The cap, a headdress with a visor, came into women's fashion from the men's wardrobe. The ancestor of the cap, or caps, are the uniform caps worn by workers performing technical work or by the military. The visor protects the face well from the sun, and a cockade is easily attached to the high crown. Such hats were easy to fold and did not require much storage space. Caps entered women's fashion when it became important to emphasize femininity with the help of sharp contrasts. Next to the clear lines of military or men's clothing, soft skin or soft hair lines look even more gentle and sexy. A separate plus is practicality.
Types and styles of women's caps
The styles are very diverse, any woman will choose a model for herself. All 15 types of caps are described below.
Baseball cap
The baseball cap is made of soft materials, only the edges and the visor are hard. The top fits your head well and there is a clasp at the back for a better fit. The first baseball caps were worn by American baseball players; they provided good protection from the sun.Women's baseball caps are varied, from the simplest to the most glamorous. They are comfortable, practical, fit perfectly into casual and sporty styles, and are good for relaxation.
Kepi, French cap
A cap is a military cap. The word itself comes from the Swiss-German Käppi and the French képi. In turn, both of these words come from the Latin cappa - headdress. Today, such a cap has acquired a lot of names; it is simply called a cap, a French cap, or a German cap. Due to the huge variety of modern women's military style caps, tracing the origin of each name is not an easy task.
REFERENCE. According to Dahl's dictionary, a cap is a cap with a small hard bottom and a straight visor. Kepis were worn by secondary school students and army personnel in France and Russia in the 19th century.
Modern women's caps have not lost their distinct militaristic style. They look great with loose long locks and feminine makeup that accentuates the lips.
Bell cap
It is made of material that holds its shape perfectly and fits the head very smoothly. The shape of such caps is almost close to a perfect hemisphere, slightly narrowed at the top. The object really resembles a bell in shape. Unlike a bell hat, a cap does not have a brim around the entire circumference of the head, but only a delicate visor. It is small, sleek, quite narrow and its shape is carefully adjusted to maintain a streamlined appearance.
ADVICE. The bell cap fits perfectly into an elegant, feminine style, including retro.
Jockey
Jockeys were originally worn by riders at races. This helmet with fasteners has a strict rounded shape and a small visor. Sports have given the everyday wardrobe a lot of interesting things: polo shirt, sneakers, sneakers.Items of jockey style, and along with it, jockey hats, can be safely included in this company. They came into widespread fashion in the 60s. XX century. Modern jockeys for every day do not have fasteners. They are best worn with jockey-style items: tight trousers, high leather boots without heels, a tight-fitting jacket, gloves, and a neckerchief. But you can also combine it with a coat, high-heeled shoes, narrow skirts, the main thing is to maintain an elegant aristocratic style.
INTERESTING. Public figures contributed to the spread of jockeys. Audrey Hepburn, Zara Phillipsy, Charlotte Casiraghi, Taylor Swift, and Hilary Duff appeared in such elegant and bold hats.
Three-, five-, eight-blade
The most popular of all the “blades” is the eight-piece cap. She is also called a hooligan. The style was popular among young men and boys of the late 19th and 20th centuries in Europe and the United States. In the West, it is called a newsboy cap, because most often this flat cap, made of eight wedges, was worn by newspaper delivery boys. The hooligan pattern was common in Britain, Italy, Russia and was worn by “desperate heads” everywhere. Gradually it gained immense popularity even among the upper classes. Today, eight-piece caps are extremely popular. They go perfectly with denim and fit into almost any look, bringing ease, enthusiasm and British chic to it.
The three-blade (“Georgian cap”) has a specific cut, is formed from three parts, the visor is almost completely hidden under the largest wedge - the frontal one. The five-blade is no different from it in appearance, however, it has design features: the back part is sewn from 3 parts.
Flat cap
This is the same three-blade or five-blade, it’s just that the name better reflects its essence - the top of the headdress lies flat on the visor. Or the visor is sewn immediately with the upper part. These are the caps that are associated in Russia with Georgians and Luzhkov. In fact, the flat cap, as it is called in the West, is a real traveler with a rich history. Appearing in the 14th century, it ended up in the USA with the first settlers from Britain and Ireland, and at the beginning of the 20th century it was passionately loved in the south of Italy. Where it settled so much that it received the status of a traditional Sicilian headdress. It is assumed that it was from the Sicilians that the Georgians borrowed the cap. Modern media people do not follow the usual associations, but create their own, which is why they love this style for its casual chic.
