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- A whoopee cap is a style of headwear popular among youths in the mid-20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's felt fedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. In the 1920s and 1930s, such caps usually indicated the wearer was a mechanic.
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The whoopee cap (or, sometimes, a felty) was an old fedora with the brim chopped off in a jagged pattern. The jagged brim was usually turned up. Boys would often stick bottle caps and pins in the hats for decoration.
Whoopee cap: A skullcap made from a man's felt fedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. Wideawake: A broad brimmed felt "countryman's hat" with a low crown. Widow's cap: A cap worn by women after the death of their husbands. Wizard/witch hat Pointed hat
Oct 18, 2018 · It is — rather, it was — called a “whoopee cap,” a fedora with the brim removed and triangles cut into the bottom edge, which was folded up to create a vaguely crown-like appearance. (There’s a...
Apr 27, 2017 · It’s called a whoopee cap, and it was actually a really popular accessory with young people when Jughead made his comic book debut back in 1941. Factory workers used to invert highly popular felt fedoras and jaggedly chop off the brim so their eye sight wouldn’t be affected as they worked.
Apr 1, 2021 · Join us as your host, Lieutenant Nathaniel Flint, attempts to brief you on the history, style, and fun facts on your favorite hats! Today we talk about the Whoopee Cap made famous by the...
May 28, 2024 · These fun repurposed fedoras came to be known as whoopee caps. By 1929, with the increasing popularity of whoopee caps, the Six Jumping Jacks released the song The Whoopee Hat Brigade. By the 1930s manufactured versions became available for sale – for those who didn’t want to go the DIY route.
