The Cheese Cutter Hat would make a fantastic addition to your accessories arsenal and is a must for ardent hat wearers and novices alike. Great for men and women, the Cheese Cutter (or flat cap) comes in a huge array of shapes and sizes, fabrics, colours and styles.
The Cheese Cutter Hat is also very functional due in no small part to its appropriateness in all seasons. A decent wool blended cheese cutter will keep the head nice and cosy during the cooler autumn and winter months whilst a decent linen or cotton flat cap will keep the sun out of your eyes (and melanomas at bay!) during Sprint and summer.
The Cheese Cutter Hat is also very functional due in no small part to its appropriateness in all seasons. A decent wool blended cheese cutter will keep the head nice and cosy during the cooler autumn and winter months whilst a decent linen or cotton flat cap will keep the sun out of your eyes (and melanomas at bay!) during Sprint and summer.
Types of Cheese Cutter
There are loads of different styles of Cheese Cutter Hats to keep you shopping online for days! There's everything from the old fashioned tweed flat cap through to the the newsboy (heralding from the US Depression 1920s).
How to get the right fit in 3 steps
1. Measure your head
Take a regular flimsy tape measure and wrap it around your head about 2 cm above your ears. Slip a finger between the tape measure and your head so that it's not too tight. Take the measurement and compare it to a hat size chart. If your head size is between hat sizes, go for the next size up.
2. Choose your fabric
There are so many different fabrics to choose from it's mind boggling.
The best thing to do is think about when you will be wearing the hat most (time of day, season) and consider the climate of where you live.
Generally, cotton and linen are great for Spring and Summer as they're light and airy. Wool and polyester combinations tend to be good for Autumn and Winter.
The best thing to do is think about when you will be wearing the hat most (time of day, season) and consider the climate of where you live.
Generally, cotton and linen are great for Spring and Summer as they're light and airy. Wool and polyester combinations tend to be good for Autumn and Winter.
3. Inspect the construction
Hat size check. Fabric check. Quality control is now the aim of the day. The hat should last a lifetime is looked after but this does rely on it being constructed well (and at the end of the day, you get what you pay for).
Things to watch out for: poor stitching (it should be double stitched throughout with no threads splitting) and bobbling (suggesting a fabric that will not handle water very well - or a hat that has been worn and returned!).
Things to watch out for: poor stitching (it should be double stitched throughout with no threads splitting) and bobbling (suggesting a fabric that will not handle water very well - or a hat that has been worn and returned!).