A whoopee cap is a style of headwear popular among youths in the mid-20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's felt fedora hat 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 the 1920s and 1930s, 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, or Jughead hat. The latter of these is in reference to Jughead Jones of the Archie Comics series, for whom the cap was a staple. Other notable depictions of the cap include the ones worn by Goober Pyle of The Andy Griffith Show as well as characters in the films of the Dead End Kids. In addition, it also appears in modernized form made out of a knit beanie[7] on the television show Riverdale.
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edit- ^ "I'm Learning To Share!: Search term: "Jughead's hat"". 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ Jughead and Friends Digest Magazine. Archie Comic Publications, Inc. February 2008.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago (1998-07-12). "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO… THOSE HATS?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ Cronin, Brian (2008-12-19). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #186". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
- ^ "The KingPin Order Form". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "The KingPin". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ Soo Hoo, Fawnia (2017-01-26). "How the 'Riverdale' Costume Designers Dress Betty and Veronica in a Mix of Vintage and Contemporary Fashion". Fashionista. Retrieved 2024-10-13.