What Cap Are You Wearing Today?

[Willebe]

Auto repairs today. This calls for my trust auto auction cap. It has been through many a rebuild and repairs with me since the mid 90's. I think I need to feed this scrawny boy some Wheaties...

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[Chepstow]

Good in use Will, so must look a cap! [emoji1360]


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[Trenchfriend]

Denim-blue Balke Lakota-flatcap, again.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Out this afternoon in a Cordova Cap. Canvas cap is perfect for errands.

Good afternoon, Eric -

 

[RJR]

Out this afternoon in a Cordova Cap. Canvas cap is perfect for errands.

Good afternoon, Eric -

I like that shape very much.

 

[Short Balding Guy]

"Blue" morning in a Monsavais Cap.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Stracciatella summer-cotton flatcap, today.

 

[RJR]

Simonds loose weave this afternoon.

 

[totallyfrozen]

Nothing fancy today.

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[Trenchfriend]

First half of the day, the olive cotton/linen flatcap. Second half of the day, the Denim-blue cotton-flatcap. Balke "Lakota"-series.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Denim-blue cotton-flatcap, today.

 

[Bushman]

Started out the day with Donegal Tweed newsboy. My Dad took my cousins and myself out to his union picnic. Here's me with my cousin on the right, his son, and his wife there on the left. We're 55ft up in a scissor lift.

We all went out to eat after, but the day was getting hot so I went home to change, and replaced the newsboy with my favorite 5-panel cap.

 

[totallyfrozen]

...the day was getting hot so I went home to change, and replaced the newsboy with my favorite 5-panel cap.

Reminds me of a Filson hunting cap I've seen. Very nice.



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[Trenchfriend]

The olive cotton/linen- and the Denimblue cotton-summer flatcap, again.

 

[alanfgag]

 

[bluesforchallah]

working in the garage with the Monsivais & Co. Machinist cap.

 

[totallyfrozen]

working in the garage with the Monsivais & Co. Machinist cap.

Takes me back. As a (troubled) teen, I had a mentor named, Jake. He was a self employed welder, mechanic, carpenter, plumber, handyman. He ALWAYS wore one of those caps. His looked a bit more "lighthearted". IIRC, his was polka dotted.


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[totallyfrozen]

First time out of the house with my new Borsalino oatmeal linen 8/4. Honestly, I'm more accustomed to wearing duckbill 6 panels. The 8/4 felt very large and puffy. I admit I feeling a little self conscious at first wondering if it looked ridiculously huge. I like it; however, I ordered a 58cm (7-1/4) and that's what the label says but it fits like a 59 or 60.

PS excuse the sweaty look. It's quite humid today.

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[Daan]

A scoop on The Fedora Lounge: Boinas Portuguesas, of 100% burel from the Sera da Estrela!

Burel is a 100% woven wool felt, made from Bordaleira sheep wool. This breed lives only in the Serra da Estrela region, the highest mountains in Portugal and is capable of growing extremely resistant but still pleasant to the touch fibres.

In the heart of Portugal’s Serra da Estrela lies the village of Manteigas. Shepherds have lived in these mountains since the 12th century and the village is characterized by the weaving industry and manufacturing of burel cloth, an ancient tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation.

The sheep of the Serra da Estrela have allowed humans to settle this inhospitable part of Portugal by providing wool, milk and meat for many centuries and until recently, the region’s economy was fully based on sheep’s products.
It was the constant and unlimited supply of fresh water to wash the wool and drive the machines and looms (pre-Industrial Revolution) that enabled the industry to flourish in Manteigas.
With the introduction of synthetics and cheap imports from overseas, the burel industry went into decline and almost disappeared, throwing entire families into poverty and causing many to move to the cities or abroad.
The most important wool factory in the region was Lanificio Império (1947). This factory was bought in 2010 by two keen hikers and mountain explorers, João Tomás and Isabel Costa, who, after realizing the heritage and the cultural value of the space, decided not to let burel die and proceed with the recovery of the factory that became ‘Burel Factory’.

Burel Factory continues using the same machines and traditional equipment, ensuring the production of unique, different and high quality fabrics, preserving the past, reinterpreting it and making it into a story of the future.

At South Pacific Berets now the Burel Boinas Portuguesas in the original Sarrubeco (natural) and the custom made colours 'Jeans' and 'Exército verde' (Army Green).

 

[Short Balding Guy]

Caps worn this weekend. Vintage, Damian Monsavais and Cordova Caps. I am enjoying a fire and honoring the weekend frolics this evening.

Best, Eric -