THE DRIVING CAP GETS A NOD FROM THE MEDIA
The fashion section of the New York Times ran a great article this week called “A Smooth Shift to the Driving Cap.” It is a great testimony to the shifting mind set of young people toward headwear.
“Many men have taken to the far worthier wool driving cap, and with good reason. It may not suggest that you are an indie-rock guitar rebel who thinks two chords are plenty, but it will keep your head warmer - and more important, your hair neater - in cold weather.”
Well put, I must say.
“The driving cap has a snap of its own. Traditionally constructed of old-school sport-coat fabrics - stalwart checks and tweeds, showier patchworks and plaids it has been put through hippification and made in all sorts of novel fabrics (corduroy and cable knit) while keeping its basic shape: a small oval beret with a baseballer’s brim. But such tinkering is needless — it has enough personality as it.”
As in the Steampunk fashion, the driving cap’s background is 19th-century working class. The author said the 20th-century desire to upgrade its status can be seen in the name “driving cap,” as well as its aliases: “ivy cap” or “golf cap.”
The writer’s advice: The fabric must accommodate your head roughly from the base of the skull to your hairline without pulling or puckering, and it must be stitched (not snapped) to the visor clear across the front. Period. If it is too wide on top, it takes on the more cartoon look of a newsboy cap, which is more circular and made with eight panels (think of the top of a beach ball) to the driving cap’s three.
He found the perfect cap - with buckle back and a longer curved brim - at Paul Stuart. Sizing is an issue, he said (we hear that often).
Stetson’s Cavanagh division has some great caps in assorted plaids as well. We saw them at the Magic Show.
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/fashion/03PERFECT.html?scp=1&sq=A%20Smooth%20
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