On the runway, designers often use hats to decorate their outfits and choose complementary shoes and jewelry to complete the whole look. Hats are accessories full of imagination that can express the wearer’s taste and attitude, which are must-have fashion accessories. In this blog, we – Aung Crown, a professional custom hat manufacturer since 1998, will introduce 36 hats for people to refer to.

1.       Baseball Caps or Baseball Hats

In the 1960s, the Brooklyn Excelsiors wore baseball caps. After that, baseball caps became popular worldwide. Today, standard baseball caps are more suitable for baseball games or casual wear. A baseball cap is usually made of several panels, and the most common panels are 6-panel, 5-panel, or 7-panel. The front two panels are stiff, which can keep the hat in great shape even when not worn.

2.       Snapback Caps

Snapback caps are a type of baseball cap with flat brims and adjustable snap closures. This type of cap became synonymous with hip-hop in the early 1990s. After that, snapbacks became a favorite of millennials and Generation Z.

3.       Dad Caps

Different types of baseball caps vary in style and dad caps are one of them. Why are they called dad caps? Because most dads wear this type of cap, and when dad caps become fashionable accessories, it leads to more people wearing them. The crown of dad caps tends to be large, soft, and cozy, which entitles their classic and casual outlook. The distinctive difference between baseball caps and dad caps is that dad caps are unconstructed and baseball caps are structured.

Dad cap vs. snapback cap

4.       Trucker Caps

Trucker caps are a type of baseball cap with a mesh back. Celebrities like Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, and Justin Timberlake have worn them. Although trucker caps are not as popular as they used to be, but who knows if they will make a comeback or not. The classic design of trucker caps is the mesh back design, which makes tucker caps have better ventilation and the front structured panels are slightly convex, which is stylish.

5.       Visor Caps

Visor caps, also known as sunhats or hollow caps, are favored by tennis stars, golfers, and volleyball players. Initially, visor caps were designed for outdoor sports.

6.       Beanies or Beanie Hats

Whether you choose a cuff-less beanie, a slouchy beanie, a pom-pom beanie, or a short beanie, they are all must-haves for the cold winter.

7.       Trapper Hats

Trapper hats are also called ushanka. If you want a stiff, rough hat, then trapper hats are a very nice choice. This type of hat is preferred by trailblazers and mountaineers when hiking in the Appalachian Mountains. During World War I, aviators wore trapper hats to protect themselves from the cold, which is why trapper hats are also called aviator hats.

8.       Top Hats

In the 18th century, top hats were preferred by upper-class men, and these gentlemen were called playboys, wearing large top hats and knotted ties in long tuxedos. Today, anyone can wear a top hat and top hats are no longer the symbol of the class, they are part of outfits and worn on glamorous occasions.

9.       Fedoras or Fedora Hats

Fedora hats are a type of hat that has a light and soft top. Usually, the brim width of fedora hats is about 5cm to 12cm (1.97 inches to 4.72 inches) and the brim can be rolled back or flat. The wider the brim, the more flamboyant the wearer. The classic way to wear a fedora is to wear it down a bit, which can cover most of the forehead. It’s suggested to leave 1.5 cm/0.59 inches between the hat and the eyebrows. Nowadays, the popular way to wear a fedora hat is to wear it a little titled, and such an inspiration is derived from a French movie – Fédora. In this movie, a princess of the same name wore a fashionable fedora hat.

10.  Tribby or Tribby Hats

Tribby hats are also a type of fedora hat with a shorter brim and soft structure. The brim width is between 3 cm and 4 cm/ 1.18 inches and 1.57 inches. The brim slopes down at the front and rolls up at the back. Tribby hats were popular in the 1950s and many musicians wore Tribby hats during their performances. To this day, Tribby hats are still recognized as a hot hat type in the arts and creative fields.

11.  Pork Pie Hats

Pork pie hats are layered flat top hats, named after a famous cake from the United Kingdom, that look similar to fedora hats and end with a rounded top, not indented. In the movie Desperado, the classic look of Alter White, pork pie hats have become popular again.

