The flat cap’s origins come from the North of England, and when in the 16th century the government mandated men and boys to wear flat caps to support England’s declining wool trade, they soon ...

The flat cap’s origins come from the North of England, and when in the 16th century the government mandated men and boys to wear flat caps to support England’s declining wool trade, they soon ...

Bobbing and weaving between tourists, mantle tchotchkes, and ornaments, I find myself drawn to a corner of the shop that’s empty save for a pristine stack of classic plaid wool English flat caps.

NEW ORLEANS — It’s been called the newsboy, the Jay Gatsby, the Big Apple, the Ivy, the eight panel, even the Lundberg Stetson. But the classic flat cap, popular with 19th-century longshoremen ...

The popular flat cap which is 100 per cent wool and hand-made in Scotland, sold out on the Sandringham Estate shop website within days of Charles becoming King earlier this month.

The law was repealed in 1597, but the flat cap had gained critical mass, and by the early 20th century was ubiquitous, and usually associated with the working classes.

Do you know the meaning of the black band on Amish hats (hut)? I have been told it’s traditional. Sunday-best hats have flat black ribbon with a flat bow, and everyday hats have black “auto ...