# What hats are popular in your country? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813 "2019-05-11T01:54:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/21 "2019-05-14T17:59:33Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Which is kind of funny because, as an American, I think I could go weeks without seeing someone wearing a baseball cap. Not where I live. Every last adult man and teenage boy has a ball cap on their head at all times. Except transplants and furriners, like me. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/22 "2019-05-14T18:19:38Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Not where I live. Every last adult man and teenage boy has a ball cap on their head at all times. Except transplants and furriners, like me. Which echoes what some others are saying as well. Particular hats can be much more prevalent in certain regions and subcultures. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/23 "2019-05-14T18:35:14Z")
Canada: knitted tuques / touques / toques and, of course, hockey helmets. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/24 "2019-05-15T02:40:08Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > That being said, the archetypal Australian hat is supposedly the [Akubra](http://https://akubra.com.au/collections/hats?cmp_id=695362989&adg_id=64437538547&kwd=akubra&device=c&gclid=CjwKCAjwq-TmBRBdEiwAaO1enyWaPDzTYZIenjRymQ3cyrT7YwRGo_bxlER7b6g42g4tsaxXkLzPMxoCRDIQAvD_BwE), favoured by the outback stockmen (and women), the bourgeois weekend-farmer, and the wanker politicians when they are campaigning in rural seats. > > šŸ˜ƒ Although the Akubra is classical and archetypal, I personally wear a slightly flatter, less full hat, more ā€œman from snowy riverā€, and I think more are sold like that. Perhaps they are cheaper? Good felt hats like a brand-name Akubra cost more and take more care: my hats are leather or suede: they donā€™t handle water as well, but handle crushing better. Only the people listed above, and old people like me, wear that kind of hat. Ordinary city people wear beanies, cloth hats, bucket hats, straw hats, wide-brimmed cloth hats for school or traffic duty, baseball hats to look like their youtube hero, trilbies to look flash, hardhats for construction, bike helmets, & whatever. If its wet and you want to blend in, probably an umbrella or a hoodie would be your best bet. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/25 "2019-05-24T15:54:53Z")
I work in central Edinburgh and I just stood up and looked out the window for maybe a minute. Itā€™s a bright, sunny day and about a dozen people passed by, 3 with various baseball caps on, and 2 wearing bonnets. More than I expected, to be honest. Thereā€™s a fair chance most of them were tourists though! If Iā€™m going to be out in the direct sun for more than a few minutes Iā€™ll wear a plain cotton baseball cap, too. And if itā€™s raining a bit, Iā€™ll wear a wool beanie. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/26 "2019-05-24T16:25:30Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > I usually associate baseball caps with rural Americans, or, oddly, with Mexicans (Mexican-Mexicans, not Latinos in general), especially in Mexico. > [@HeyHomie](#): > > Not where I live. Every last adult man and teenage boy has a ball cap on their head at all times. Except transplants and furriners, like me. Yeah, I own dozens of baseball caps. I wear one nearly daily, either for sun protection or as an excuse to not comb my hair. I also own a few flat caps, that I wear during cold weather when I want to ā€œdress upā€. I also own a cowboy hat which I wear, ironically, sometimes when I horseback ride. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/27 "2019-05-24T16:34:10Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > I work in central Edinburgh and I just stood up and looked out the window for maybe a minute. Itā€™s a bright, sunny day and about a dozen people passed by, 3 with various baseball caps on, and 2 wearing bonnets. Now just a goddamn minute, pal. _Bonnets??!?_ To my American ear/eye, that conveys either a Jane Austen/prairie girl type [sunbonnet](https://www.historicalemporium.com/search/?q=Bonnets&label=Old+Fashioned+Bonnets), or a so-called ā€œbaby bonnetā€ of somewhat similar construction. What on earth are adults wearing as modern headgear that is unironically called a ā€œbonnetā€? ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/28 "2019-05-25T02:18:32Z")
