Flat cap

The flat cap or hat is a flat cap. The beret -like upper part projects forward from a usually flexible by sewing screen. The cap can be folded up in your pocket to transport. The name goes back to the old Berlin called " slider " for foreman.

The flat cap was especially prevalent in the 1930s. As part of the work wear they had earlier also has a protective function; for example, avoid wood shavings in your hair or hair in the machine. They can now be found in the formal hunting and sporting clothing again.

Protect your eyes on some models supplemented by a protection from the cold in the neck and around the ears. The cap is partly made ​​of something stiffer tweed, felt or corduroy; The merging is then no longer possible.

The flat cap is also known as sports cap, Casquette, cloth cap and Schlägerp ( f) anne. In the Saarland and the Rhine- Main area, they are known as " Batschkapp " in German Switzerland as " Dächlichappe ".

In comedy characters such as Bodo Bach and Heinz Becker, the Flat Cap is an integral part. Brian Johnson ( lead singer of AC / DC ) it has just as Klaus Meine ( Scorpions singer ) raised his trademark. Tom Waits showed up at the beginning of his career, also often with her.