The 8 piece flat cap style now often known as a Cabbie Cap, Paddy Cap, Newsboy Cap and Bakerboy, became, like the imigrants that brought it with them, totally assimilated into the fabric of classic 20th Century Americana.įor more patterns & colours please check my flat cap section: Mass Irish emigration to the United States of America brought with it an inevitable influence on American cap fashions of the 19th Century and early 20th Centuries. Even though the law was repealed 26 years later the convention was established. This law further established the flat cap as a staple of Irish/English working class clothing culture. In 1571 Queen Elizabeth I sought to stimulate trade in the Irish and English wool trade, by passing an act obliging males over six years of age (except for nobility and persons of degree) to wear caps of wool manufacture on force of a fine (3/4d per day). Traditional Irish Wool Flat Cap With Foldable Ear Flaps - Black - 100% Pure New Wool - Padded - HANDMADE IN IRELAND
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