This thread seems to have gone quiet. Here's today's ensemble featuring a Five Points cap up top, in a vintage wool received in a fabric swap with Johnny C.
Brand new from the Well Dressed Head:
The "IT" Cap - a 1910s/20s-style pillbox flat cap with two broad box pleats built into the top. Named after the Hollywood "IT" Café, opened in 1937 by the original 1920s "It" girl Clara Bow and her husband Rex Bell.
This one is built from fabulous vintage...
New from The Well Dressed Head: a luxuriously dressy 1910s-pattern flat cap in a stunning 1930s-era silk/cotton windowpane velvet! Supported by a vintage silk liner, this cap is built for a special occasion.
Only three orders will be taken due to the limited amount of this fabric, so reserve...
Hi gang! Wanted to post a new straw cap I made (probably a one-off as it took metres of fabric to get the pattern to match). Handwoven Vietnamese indigo-dyed hemp straw.
Nice capping, boys!
Made a special 8/4 panel cap ("The Giles") a few days ago from a rare-as-hens-teeth piece of genuine c.1910s/20s Stifel cloth. It was a labor of love.
Carefully reproduced from a 1921 advertisement (seen below), THE KLOSEFIT KAP is available here in this stylish vintage wool crépe with a bold bouclé pinstripe and rich red cotton interior. The unique left/right double snap system keeps the crown 'klose' to the visor for a cap that can't be...
Wow, randomly checked and am delighted to see this thread alive and kicking!
Now I've gotta go back and catch up on what I missed! :)
Keep up the good work, fellas!
Keith
A new show-and-tell. This knockout tweed was a fabric swap with Cordova, and was exactly enough for a single cap. I’ve held onto it for two years in hopes I could do it some justice someday. I took a deep breath, cut it up and made this Five Points cap from it.
It was hard to decide which side...
Hi gang - long time no check-in! Lots of good stuff posted recently! Special props to Michael A for some wonderful creations! Go for it, buddy, it's an addictive activity, to be sure!
To address your question, you can find some stiff card stock which is what was used in many old caps for the...
Great posts here of late! Nice to see new faces cappin' it up.
I want to thank Dostioffsky for posting the cap images from the Gemeentemuseum! I'm keen to try and make that design...
See ya round, fellas!
Meet 'La Gapette', the newest addition to The Well Dressed Head.
Inspired by a design pictured in a 1913 hatter's magazine (the 'Model N.P.', or Norfolk Pleat), this fancy-back flat cap complements the pleated-back suits and coats of the day.
Built inside and out of rare French 1920s workwear...
Thanks, folks! I did indeed take LOTS of time to work the mechanics out. Almost did me in. The inverted pleat there is deceptively hard to pull off.
On a side note, I've since redesigned the inverted pleat in the middle to go all the way to the front and back, after getting some...
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