Comments on: Flat Cap Fever http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-180 Lloyd Duff Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:15:19 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-180 That awesome to hear Matt. Welcome aboard dude. That awesome to hear Matt. Welcome aboard dude.

]]> By: Matt http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-178 Matt Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:30:52 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-178 I too like wearing a traditional tweed flatcap. Used to have one as a kid, but during my late teens and twenties I favoured the more traditional baseball cap. Now at the age of 33, I've gone back to wearing a flatcap. I too like wearing a traditional tweed flatcap. Used to have one as a kid, but during my late teens and twenties I favoured the more traditional baseball cap. Now at the age of 33, I’ve gone back to wearing a flatcap.

]]> By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-174 Lloyd Duff Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:29:30 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-174 I dont blame you Jim. I got my 1st flatcap when the fedoras I was wearing became a chore to clean so I trialed one for a day to see if it was "me" and all it took was a bus ride back to notice I loved the way it made me look and how it felt thou I copped a lot of stares and verbal abuse, I ignored that shite and have proudly worn them for 15 years. The Ascot one I got from a priest in Preston and that was such a thrill putting it on my hands were shaking with excitement. My 1st flatcap was a dark yellowish tweed mixture. It shrunk living in Darwin with the humid weather. 1 month after wearing a cap I got my 1st pipe and had also smoked a pipe for 15 years as well as it goes with the flatcap image I dont blame you Jim. I got my 1st flatcap when the fedoras I was wearing became a chore to clean so I trialed one for a day to see if it was “me” and all it took was a bus ride back to notice I loved the way it made me look and how it felt thou I copped a lot of stares and verbal abuse, I ignored that shite and have proudly worn them for 15 years. The Ascot one I got from a priest in Preston and that was such a thrill putting it on my hands were shaking with excitement.
My 1st flatcap was a dark yellowish tweed mixture. It shrunk living in Darwin with the humid weather. 1 month after wearing a cap I got my 1st pipe and had also smoked a pipe for 15 years as well as it goes with the flatcap image

]]> By: Jim tranter http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-171 Jim tranter Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:33:52 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-171 Well ive had my first day as a flat cap wearar. I just said sod it, so i got one off my local market. A little mid gray tweed number.my girlfriend loves it, i tell you it totally refreshes my look. Plus its a practical garment unlike a lot of hats they can go in your pocket. But mines staying on my head ,i love it. Well ive had my first day as a flat cap wearar. I just said sod it, so i got one off my local market. A little mid gray tweed number.my girlfriend loves it, i tell you it totally refreshes my look. Plus its a practical garment unlike a lot of hats they can go in your pocket. But mines staying on my head ,i love it.

]]> By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-162 Lloyd Duff Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:39:08 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-162 The best place is to shop around on the net but Kangol and failsworth do make cream coloured flatcaps in winter and summer styles. I own 3 white ones that are the most close to cream and they make a few different style within that color as well. One has the holes in a circle patten Many thanks for that. I was deeply touched reading that. Flatcaps have stood the test of time since bowed hats are fading away very quickly which is sad. I often see a flatcap as a traditional fashion but can be interchangeable with any style making them flexable with any wardrove. Plus unlike a baseballcap they fold over for easy storage in a coat pocket or suitcase except the turnio which is set in a mold. The best place is to shop around on the net but Kangol and failsworth do make cream coloured flatcaps in winter and summer styles. I own 3 white ones that are the most close to cream and they make a few different style within that color as well. One has the holes in a circle patten
Many thanks for that. I was deeply touched reading that. Flatcaps have stood the test of time since bowed hats are fading away very quickly which is sad. I often see a flatcap as a traditional fashion but can be interchangeable with any style making them flexable with any wardrove. Plus unlike a baseballcap they fold over for easy storage in a coat pocket or suitcase except the turnio which is set in a mold.

]]> By: Ralph http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-161 Ralph Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:21:28 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-161 The cap suits you sir! Where can I buy such a cap in cream? The cap suits you sir! Where can I buy such a cap in cream?

