Quote Originally Posted by gilmore View Post
I have always heard that here in the U.S. flat caps went out of style because they became associated with being worn by criminals and other unsavory folk in the 1930's and '40's or so.
That maybe, but there seems to have been a resurgence of the flat cap, at least around here. You can't swing the proverbial dead cat without striking someone sporting one (& it's not just the local college crowd wearing them either). Toss in the occasional (& around here rare) 8-panel newsboy, like my own

I know they are very popular with my friends in the greaser-rockabilly scene in California & across the country.