Pork pie hats

12.  Homburg Hats

A homburg hat is a semi-formal fur felt hat characterized by a single indentation running down the center of the crown (called a “gutter crown”), a wide silk grosgrain hat band, a flat brim shaped in a “pencil curl,” and a ribbon trim around the edge of the brim. It is traditionally offered in black or gray.

Homburg hats were popular with a group of gangsters in the late 1920s, were part of the fedora hats, and were often associated with luxury. Homburg hats were worn by the King of the United Kingdom at the beginning. Wight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill also like to wear Homburg hats.

13.  Berets or Beret Hats

In the Renaissance, berets were worn by farmers and the poor. These hats have evolved from an inconspicuous place to be favored by fashionistas, revolutionaries, and armies.

14.  Cloche or Cloche Hats

In 1908, a milliner, Lorraine Rebus, invented this type of hat and called them cloche hats. The shape of cloche hats looks like a cute bell shape and it’s comfortable and warm to wear such a hat.

15.  Newsboy Caps

Before the Internet, people read newspapers to keep up with the latest gossip. Newsboys sell newspapers on the street while wearing a loose, flat hat with a small brim in the front. That’s the newsboy cap, and today newsboy caps have become an important part of fashion.

16.  Ascot Caps

Ascot caps have a structured and rounded top that is similar to flat-top hats. If you’re not a flashy person, then ascot caps are a very nice choice for you. Generally, Ascot caps are in neutral or soft colors such as beige, gray, brown, or black.

17.  Bowler Hats

Bowler hats have a hard structure, a narrow and rolling brim, and a round crown to protect the head from inclement weather. Thomas and William Bowler, London hatmakers, invented the bowler hat in 1849. After the comedy star – Charlie Chaplin, bowler hats earned their place in fashion, and until today, people still wear them worldwide.

18.  Cowboy Hats

The inspiration for this hat came from the old western United States. Cattlemen in that area used beaver or rabbit fur to make cowboy hats. Lucky for them, today we can use felt to make cowboy hats.

19.  Breton Caps

Breton caps have a rounded top and a deep crown, and the brim is rolled up. Generally, police and soldiers wear Breton caps, which are the official caps for both.

20.  Army Caps or Military Caps

Army caps are also known as military caps. Designers were inspired by the camouflaged army caps that soldiers wore in training and created more casual military caps with different colors and patterns.

21.  Pillbox Hats

Pillbox hats are small, flat-top hats usually worn by women. A pillbox hat is a small hat with a flat crown, straight, upright sides, and no brim. It is named after the small cylindrical or hexagonal containers that were used to store or carry a small number of pills.

22.  Boater Hats

Boater hats are hard straw hats. In the late 19^th century, boatmen on the Lagoon of Venice, Italy, wore this type of hat. Boater hats usually have a decorative satin ribbon on the crown. While rowing, the ribbon would flow with the breeze. Soon, boater hats left Venice and made their way into choir costumes and school uniforms all over Europe.

23.  Panama Hats

Panama hats are wide-brimmed and lightweight hats made of straw. In general, many types of hats and styles were invented in Europe. However, Panama hats were invented in South Africa. Originating from Ecuador, Panama hats are breathable and lightweight. Humphrey Bogart was the most famous wearer of Panama hats and he also encouraged his fans to wear Panama hats. After that, Panama hats became the must-have headwear in summer fashion.

24.  Sun Hats

After wearing a sun hat, you will look like a beach girl. Typically, sun hats are made of straw with soft brims. In the Victorian era, it was common to see women wearing such a sun hat. Until the 1950s, sun hats became mainstream in fashion.

25.  Boonie Hats

Boonie hats are jungle hats with wide brims, and the design of boonie hats is similar to that of bucket hats. However, the brim of a boonie hat is harder than that of a bucket hat. In the beginning, boonie hats were worn by armies in tropical climates. After that, outdoor hats for fishing, hiking, and hunting are classified as boonie hats. There is an adjustable strap on boonie hats that is very durable and flexible.

Boonie hats

26.  Bucket Hats

The shape of a bucket hat looks like an upside-down bucket. Derived from the Irish in the 20th century, bucket hats have become popular since the 1990s. From break dancers to fishermen, all kinds of people love bucket hats. If you don’t have umbrellas, bucket hats are a very nice choice because bucket hats are comfortable and personalized at the same time, and can also protect your head from rain.