Question for British dopers: if someone in the UK does wear a baseball cap, whatā€™s on it? In the U.S., baseball hats can be nearly anything but the clear majority are regional sports teams. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/29 "2019-05-25T08:28:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Now just a goddamn minute, pal. _Bonnets??!?_ > > To my American ear/eye, that conveys either a Jane Austen/prairie girl type [sunbonnet](https://www.historicalemporium.com/search/?q=Bonnets&label=Old+Fashioned+Bonnets), or a so-called ā€œbaby bonnetā€ of somewhat similar construction. What on earth are adults wearing as modern headgear that is unironically called a ā€œbonnetā€? I think Americans call them ā€œhoodsā€. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/30 "2019-05-25T10:49:05Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Now just a goddamn minute, pal. _Bonnets??!?_ > > To my American ear/eye, that conveys either a Jane Austen/prairie girl type [sunbonnet](https://www.historicalemporium.com/search/?q=Bonnets&label=Old+Fashioned+Bonnets), or a so-called ā€œbaby bonnetā€ of somewhat similar construction. What on earth are adults wearing as modern headgear that is unironically called a ā€œbonnetā€? You could google for scottish bonnet to see more examples and styles, but [hereā€™s one](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Black-Wool-XL-Scots-Bonnet-Traditional-Scottish-Highlander-O-Shanter-Tartan-/372585595453) on this ebay page. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/31 "2019-05-25T12:06:38Z")
Here in Korea, young college-age hipsters wear Trilby hats. Older men wear baseball caps (usually brown), while rustics wear straw Cowboy hats or weathered Aussie campaign hats. Older women, the _ajummas_, wear huge one-way mirrored visors. Theyā€™ve kind of given up on things like glamor and men. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/32 "2019-05-26T01:18:34Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Question for British dopers: if someone in the UK does wear a baseball cap, whatā€™s on it? In the U.S., baseball hats can be nearly anything but the clear majority are regional sports teams. Iā€™d say thatā€™s regional. The majority here arenā€™t sports teams, but collectively a combination of tractor companies, car companies, supplier companies, TV stations, and other things that arenā€™t sports teams. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/33 "2019-05-27T02:27:50Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > I work in central Edinburgh and I just stood up and looked out the window for maybe a minute. Itā€™s a bright, sunny day and about a dozen people passed by, 3 with various baseball caps on, and 2 wearing bonnets. More than I expected, to be honest. Thereā€™s a fair chance most of them were tourists though! > > If Iā€™m going to be out in the direct sun for more than a few minutes Iā€™ll wear a plain cotton baseball cap, too. And if itā€™s raining a bit, Iā€™ll wear a wool beanie. Wait, bonnets like Balmorals or Glengarrys? Were the people you saw in traditional Highland dress? I only ever saw two men wearing bonnets when I visited Scotland, and both were wearing kilts, hose, Bonnie Prince Charlie jackets - the full kit and kaboodle. One was a doorman at a fancy hotel in Edinburgh, who was clearly there to impress the tourists. (The other was walking up a street in Pitlochry, and I have no idea why he was wearing a kilt.) Other than those two, I never saw any Scot wearing traditional dress, even in the Highlands. I donā€™t recall seeing any Scot even wearing tartan, come to that. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Now just a goddamn minute, pal. _Bonnets??!?_ > > To my American ear/eye, that conveys either a Jane Austen/prairie girl type [sunbonnet](https://www.historicalemporium.com/search/?q=Bonnets&label=Old+Fashioned+Bonnets), or a so-called ā€œbaby bonnetā€ of somewhat similar construction. What on earth are adults wearing as modern headgear that is unironically called a ā€œbonnetā€? Behold the [Balmoral](http://https://www.google.com/search?q=balmoral+bonnet&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&prmd=simvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjz3I2a07riAhVhh-AKHe2tCi8Q_AUoAnoECAwQAg&biw=568&bih=320#imgrc=Y2Fn1KVjczjT7M) and [Glengarry](http://https://www.google.com/search?q=glengarry+bonnet&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&prmd=ismvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiWx62Q1LriAhVnUt8KHVtjCCAQ_AUoAXoECAoQAQ&biw=568&bih=217#imgrc=MaC39krNdLO5KM) bonnets. ---
**Author:** ![NBYodo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@NBYodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NBYodo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813/34 "2019-05-27T09:22:35Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > In another thread (maybe on this forum) someone remarked that a baseball cap is a good sign that tourist is an American. That got me wondering what hats are popular in other countries? If I were wandering around the UK, France, Germany, etc, what hats would I most likely see people wearing? Also signs of an American tourist: golf shirt, cargo short or dockers (depending on weather) and runners. Bonus points for cell phone in a belt holster (not quite so often anymore) and a goatee. NB [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hats-are-popular-in-your-country/833813.md?page=1)