The history of baseball caps has caused the birth of the born caps ...

“If only we could see the endless chain of consequences that result from our smallest actions…” This quote is one of the most accurate we have heard in a long time. If something is not born, created or thought, it is not going to generate any movement or influence anyone, right?

The origin of baseball caps, also known as “trucker” caps in the 19th century, has meant that today we can offer our own designs.

Below, we tell you how the revolutionary phenomenon began that has led us to have a great mechanism of expression and communication with the world today: Caps.

THE BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING

The history of baseball caps, like so many other revolutionary phenomena in the world, has its origins in the United States. Such is the influence that this accessory has had on the country that it could even be said that it is one of the national icons of American culture.

The structure that covers the head area is made of a soft and light material, and the visor of the current baseball cap is hard and can be resized and adjusted to the contour thanks to a plastic strip located at the back.

The models before baseball caps take influence from the typical hats of the last decades of the 19th century, and which were illustrated in famous books such as Sherlock HolmesThey were also inspired by the caps of the horsemen, the militia hats that received the name of pillbox, felt ones and boaters.

If we go back to the first production of the first batch of baseball caps, we see that they were made of wool and had a leather patch on the front. Their design and production were aimed exclusively at use by players of professional baseball teams in the latter half of the 19th century.

Around 1800, the first baseball teams were born in the United States, and in 1876 the National League was created to regulate the sport. The rules regarding the clothing that players should or should not wear on the field did not mention the use of a standardized hat, so each team was free to use the hat that best suited their needs and the one that best protected them from the sun. In general, players usually opted for straw hats or straw hats. pillbox.

Many of them preferred straw hats in the style boater or the style ones. Such is the variety of hats, caps and caps that the players began to use, that they have been collected in The Spalding Official Baseball Guide from 1888.

As expected, elite athletes also had a great influence at that time, so fans of this sport also wanted to equip themselves with this new accessory to feel that they belonged a little more to the world of their idols. Once the 20th century began, this accessory began to be seen, in addition to on the playing field, in the wardrobes of "mundane" people.

As the years have passed, trends have changed and society's influence and interest in fashion has increased, caps and the use they have been given have also evolved and have reached numerous sectors within the market.Today, we wear the baseball cap as a symbol of support for a particular team, as a way of communicating a thought or a message, as a stylistic device, or even as a political statement; let us recall the red caps worn by truck drivers that had the phrase “Make America Great Again” inscribed on the front, which former US President Donald Trump used as the slogan for one of his political campaigns.

The cap we call a “baseball cap” today began to take shape at the beginning of the 20th century. The legendary holes around the head were added, logos and stitching on the visors became popular, and as the century progressed, the patches became larger and more visible, the structure of the cap became more rigid, and little by little, the cap we see everywhere today became standardized.

Since the 1950s, the structure of the baseball cap has not changed much, but it has been used in a multitude of scenarios and situations. In addition to the use of caps as a sign of support for their favorite baseball teams, agricultural companies, which also saw this accessory as an opportunity for self-promotion, began to equip their truck drivers with caps with the company logo printed on the front. This is why baseball caps are also called trucker caps.

On the other hand, the cap has also been used as an icon of equality between men and women, as it is an accessory that has no gender; we have seen female figures such as Lady Di and male figures such as Tom Cruise include a baseball cap in their outfits, which also helped to consolidate the cap in the world of high-end fashion.

Once it had become a part of everyday society, people began to play with how the cap was placed on their heads. Depending on how each person identified with a particular social group, the cap would be placed forward, backward, to one side, etc.

Today, the baseball cap or trucker cap represents musicians, celebrities, the working class and the political class. And, of course, from the humblest to the most well-known brands, they produce their own models and shapes, and continue to extend the legacy that was created, by chance, almost two centuries ago.

BORN FOR…

As we have mentioned before, trucker caps, or baseball caps, are given an infinite variety of uses. The Indian Face We have always been very passionate about this accessory, and we believe that it is an ideal vehicle to communicate with a world that does not yet know us. The way we dress and how we present ourselves in our daily lives in front of the crowd is the only way that others have of trying to identify who we are, so fashion is an important and determining factor to which we must pay attention.

We wanted to create an accessory that would help those who share our values ​​and our way of understanding life, so, after a season of trial and error, we decided to launch our Born to (something) cap collection.

Let us tell you why some of them are:

• Cap Born to be free:

In The Indian Face We consider ourselves ambitious, restless, hard-working and optimistic people. But we also like to escape, from time to time, from the routine, from obligations and from the density of the city.We need to feel free and it is there, where we must look for the sound in an environment where silence reigns, where you find shade under the trees, and where you hear music in the birdsong, where we are fully ourselves, where our essence is released and where we find the real meaning of our existence.

The caps Born To Be Free They are a song to life and to the days in which we feel infinite. Travelling, playing sports, being with friends in a natural, unspoilt environment where you can see the sky covered in stars at night are the vehicles that have led us to create them.

• Born to Surf Cap:

Surfing is one of the driving forces of our daily lives. Waking up at the same time as the sun, grabbing our board and going barefoot into the street looking for salt water like crazy is a routine that we dream about when we are far from it, and that we live being fully aware of and grateful for every minute when we can do it.

Surfing is one of the activities that most coexists with nature. We work our body, our mind and we gratefully receive what the force of the wind, the tides and the seasonal moment in which we find ourselves offer us.

If there is a sport that represents the spirit of The Indian Face, that's surfing.

• Born to Run Cap:

Someone once said that running is for cowards. But what if you run towards fear? To overcome it, to conquer it, to ally yourself with it.

In The Indian Face We are very much runningWe run to celebrate a victory, to forget a defeat, we run when it rains, when there are no clouds in the sky, we run just because, because with each stride our problems weigh less, our mind is freed and begins to flow with good energy and positive thoughts.

Our Born To Run caps are designed for all those who were born running and for those who have gradually joined this sport, which is not only enriching but also addictive.

We hope you found this article useful and that you learned something new about baseball caps. We also encourage you to visit our website and take a look at our caps. And you, what were you born for?