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Show me a “cool” baseball cap

102 replies

makemineadecaf · 04/08/2026 16:52

That I can pull off at 38!

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ThreeplusI · Yesterday 16:56

I got one like this from the 'New' range from the PDSA! I am definitely not cool! 🤣

Alittlefrustrated · Yesterday 17:29

Leather amd suede look nice

EleanorMc67 · Yesterday 17:35

Anicecreamasbigasyourhead · Yesterday 14:25

Exactly, loads of people are wearing them

Op, I have a navy RL one that I love

That just means that they're popular. And commonly seen. Maybe even considered fashionable. Doesn't mean they're cool, though ...!!!

(I freely admit I have a - possibly irrational - dislike of them. Ditto boat shoes. And thongs - of both the toe & up-the-bum variety ... I'm sure there are other things I've forgotten about!!)

CaptainMyCaptain · Yesterday 18:05

DisplayPurposesOnly · 04/08/2026 17:11

Ain't no such thing. Baseball caps have their uses but aren't cool unless the person wearing it is already cool.

100% this. They all look stupid. Sorry.

Vaguelyclassical · Yesterday 18:19

Anicecreamasbigasyourhead · Yesterday 14:25

Exactly, loads of people are wearing them

Op, I have a navy RL one that I love

"Loads of people" are wearing shapeless wide legged cropped trousers but it doesn't mean that shapeless wide legged cropped trousers actually do anything for anybody (except perhaps if you are 5'10" and size 4)
Never ever offer the Sheep Defence!

EleanorMc67 · Yesterday 18:25

Vaguelyclassical · Yesterday 18:19

"Loads of people" are wearing shapeless wide legged cropped trousers but it doesn't mean that shapeless wide legged cropped trousers actually do anything for anybody (except perhaps if you are 5'10" and size 4)
Never ever offer the Sheep Defence!

I think "The Sheep Defence" summarises what I was trying to say above ...!!!

Funny how lots of people dislike them. I thought it was just me ...!!

Anicecreamasbigasyourhead · Yesterday 18:41

EleanorMc67 · Yesterday 17:35

That just means that they're popular. And commonly seen. Maybe even considered fashionable. Doesn't mean they're cool, though ...!!!

(I freely admit I have a - possibly irrational - dislike of them. Ditto boat shoes. And thongs - of both the toe & up-the-bum variety ... I'm sure there are other things I've forgotten about!!)

I think they look cool 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Anicecreamasbigasyourhead · Yesterday 18:43

Vaguelyclassical · Yesterday 18:19

"Loads of people" are wearing shapeless wide legged cropped trousers but it doesn't mean that shapeless wide legged cropped trousers actually do anything for anybody (except perhaps if you are 5'10" and size 4)
Never ever offer the Sheep Defence!

Nope isn’t meant in a sheep defence, I only like what I like, I don’t just follow. I was using it as an example of there being a lot around and that they can look good…(in my opinion at least)

EleanorMc67 · Yesterday 18:52

Anicecreamasbigasyourhead · Yesterday 18:41

I think they look cool 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think every one of those outfits would look better if they ditched the baseball caps!! But hey, it's all about personal taste & we all have different likes & dislikes 😊!!

CatVester · Yesterday 19:00

IAmUsingTheApplauseReactionSarcastically · 04/08/2026 23:17

I have half a mind to order one of these but choose ‘your text here’ as my text

My husband has a T shirt with 'your text here' on it. It makes him laugh every time he wears it. He is, however, not cool.

Sweetdreamsbeautifulnightmare · Yesterday 19:04

I have the one the first poster said about

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-women-s-baseball-cap-mlb-new-york-yankees-white/X8240375/c1m8240375

It fits well and it’s quite inoffensive! I wear it to keep the sun off my aging forehead! I am 39. I tried a few others from primark that didn’t fit as well. I want another one in a different colour next. IMO that red sequin one is awful and would only suit a 6 year old girl!

Buzzlightfear · Yesterday 19:58

Baseball caps only look cool on already cool people. I have two neighbours who wear one, one is about 80. She is effortlessly cool and stylish and looks great in it. The other is in her fifties and looks ridiculous, it's pretty must the same cap (the NY one already linked on here).

Bananajam · Yesterday 20:03

I have one I wear from Ale-Hop which is probably not cool but works well to keep the sun out my eyes when walking and I do tend to put my hair up under it too. There's a million options, wear what you like!

Zlemonits · Yesterday 20:34

Sweetdreamsbeautifulnightmare · Yesterday 19:04

I have the one the first poster said about

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-women-s-baseball-cap-mlb-new-york-yankees-white/X8240375/c1m8240375

It fits well and it’s quite inoffensive! I wear it to keep the sun off my aging forehead! I am 39. I tried a few others from primark that didn’t fit as well. I want another one in a different colour next. IMO that red sequin one is awful and would only suit a 6 year old girl!

I've started wearing a cheapish baseball cap as my scalp burns more easily with age. I also have a broad brim hat but they're not so practical. Embroidered caps look cooler than printed, but I think a distressed plain one looks best.

I think it's very common to hate baseball caps...I can remember my dad and other adults moaning about them in the 90s!

kwikfitt · Yesterday 20:35

I find baseball caps are too boxy now

They used to be more fitted to your head, imo

nc42day · Yesterday 20:42

Ancient one, no idea where from, wear for swimming in the sea to keep the sun out of my face. Otherwise, not for me as an every day item.

Jaxhog · Yesterday 20:47

I was briefly cool wearing a baseball hat, when a rainbow lorikeet landed there.

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MudandMoet · Yesterday 20:56

I wear this on days I can’t be arsed washing my hair, drizzly dog walk days and when I know my head is going to be in the sun for hours. Couldn’t care less if it’s cool or not, I like it and it does the job it’s meant to.

Show me a “cool” baseball cap
PashaMinaMio · Yesterday 21:00

Vaguelyclassical · 04/08/2026 20:32

There is no such thing as a cool baseball cap. It has been scientifically proven that the donning of a baseball cap immediately lowers one's perceived IQ by about 30 points. Truly.

Yep!

My boss once remarked about someone “his IQ is the same as the headband on that (blo0dy) cap he’s wearing!”

cantsleepneedsleep · Yesterday 21:02

PashaMinaMio · Yesterday 21:00

Yep!

My boss once remarked about someone “his IQ is the same as the headband on that (blo0dy) cap he’s wearing!”

Well if your boss said it….

gotohellforheavenssake · Yesterday 22:11

I hate wearing hats. I don’t mind wearing this.

Seaspray Natural Jade Cap
https://www.next.co.uk/style/SV103415/W93331

nomas · Yesterday 22:38

I think we overthink baseball caps. USA people seem to wear them without caring if they look
cool.

My tip is to get a men’s one. Women’s ones are too small.

Dragonflyspeeding · Today 00:04

I think they look cool. I also think it is impossible to differentiate between a cheap Zara baseball cap and a 'designer' one.