Awhoopee capis a style of headwear popular among youths in the mid-20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's feltfedorahat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. Often, children wearing the cap would decorate it with buttons, badges, or bottle caps.[1]In the1920sand1930s,such caps often indicated the wearer was a mechanic.[2][3]Once popularized, the cap began being manufactured and sold.[4][5]
The style of cap is also referred to as a palookaville cap, Kingpin,[6]button beanie, felt crown,[7]or Jughead hat. The latter of these is in reference toJughead Jonesof theArchie Comicsseries, for whom the cap was a staple. Other notable depictions of the cap include the ones worn byGoober PyleofThe Andy Griffith Showas well as characters in the films of theDead End Kids.In addition, it also appears in modernized form made out of a knitbeanie[8]on the television showRiverdale.
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edit- ^"I'm Learning to Share!: Search term: 'Jughead's hat'".2009-04-27.Retrieved2024-10-13.
- ^Jughead and Friends Digest Magazine.Archie Comic Publications, Inc. February 2008.
- ^Tribune, Chicago (1998-07-12)."WHATEVER HAPPENED TO... THOSE HATS?".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved2024-10-25.
- ^Cronin, Brian (2008-12-19)."Comic Book Legends Revealed #186".Comic Book Resources.Retrieved2024-10-13.
- ^"The KingPin Order Form".Archived fromthe originalon 2023-04-03.Retrieved2024-10-25.
- ^"The KingPin".The KingPin.Archived fromthe originalon 2023-04-03.Retrieved2024-10-25.
- ^"Crown Hat NYC".Crown Hat NYC. Archived fromthe originalon 2023-03-07.Retrieved2024-11-23.
- ^Soo Hoo, Fawnia (2017-01-26)."How the 'Riverdale' Costume Designers Dress Betty and Veronica in a Mix of Vintage and Contemporary Fashion".Fashionista.Retrieved2024-10-13.