Women's flat three- and five-piece caps fit perfectly into the same looks as eight-piece caps. Depending on the cut, it can even be combined with elegant coats, as in one of Gwen Stefani’s looks.
German
Other names: cadet and finka. The design evokes associations with an army theme. The cap has a rectangular aggressive visor, a cylindrical shape, a fairly high crown and a flat top. It is usually sewn from dense, high-quality materials. But there are also summer options. This headdress is more in demand among men; it is loved by hunters and fishermen.
The peculiarity of this cap is its deep fit; the headpiece completely covers the forehead. Thanks to this, it perfectly emphasizes the beautiful jawline, lips and cheekbones. They look amazing on girls with a baby face type. If there is decor on the cap, it can be combined with skirts and dresses, stiletto heels, but the favorite partners for the “German” are sports style, military, casual, jeans, leather, fur.
Kartuz
A cap is the same cap, only looser. The cap has a high band, a soft shape, and the material is fabric or leather. The headdress was common from the 16th to the beginning of the 20th century. Valued for its practicality, which wide-brimmed hats did not have. The history of the headdress is impressive. Sweden is considered the birthplace of the cap, then it spread to European armies, then became a sign of civilians. Military leather caps were not very similar in design to dandy caps, sewn from velvet and decorated with red lush flowers, but they had a similar sewing principle and the same name.
INTERESTING. In modern women's clothing and hat stores, the same headdress can be called a cap, a cap, a captain's cap, or a cap.
Visor
An ordinary baseball cap is comfortable for everyone, but some athletes were unhappy that their heads sweated in it. At the same time, it was impossible to refuse a convenient visor that covers the eyes. This is how the cap-visor appeared. For better ventilation, there is no upper part that covers the head; all other parts remain in place. The cap, which consists of a visor and a Velcro fastener, quickly became widespread among golfers, volleyball players and tennis players. Visor caps are a functional thing, they are worn for the sake of convenience, but perhaps they will come into wider fashion.
Beret cap
A beret is a soft headdress, cozy and light. The beret cap differs from it only in the presence of a visor. This design is very popular. The presence of a visor allows you to hide the forehead and place emphasis on the lower part of the face, and the top, lying in soft folds, looks more romantic and gentle than more militant caps or caps.The choice of one model or another is a matter of taste and mood, however, a beret cap fits better into the images of classical femininity and relieves the appearance of rebellion.
Cap
It’s worth mentioning separately about the cap. Despite the fact that in its modern incarnation for women it is often no different from a cap. Initially, the cap is a derivative of the shako. In the European army, until the 19th century, it was shakos that were worn - very high cylindrical headdresses, decorated with the Sultan. The height was not practical enough, although it was effective. Gradually the shape changed and became not so tall. Typical caps were worn by USSR police officers. The shape of the cap was clear; to add rigidity, there were often reinforcing inserts.
Today, in women's fashion, a cap is any cap with a well-defined, clear cut. It has a high band, a flat top, and the visor can be large or small. There is often a characteristic decorative detail on the front - a chain or braided ribbon, secured with buttons on the sides.
Breton
If you want to create an image in the “Parisian chic” style, then you will need a Breton cap. This headdress was part of the uniform of French sailors (Brittany is a coastal region of France). Fashionistas liked the cap. In the 60s, it was worn by style icon Edie Sedgwick, who accessorized it with a vest and several strands of beads.
ATTENTION. In Russia, the Breton cap was called a cap. Indeed, the cut is similar. So, if you are looking for this stylish item in stores, use both names.
Beanie
A beanie is a knitted hat without ties at the neck that fits well on the head. An ordinary hat, but it has gained popularity in recent years thanks to its playful styles.If you equip such a hat with a visor, it will be even more convenient. The visor is usually small, covered with the same knitted material. A very comfortable thing for every day for walking.
With straight visor
A cap with a straight visor is the same as a baseball cap. However, attentive fashionistas may notice that the visor of some baseball caps can be curved to fit the shape of the face, while on others it is absolutely straight. The fit of caps with a straight peak looks more rounded. They are the same on all sides. The appearance of this type of baseball cap is more decisive, fits perfectly into the hip-hop style; rap stars appear in public in them. The most popular manufacturer of such caps is Obey. The company was founded by a graphic designer and artist. Obey brand caps are bold and ironic. They are worn every day by representatives of creative professions and young people, they are suitable for sports and recreation, nothing prevents them from complementing a club look.
Nothing forces you to stop at one option, and many fashionistas, having several sets of clothes for going out, successfully create the impression of endless variety, simply by complementing the image with accessories, including caps.
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