Beanie hats and bobble hats

[dunkaccino]

AIBU in thinking that the two used to mean quite different types of hat? Looking for a beanie hat (or what I'm sure used to be called a beanie hat) and all I'm getting is bobble hats and/or woolly hats. Searching further I've found that the hat that I want is a 'bucket hat'.

When did this happen? Did it even happen? Do I live in a parallel universe of hat names? Is it an american thing? I've never even heard of a bucket hat until today, and I bought loads of them when the kids were small 20 years ago.

AIBU to think it's all changed? Or am I doing that weird thing when things you are certain are right are actually shown to be wrong like the 't' in sketchers that isn't actually there. (it's skechers)

A beanie has no bobble.

A bobble hat has a bobble.

A bucket hat has a brim and no bobble and isn't made of wool.

As above. A beanie hat is a woolly hat without a bobble, they have never been similar to Bucket hats.
How did you get through the 90’s not knowing what a bucket hat was??

Fifteen years ago, a beanie hat was indeed as you describe: an angular cloche style hat.

My guess is that it changed in the last few years with the rise of a close fitting wool hat sans bobble as a fashion amongst male rap/grunge artists. The word "beanie" became attached to this style instead.

How strange. I seem to get exactly what I'm looking for when I google each different type of hat style.

I've only ever known a beanie as, well, a beanie, a woolly/close-fitting hat without a bobble, going back as far as I can remember to the 90s. Definitely not a bucket hat - that's totally different!

Bucket hats are also quite often just called sun hats for kids.

@idontlikealdi

A beanie has no bobble.

A bobble hat has a bobble.

A bucket hat has a brim and no bobble and isn't made of wool.

I agree.

The bucket hat has never been called a beanie in my world.

like the 't' in sketchers that isn't actually there. (it's skechers)

I've always known it was spelt Skechers, but until recently I'd never heard it said out loud and assumed (because of the absence of a T) that it was pronounced Skeechers.

@ConstanceGracy

As above. A beanie hat is a woolly hat without a bobble, they have never been similar to Bucket hats. How did you get through the 90’s not knowing what a bucket hat was??

Probably because I was in my thirties in the 90's and didn't really care what the drably dressed teens called their hats.

I'm still sticking with the age/change theory at the moment.