]]> By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-129 Lloyd Duff Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:45:17 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-129 Thats an awesome Kangol you have their Sir. I own a few of my own including a few white ones that are tricky to keep clean where Im from. I own a green turnio and quite often go out on the town in my 3 piece suit. You would think the next thing I would get myself would be a sports car esp. a porsche but cars have never interested me in the slightest they are just transport from A to B for me. Best regards Sir and God bless you Lloyd Thats an awesome Kangol you have their Sir. I own a few of my own including a few white ones that are tricky to keep clean where Im from. I own a green turnio and quite often go out on the town in my 3 piece suit.
You would think the next thing I would get myself would be a sports car esp. a porsche but cars have never interested me in the slightest they are just transport from A to B for me.
Best regards Sir and God bless you
Lloyd

]]> By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-82 Lloyd Duff Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:30:22 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-82 Hello Dave I have seen more and more proof that flatcaps are coming back. There are still people hostile to the style but there is one chap on You Tube from Kentucky of whom is 16 years old and he wears them forwards too. Backwards wearing is slowly fading away and younger people are considering fowards wearing which is what I wanted all along as its the correct way to wear one. It makes me cringe seeing one backwards as for me its a sign of disrespect. Even one scene of flatcap hate towards an elderly man in The Forigner can't stop the style from coming back. They failed with a childish attempt to terrise as it made me determined to put the film makers in their place. Hopefully it will catch on and flatcaps will be back again. I proudly wear one every day every time I leave the house. Best regards Sir Lloyd Hello Dave

I have seen more and more proof that flatcaps are coming back. There are still people hostile to the style but there is one chap on You Tube from Kentucky of whom is 16 years old and he wears them forwards too. Backwards wearing is slowly fading away and younger people are considering fowards wearing which is what I wanted all along as its the correct way to wear one. It makes me cringe seeing one backwards as for me its a sign of disrespect.
Even one scene of flatcap hate towards an elderly man in The Forigner can’t stop the style from coming back. They failed with a childish attempt to terrise as it made me determined to put the film makers in their place.
Hopefully it will catch on and flatcaps will be back again. I proudly wear one every day every time I leave the house.
Best regards Sir
Lloyd

]]> By: Trevor http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-75 Trevor Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:43:48 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-75 being a fellow yank, but still living stateside, i hadn't much exposure to flat caps beyond the geriatric stylings of south florida, where i was raised. not until i hit my mid-30's and started the typical roots-searching thing did i stumble across how great they are. i get compliments now, almost every time i go out in one. in the US midwest, where i currently live, baseball caps are the norm. flat caps are very seldom seen, but i'm doing my part to bring em back. trev being a fellow yank, but still living stateside, i hadn’t much exposure to flat caps beyond the geriatric stylings of south florida, where i was raised. not until i hit my mid-30’s and started the typical roots-searching thing did i stumble across how great they are.

i get compliments now, almost every time i go out in one. in the US midwest, where i currently live, baseball caps are the norm. flat caps are very seldom seen, but i’m doing my part to bring em back.

trev

]]> By: Lloyd Duff http://www.daveknapik.com/2007/04/09/flat-cap-fever/#comment-63 Lloyd Duff Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:49:51 +0000 http://www.daveknapik.com/?p=28#comment-63 Hello Dave I own 85 flatcaps pal, come from Australia and have proudly wore them for 13 years. Im 35 years old and I dont see them as an "old-mans cap only" as it is a timeless style. Be proud of who you are mate, you look awesome in a flatcap and if the style makes you happy as it does myself then nobody in todays socity should dictate what you should wear or who you should be. God bless you A fellow flatcapman Hello Dave

I own 85 flatcaps pal, come from Australia and have proudly wore them for 13 years. Im 35 years old and I dont see them as an “old-mans cap only” as it is a timeless style.
Be proud of who you are mate, you look awesome in a flatcap and if the style makes you happy as it does myself then nobody in todays socity should dictate what you should wear or who you should be.

God bless you
A fellow flatcapman

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