27.  Deerstalkers

A deerstalker is a type of cap typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting, especially deer stalking. Because of the cap’s popular association with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, it has become a stereotypical detective headgear, especially in comic strips or cartoons and farcical plays and films.

Pipes, tweed jackets, and deerstalker hats are the classic accessories for a detective look. This type of hat has been popular since 1887. Before that, Scottish hunters wore deerstalkers. Deerstalkers are also called two-brim caps with two brims, one in the front and one in the back. Sometimes deerstalkers have detachable earflaps.

Deerstalkers

28.  Cocktail Hats (also called Veil Hats)

Different headwear that guests wear when attending royal parties or weddings are cocktail hats that people are familiar with. In general, cocktail hats are used for abstract art, designed for fashion but not functions. Women prefer them because of their fashion and can keep women’s hairstyles unique and special.

29.  Sombrero

Sombrero means a type of Mexican party hat with wide brims and is also known as a sombrero de charro in Spanish. Mexican farmers wear this sombrero while working outside their farms to block the strong sunlight. Today, the sombrero has become an important part of Mexican culture and Mexican bands often wear the sombrero with decorative embroidery and jewelry.

Sombrero (Mexican Party Hats)

30.  Chef Hats

A chef’s hat is officially called a toque, from the Arabic word for hat. In 1800s France, the tall, pleated hat became known as a toque blanche, literally a white hat.

In many restaurants, chefs wear a white pleated hat called a chef hat. Chef hats appeared in the early 19th century. In those days, each pleat represented a dish that the chef had mastered.

31.  Hard Hats

Army Lt. Edward W. Bullard witnessed how a hard hat saved lives during World War I. This was the inspiration to develop hard hats for miners, construction workers, and shipyard workers. Today, hard hats and reflective work vests are a must in dangerous workplaces.

Hard hats are required when working in areas where there is a risk of head injury from falling objects. In addition, hard hats designed to reduce electrical shock are required when working near exposed electrical conductors that may contact the head.

32.  Sailor Caps

A sailor cap is a round, flat, visorless hat worn by sailors in many of the world’s navies. A sailor’s cap is sometimes called a “Dixie Cup”. Common colors are blue or white, and sailor caps are usually made of wool or canvas. There are flat-top sailor’s caps or rounded-top sailor’s caps with rather wide rolled-up brims, like the tattoo of an anchor, becoming a symbol of life on the high seas. And children knew this type of hat from the movie – Popeye the Sailor, which was shown in 1929.

33.  Christmas Hats

In fairy tales, Santa Claus would walk into town with a sack of presents, wearing a pretty velvet coat, a leather belt, a pair of mittens, and a slouchy hat. That is why Christmas parties always include the iconic red hat – the Christmas hat.

34.  Witch Hats

In general, witch hats are creepy, weird, and pointy. Today, witch hats are the symbol of Halloween. Witch hats may be inspired by mummies, using a funnel-shaped black felt to cover the hair. Witch hats became much more famous after people saw them in The Wizard of Oz – a Western wicked witch wore a witch hat.

35.  Party Hats

Party hats have become a staple of birthday parties. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs, medieval kings, and queens wore unique conical crowns that set them apart and made them more distinctive.

Today, a party hat is any of many celebratory hats, most typically in the form of a conical hat made with a piece of thin paperboard, usually with designs printed on the outside and a long string of elastic acting like a chinstrap, going from one side of the cone’s bottom to another to secure the cone to the person’s head. Party hats are often worn at birthday parties, especially by the guest of honor, or at New Year’s Eve celebrations.

36.  Bachelor’s Caps

Usually referred to as the square academic cap, graduate cap, mortarboard, or Oxford cap, a bachelor’s cap is an academic dress consisting of a horizontal square board attached to a skull cap, with a tassel attached to the center. Bachelors began wearing the square academic cap in the 12^th century. At the final graduation ceremony, bachelors wore long gowns with square academic caps to maintain uniformity of the whole.

Reference:

Hat Knowledge: Overview and Types of Hats – Aung Crown