Pork Pie Hats
Isaac Walton's stock “PORK PIE” hats in three different patterns black, brown and grey mix as per illustration.
A pork pie hat or porkpie hat is a type of hat made of felt or, less commonly, straw. It is somewhat similar to a Trilby or a Fedora, but with a flat top. The crown is short and has an indentation all the way around, instead of the pinch crown typically seen on Fedoras and homburgs. The pork pie hat originated in the mid 19th century and it gets its name from its resemblance to a pork pie.
The pork pie hat was a staple of the British man-about-town style for many years. Pork pie hats are often associated with jazz, blues and ska musicians and fans. Charles Mingus wrote an elegy for jazz saxophone great Lester Young called “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat”. In Jamaica, the hat was popularized by the 1960s rude boy subculture, which travelled to the United Kingdom and influenced the mod and skinhead subcultures (although Jamaican and British pork pie hats are more similar to a very short-brimmed trilby rather than the US style). In the 70s and 80s the pork pie hat made a comeback with the Mod revival of that area and these hats continue to be popular among the aficionados of that era.
Eight Panel Caps
At Isaac Walton’s, have a large selection of ‘Eight Panel’ caps in tweeds and plains in various crown sizes.
The ‘Eight Panel’ is a casual-wear cap similar in style to the flat cap. Sometimes also referred to as the: Newsboy, Baker Boy, Apple Cap, Jay Gatsby (from The Great Gatsby), Fisherman's Cap and Lundberg Stetson.
It has the same overall shape and stiff peak in front as a flat cap, but the body of the cap is rounder, fuller, and panelled with a button on top, and often with a button attaching the front to the brim (as the flat cap sometimes has).
History of the Eight Panel Cap
The style, very similar to a beret, was popular in Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries among both boys and adult men. As the name suggests, it is now associated with newspaper boys, and it is sometimes associated with wealthy golfers as well.
Resurgence of the Eight Panel Cap
Although traditionally a men's cap, it has recently seen a resurgence as it has become popular with affluent women & fashion houses this decade, primarily due to the sophistication of their structure and design.