This hat was from a stall at Chatsworth Country Fair selling items mostly made of hemp, however, it did also include other items, such as this bamboo hat.
I have many hats and regularly post a new picture of me in a different hat, cap or other headgear with a few facts about what I'm wearing.
Monday, 1 October 2018
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.
Labels:
Bugatti Cap,
Driving Hat,
Flat Cap,
Practical Hats,
Tweed Hat
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.
Labels:
Beret,
Military Field Cap,
Military Hat
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.
Labels:
Cork Hat,
Hard Hats,
Military Hat,
Pith Helmet,
Safari Hat,
Sola topee,
Sun helmet,
Topee
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