Sunday 23 September 2018

Bugatti Cap


This is a Bugatti Cap, essentially a flat cap combined with ear flaps like a trapper hat


It has earlaps that can be worn up making look like a traditional flat cap look or pulled down to warm your ears when the temperatures drop.


More importantly, the ear flaps tie together at the bottom with a button or press stud which keeps the hat on even in strong winds or while you're driving your open-topped sports car


Bugatti caps are normally made of a tweed fabric like this one 


I assume although I may be wrong the cap is named after the Bugatti cars which built its first racing car 1905.



Saturday 15 September 2018

Red Beret

Red Beret of this style is mainly worn by military police, commandos & paramilitary. 


Red beret is also a term used to refer to British Parachute regiment although they wear a maroon coloured beret.























Saturday 8 September 2018

Green Pith Helmet

This Pith, although it doesn't look it in these photos, is green or dark Khaki.


It also had a 5 pointed star badge on red background originally making it a replica of an NVA helmet worn in the Vietnamese war. 

(NVA = North Vietnamese Army)




















These helmets continued to be used in Vietnam until early 21st Century



Gifted to my hat collection as Christmas present.




Sunday 2 September 2018

Lets Go Swimming


This is a latex swimming cap.

Sometimes known as a bathing cap.


Swimming caps are worn for several reasons, protect the hair from chlorine in swimming pools, keep hair relatively dry, even help keep the head warmer and to reduce drag in competitive swimming races.

They can also be compulsory in some pools to stop loose hair clogging filters.


Swimming caps can be made of lycra, silicon or latex, they are normally tightly fitted