“What is a camp cap?”

A camp cap is a type of casual hat that combines comfort with style. Featured by its flat brim and structured crown, it’s designed for ease while offering a trendy look.

Original made for outdoor activities, camp caps have become more and more popular in our everyday life. They typically feature adjustable straps at the back to enable snug fits on various head sizes.

The Origin And History Of Camp Caps

The Camp cap was originally called a five-panel cap . The cap body is made up of “five pieces of cloth”. Unlike a baseball cap, its front and sides are flat, which is the characteristic of the five-panel cap, so it is also called a flat-brimmed cap .

In the early 20th century, the five-panel hat was mostly an exclusive accessory for postmen , and people often saw postmen wearing this hat walking through the streets and alleys. It is also because of this that it laid the foundation for it to become a popular culture later.

In the 1960s and 1970s, a sport called “single-speed cycling” became popular, and the five-panel hat became the official hat for riders . Because of its simple outline and brim design, it can block the sun and glare . At the same time, the wide hat and deep hat body design are most suitable for reverse wearing, which is comfortable and versatile during riding.

The five-panel cap not only became a favorite item for club members in London and Berlin at the time, but also skateboarders in New York noticed this style and gradually wore it backwards as a signature item for skateboarders. Since then, the five-panel cap no longer belongs to a specific group of people, but has gradually become a general trend .

New York in the 1990s was a paradise for skateboard enthusiasts to “let go of themselves”, and Supreme, a street brand founded in New York, immediately caught the trend derived from this circle.

In 1997, Supreme improved this hat and named it Camp cap . The five-panel hat has not only become a classic style of the Supreme brand, but its strong American style and fashion genes have also become a fashion item sought after by many experts.

It wasn’t until 1997 that the skateboard brand Supreme improved it and renamed it, and it became the current campinp cap.

Features and Applications oF camping Caps

Because the cap body adopts a five-panel structure, the camping cap is also called a 5-panel cap. The 5 panels refer to one panel on the front, two panels on the top, and two panels on the sides. The brim adopts a flat brim design, and the back is usually equipped with an adjustment strap to adjust the size of the head circumference.

Camp hats are usually made of thin and light materials, and fit the top of the head well after wearing. Most of the camp ap brands we often see (Supreme, HUF) are from the United States, so the cap shape is based on the head shape of Europeans and Americans. However, the head shape of Europeans and Americans is narrow on the left and right sides, and three-dimensional and convex in front and back, which is exactly the opposite of the generally flat head shape of Asians. Therefore, it is not easy for Asians to stand out when wearing camping caps.

But there are ways, here is how to wear a camp hat correctly. When choosing a style, try to choose a harder material, such as denim, washed twill and other fabrics to ensure the hat shape is crisp.

When wearing it, try not to wear the hat too tight, and leave some space on the top of the head, as if it is buckled on the head. This will not only make you wear it very naturally, but also can solve the problem of flat back of the head.

The brim of the hat should be slightly upturned to reveal part of the forehead. If you have bangs, try to hide them in the hat to avoid the embarrassing scene of “a piece of seaweed fluttering in the wind”.

In addition to the five-panel design, the camping hat also has six-panel and seven-panel extended styles.

After talking about fabrics and how to wear them, you had beter keep color matching in mind – you can never go wrong choosing the three fashionable primary colors of “black, white, and gray” for your daily life; if you want to wear bright colors (candy colors) or patterned colors, you must choose darker colors (black, white, and gray) for clothing, or items in the same color scheme to match your camp hats.