Headict encourages diversity of taste, colour and style! But caps are sacred, and there are things to avoid, whether you're wearing a tweed Stetson cap or a 5-panel from Obey. Here's a flash on Headict's recommendations with this counter-guide to caps... to be taken at face value!
NO WAY #1. TAKE ON A CAP OFFERED BY YOUR LOCAL TOURIST OFFICE OR YOUR MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Especially if there is a logo. Chevalier and Laspales, Matmut, all that, forget it! In public anyway. Reserve it for tinkering in your garage or mowing the lawn (and still). The same goes for the Cochonou cap in the Tour de France caravan. The next time someone offers you one, it's better to say "no thanks", like a Zen master of Zero Waste, rather than bringing home something that will harm you if you wear it.
NO WAY #2. BEND YOUR CAP YOURSELF, LIKE IN THE 90S
It's true, fashion is an eternal restart. But the return of the curve cap doesn't have to be accompanied by any of the fads you had in the 90s. When some of us were still playing Pogs to the hits of Gala or Ace of Base, we had to twist the visor of our new cap until we had the most arched half-circle in the world. Those days are over.
NO WAY #3. WEAR A FITTED BACKWARDS
Whether you want to look younger, like baseball champion Ken Griffey Jr. or Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, there are plenty of reasons to wear your fitted hat backwards... but they're pretty bad. You're not Ken Griffey Jr or Will Smith, and frankly, why would you carefully choose a cap featuring your favourite team, only to wear it without the embroidered logo?
NO WAY #4. COMBINE THE BACKWARDS CAP WITH SUNGLASSES
It would be like having DSL in the living room and fibre optics in the attic. Too much. We only agree to protect your neck if you are sitting with your back to the sun. And even then.
NO WAY #5. PUT ON A CAP THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED WITH A SCRATCH, UPSIDE DOWN
We don't have any arguments, but the scratch on the forehead, in our opinion, is not good.
NO WAY #6. NOT KNOWING WHAT THE LOGO ON YOUR CAP REPRESENTS
Imagine that one day, someone asks you about your New Era cap: "Where did you get that criss-crossed New York logo? It would be a shame to stammer out "I actually like New York, that's why. Besides, it's sometimes very interesting, like in the case of the giant Obey.