The trucker hat, net cap or netback hat is a type of baseball hat. It is also sometimes known as a "gimme [as in 'give me'] a hat" or "bait cap" because the style of this hat originated during the 1960s as a give-from feed of a US feed or agricultural supplier company to the farmer, , or other rural workers.
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Description
From the 1930s to the 1960s, truck drivers were provided with a kind of peaked cap known as Mechanic hat. It often contains the logos of the carrier company, and was subsequently adopted by the greaser subculture of the 1950s. In the early 1970s, this hat had been replaced with a modern five-nets trucker hat, which was given at truck-stop by companies like Mountain Dew, Dekalb, Budweiser, Shell Oil, or John Deere to advertise their products.
The design of a trucker hat is similar to a baseball cap, with a slightly curved bill in front, a hat built from six scratches almost triangular, and a button on it. Instead of cotton fabric like a typical baseball cap, the front of the trucker cap on the bill is foam, and the rest is a plastic net for breathability. The front foam of the hat is upright and stiff, which makes the trucker cap higher than most baseball caps. There is an adjustable plastic snap or hook-and-loop closure on the back to ensure that one size fits best. This design is intended to make the lid cooler under the sun or hot weather for the wearer's convenience.
The original feed cap contains the company logo on the front foam cover, either printed or as a stitched patch. These companies usually have rural customers, such as local feed stores or John Deere tractors. Truck-style hats can now be found with pictures, logos, flags, camouflage, or other funny remarks on the front. Trucker caps are still available as promotional items.
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21st century trends
In the early 2000s, trucker caps became a mainstream fashion trend, especially among suburban American youths associated with hip-hop, pop punk and subculture skaters. It comes with a sense of irony because of the white-collar or rural hats association and usually the older demographics. Already often encountered by celebrities; musician Pharrell Williams and actor Ashton Kutcher in particular helped make fashionable hats. However, in a 2008 interview with Fashion Rocks magazine, singer Justin Timberlake claimed that, while Kutcher has been quoted for popularizing the trucker hat, Timberlake has been wearing it since the age of seventeen. Trucker hat trends are smoothed on Grand Theft Arlen's episode of "King of the Hill", where teenagers confuse Hank Hill by asking where he bought his Strickland Propane hat and questioned the irony.
Comedian Judah Friedlander is known for his signature trucker hat, which contains many funny phrases. Having been wearing a trucker hat since the 1980s, Friedlander claimed their fondness and has ignored any rejection or embracing fashion trends around hats for decades. In a 2007 interview, he stated:
I've never liked anything trendy. If I've ever done something that happens to be trendy, it's probably a coincidence and I do not even realize it's trendy. Just a note: I've been making and wearing trucker hats for years - since the 80s actually, when it was the only type of hat you could get. I remember about 10 years ago, ordinary people make fun of me for wearing a trucker-style hat. And then when they became trendy a few years ago, the same people came up to me and said shyly, 'Uhm, where did you get a hat? I need to get some. 'Years ago, some people used to get mad at me for wearing it and someone even called me racist for wearing a trucker hat because I looked like a redneck. I bet now, some people think I'm a loser because I wear them because now they are outdated. But you know what, I never wear 'em to be' in 'or trendy or cool. I like them. And I will wear it long after they are not a trend.
Lately, many country criminals, punk, metal, blues, and rock musicians have been wearing trucker hats on stage and in photographs. These include Scott H. Biram, Bob Wayne of Carnies Outlaw, Hank Williams III, Gary Lindsey of Assjack and Black Eyed Vermillion, Zach Shedd of Assjack and Hank III's Damn Band, Shawn "McNasty" McWilliams also from Damn Band, Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy, Dave "Shep" Shepherd & amp; "Dixie" Dave Collins from Weedeater, and many others.
The Trucker hat is also worn by Early Cuyler from Squidbillies, who wear different caps in each episode (and sometimes several caps in one episode).
During the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump popularized a red mesh trucker hat featuring a slogan that made America great again among Republican supporters. Trump's opponents respond with their truckers' hats parodying their original message.
See also
- Workwear
- Baseball cap
- Closing engineer
- Patrol cap
- 2000s in American mode
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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