Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
Syphilis has been around longer... I doesn't make it better.
According to 'Wiki', the hat style only became popular with the advent of latex foam rubber... I think that, pretty much, says it all.


As an item of apparel, it's nothing short of ghastly.

Should you need to fix your truck or mow the lawn (which I enjoy), by all means, wear away. Don't pretend that the 'cap' is a functional item of apparel for the gentleman.
Plenty of gentleman, my grandfather included, wore baseball caps during WWII. I suppose the Japanese thought the P-61 Black Widow he worked on was far more gastly than his headgear.

We're all Jock Tamson's bairns.

T.