What is this hat called?

November 2, 2011 8:49 AM

Millinery filter: What are the 60s-70s mod hats that look sort of like a cross between a riding helmet and a baseball cap called?

I'm thinking of something like the one pictured here, under "Uniform 1972-1977"

posted by apparently to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (12 answers total)

I'm not seeing that in the included link.
posted by griphus at 8:51 AM on November 2, 2011

Response by poster: Oops. Try here.
posted by apparently at 8:56 AM on November 2, 2011

Best answer: It looks a little like a Bobby hat.
posted by zamboni at 9:10 AM on November 2, 2011

Bobby helmet bowler?
posted by zamboni at 9:15 AM on November 2, 2011

yeah, Pierre Cardin did it but I don't know if it had an actual name.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 9:19 AM on November 2, 2011

Response by poster: Thank you! It does indeed seem to be a bobby hat bowler.
posted by apparently at 9:23 AM on November 2, 2011

Best answer: I'm pretty sure that's just a modified jockey cap, actually.
posted by katillathehun at 9:27 AM on November 2, 2011

2nding modified jockey hat. That sort of thing was (is?) also used for fast food restaurants.
posted by Sys Rq at 10:56 AM on November 2, 2011

I think the more standard name is "equestrian cap". I find this refers to the shaped type whereas jockey cap tends more toward the soft, mushy type.

The bobby hat type was different, one of many professional hat types that inspired mod styling.
posted by dhartung at 11:10 AM on November 2, 2011

Best answer: Bobby helmet bowler?

That's not actually a type of hat, those are three different key words for the Etsy listing. A "bowler" it is definitely not.

Equestrian cap is more correct.
posted by oneirodynia at 2:56 PM on November 2, 2011

... and this Simplicity pattern calls it a "jockey hat". Notice that "helmet" styles have a chin strap.
posted by oneirodynia at 3:00 PM on November 2, 2011

Another term for the classic riding helmet shape is "hunt cap".
posted by anaelith at 2:30 AM on November 3, 2011 [1 favorite]