Cloth cap with a wide peak at the front. Originally worn by baseball players with the team monogram on the front panel.  

Beret

Cap of felt, felted jersey or fabric with a soft, wide, circular crown. Some berets have an interior headband.

Bicorne

Men’s hats of the late 18^th. And early century: wide brims were folded up to form two points. Signature hat of Napoleon. 

Biretta

Square cap worn by clergy 

Boater

Oval flat-topped straw hat with a rigid flat brim. Also called a sailor or a skimmer. 

Bowler

Oval hat with round, rigid crown and modeled brim.  Also known as a derby, because the style was made popular by the Earl of   Derby in 19^th. century   England. 

Brim

The horizontal part of a felt or straw hat.  The brim may be turned up, turned down, or up in the back and down in the front.  Hats with the brim up in the back and down in the front are called “snap brims”

Bucket Hat

Fabric hat with a flat-topped, slightly conical crown sloping brim. 

Cap

Low profile fabric hat with a small peak at the front.

Chef’s Hat

White, starched bonnet worn by chefs.

Cloche

Women’s hat of the 1920s with a round crown and a modeled brim. 

Cocked Hat

Bicorne or tricorne 

Cowboy Hat

Hat with a high crown and a wide brim originally worn in the American west by cow hands. It is usually made of felt, leather, or straw.

Crown

The vertical portion of a felt or straw hat.  Many times there is a crease or “pinch” in the crown.

Crush Hat

Collapsible top hat 

Deer Stalker

Fabric hunting cap with visors both at the front and the back. It has earflaps that can be tied up over the crown. Also known as Sherlock Holmes hat.

Derby

Bowler 

English Driving Cap

Low–profile cap, originally only for men, with small brim at the front.  Crown may be tailored with side panels, or gored. 

Fedora

Felt hat with a lengthwise crease in the crown, and a medium brim. 

Fez

Conical, flat-topped cap of fed felt, once made only in the city of Fez, Marocco. Men’s headcover 

Felt

Made of short animal fibers which are interlocked when kneaded in hot water and steam.  Felt hats can be made of either fur felt or wool felt.

Forage Cap

Military cap with a small brim, also typical for police uniforms. 

Fur Felt Hat

Felt hat usually made from rabbit fur.  Beaver fur, or a blend, is used in the finest fur felt hat.

Garbo Hat

Slouch hat 

Gatsby

English Driving Cap 

Gaucho Hat

A black felt hat with a wide flat brim and shallow flat-topped crown. 

Glengarry

A Scottish cap with pointed front, usually a pair of trailing ribbons at the back. 

Godfather Hat

Hat style similar to a homburg

Gossamer Hat

Lightweight muslin hats sized with shellac and used as bodies for silk plush hats. 

Helmet

1. Protective head-cover: for soldiers,aviators, motor-cyclists, miners, bee-keepers, fencers, etc.
2. Military head-dress

Homburg

Men’s felt hat with a soft lengthwise crease in the crown. And a narrow slightly rolled brim.   Made popular in the 1890’s by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), who borrowed the idea from the hat of local militiamen in Bad Homburg, Germany. 

Indiana Jones Hat

Felt hat with a pinch in the crown and a wide turned-down brim.

Irish Walking Hat

Fabric hat with a high crown and a sloping brim.

Ivy Cap

English Driving Cap 

Jockey Cap

Cloth cap with close-fitting 6 panel crown and wide brim at the front. 

Mitre

Head-cover worn by bishops, characterized by two peaks. 

Mortarboard

Flat, square head-cover worn by professors and students for solemn academic occasions. 

Newsboy

Large, soft, 8-panel fabric cap with visor. 

Panama Hat

Straw hat made with panama cloche 

Peak

Visor 

Picture hat

A hat with a very wide brim, worn tilted to the side of the head. 

Pillbox

A small brimless cap with a flat tip and cylindrical side. 

Pith Helmet

Helmet of cork or pith (dried spongy tissue from the sola plant), covered with cloth. 

Poor-boy Cap

Large, soft, 6 or 8 panel fabric cap with visor and peak snap.  Sometimes with ear flaps.  Also called a newsboy 

Porkpie

Hat with a flat-topped crown and a small brim. There is a circular indentation in the crown.

Puritan

Black felt hat with high conical crown and narrow straight brim, worn by the Puritans during the 17^th. century.  It was usually trimmed with a buckle at the front. 

Sailor

Boater 

Sherlock Holmes

Deer Stalker 

Skimmer

Boater 

Skull-cap

Small, close-fitting cap of fabric, knit or crochet.  When made of fabric it usually has six gores. 

Slouch cap

A soft hat with a high crown and drooping flexible brim.  Also called a Garbo hat, from the name of the actress who wore the style in many films. 

Snap Brim

Hat with the brim up in the back and down in the front.

Sombrero

Mexican hat with a hight, conical crown and very wide brim.  Usually of straw or felt. 

Stetson Hat

Stetson is a brand name of fine quality dress and western hats.  Many times a western hat is referred to as a Stetson.

Stocking Cap

Knitted cap, usually conical, often finished with a pompom. 

Stovepipe hat

A tall 19^th. century top hat, made popular by the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. 

Tam-o’-shanter

Beret with close-fitting headband, usually trimmed with a pompom. 

Ten Gallon Hat

Cowboy hat 

Top Hat

Tall, cylindrical, flat-topped hat with modeled brim. 

Toque

1. Small hat for women with no brim, or small turned-up brim.
2. French term for a chef’s hat.

Trilby

Felt hat similar to a fedora.

Tricorner

Men’s hat of the 18^th. century:wide brims were folded up to form three points. 

Turban

1. Typical head-dress for Muslin and Sikh men, constructed by winding a long scarf around the head.
2. Women’s head-dress resembling men’s turbans.

Veil

Cloth, often transparent, or netting used to cover the head and/or the face, for women’s head-dress. 

Visor

A partial brim, usually extending out at the front of a hat or cap.  Also known as a peak. 

Western Hat

Cowboy hat

Wool Felt Hat

Felt hat made of felted wool.

Yarmulke

Skull cap worn by Jewish men.

Zucchetto

Skull-cap worn by Roman Catholic clergy: black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals and white for the Pope.