and it is on the intro art... even if not on the cowboy hat keep them coming!

@hathistorianjc

Жыл бұрын

Merci! I swear it's coming, I wrote the script recently, but I have a few more that are lined up before it, so it might still be a little bit. But it'll come, I promise!

I like flat caps like irish tweed caps. Curly Howard of the three stooges wore a flat cap, its his favorite. He wears it like if he was a little boy back in Brooklyn lol. Thanks for sharing this history of the Flat hats. It was interesting. 😊

I have three flat caps. Love them & just like the look. I’ve been wearing them for well over 20 years. Thanks for the history !

15 years ago I wore one in Birmingham and people associated them with Yorkshire because of Last Of The Summer Wine. Now, when I wear one in Yorkshire, people associate it with Birmingham cos of Peaky Blinders.

Love me my flat cap! Bought it at Blenheim Palace when caught without a cap on a sunny day. Now it’s my everyday cap! Love it!! 😃😎

I just found a new and interesting channel to watch with my husband over dinner...he loves different kinds of hats

I appreciate your making a clear distinction between the flat cap and the newsboy cap. I am a big fan of the latter (and an old newsie myself). Ive had versions for decades, including white versions for summer and tropical wear. I've nothing against flat caps except the shape. They are too narrow for my head. The same is true for small newsboy caps, which are fashionable now.

@reallyisitjustme

11 ай бұрын

Try looking for a Bond Cap as worn by Edward VIII, they are a round topped wool hat with a peak, wider and floppier than a flat cap, and are often seen but not discussed in this video although they are a big part of the evolution of the flat cap, don't have eight panels like the Tam O'Shanter ("Tammie") and are more like the original Blue Bonnet / Balmoral but with a stiffened peak.

Great presentation. Enjoyed every bit of it. Thanks

I’ve taken to these hats now, especially in winter. They are somewhat warmer than baseball caps. They are also more comfortable than the latter which tend to grip the head more tightly. And yes, I like the look. There was a very nice lightweight summer one that used to be available called a firehose cap. Thank you for this informative video. Ivy and drivers are other names. As well as the Boston scaly cap.

@williamolliges2622

4 ай бұрын

Um, the Firehose Cap is still available at Deluth Trading Company. They are affordable, and VERY good caps. I have two, one in olive and the other in natural duck. I hesitate to call them lightweight, as the working canvas is pretty stout, but they are breathable and suitable year round, even in the dreaded summer of the desert southwest.

What I always love so much about this channel is that not only do you show off such amazing hats, and answer a lot of questions I had about particular ones, but are always presented in the appropriate outfit to go with said hat. It is no small feat to do this on a regular basis and accurately represent every one of them.

When I lived in England in the 70s and early 80s I never bought a flat cap, nor any cap at all. But in the late 1980s I was working in Rome. It was winter and my hair was thinner and the wind in those street canyons was biting, In a dedicated men's hat shop I bought an Italian made heavy wool navy blue flat cap with earflaps that folded up inside. I'd seen a couple men in the street wearing hats like that and it looked warm. I wore that cap for about 35 winters and then it disappeared last winter.

My father wore a flat cap and I have started wearing them myself as my hair has deserted me to keep warm in the winter.

I've just recently started wearing the flat cap and like the look along with the newsboy hats as well. Nice to hear a little history behind them. Thank-you!

i had one of these working in the UK in the 80's on a farm. They are much less likely to blow off in a wind than a baseball cap.

As a teen, we called them “college stud hats”. I own a scottish-made woolen one gifted to me by my brother

I have been wearing since high school. I use it as a caddy when I get hoam!

This is giving me Sheldon Cooper Presents: Fun with Flags vibes