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There&#;s a good chance you&#;re looking for more ways to set your t-shirt business apart from your competitors. A great start is by adding personalized or customized caps to your product lineup. Before you dive in, you should know that there are several different types of caps &#; they include snapback hats, trucker caps, dad hats and Flexfit caps.
A cap, on the other hand, has a shaped crown that fits to your head and a visor, which comes out of the front to shield your eyes.
Let&#;s start with the basic difference between a hat and a cap. For the most part, &#;hat&#; is an overarching term referring to just about any type of head-topper with a shaped crown (the dome portion that covers your head) and a brim (that goes around most, if not all, of the hat). This product category includes a plethora of different styles, from the fedora to the baseball cap, to beanies and floppy beach hats.
Around since the s, baseball caps obviously take their name because they were first worn by baseball players to keep the sun out of their eyes while practicing or playing on the field. Now, of course, they&#;ve been part of everyday culture and casual fashion for years and years.
People love these caps for their style and usefulness, in protecting from the sun and other weather conditions. Businesses and organizations also use baseball caps for promotions and as part of their employee or volunteer uniforms.
However, not all caps are necessarily &#;baseball&#; caps, since there are variations in the number of panels, closure and brim. There are several different types of caps. For an extra bit of trivia, these caps also usually feature a &#;squatchee&#; &#; a button on the top of the hat, which is mainly decorative.
Let&#;s take a look at four specific types of caps you might want to stock in your shop: snapback hats, trucker hats, dad caps and Flexfit caps.
Snapback Hats: Trendy, sporty snapback caps became popular in the &#;80s and &#;90s with rappers, hip-hop artists and dancers. This structured five- or six-panel baseball cap has a flat, wide brim and an adjustable strap with a handy snap closure at the back, which makes the fit adjustable for more people. The strap is made of plastic with little &#;pegs&#; that pop into holes on the other side of the strap to close the hat to provide a custom fit for the wearer.
Like the snapback hat, there&#;s also a &#;strapback cap,&#; which offers adjustable sizing. Rather than two plastic pieces, the cap closes with two strips of fabric lined with velcro.
This versatile hat style is still popular with celebrities, tattoo artists and streetwear lifestyle brands. The statement-making snapback&#;s front panel is hard, pre-shaped and sits at almost a 90° angle, making it ideal for larger or more colorful designs that you want to be very visible.
Two to Try: Your clients will love the Big Accessories Adult Structured Twill 6-Panel Snapback Cap and Yupoong Classic Premium Snapback Cap.
Trucker Caps: Another type of baseball-style hat is the trucker cap. This hat style, with a huge celebrity fan following, first became popular in the s when they were printed with agricultural supply company logos. These hats, also called mesh caps, were originally given out to farmers and truck drivers as popular promotional items.
This hat style has a flat brim like a snapback hat, but the hat is split into two sections. The front part is made of foam or cotton twill, so that it&#;s taller than a regular baseball cap &#; giving you a lot more head room and real estate for an imprint like embroidery or a digital heat transfer. The back, however, is made of plastic mesh, which makes a trucker cap much more breathable than other hat styles.
Like the snapback hat, a trucker cap also has an adjustable plastic snap closure, which makes it one-size-fits-all style &#; great for promotional campaigns, event giveaways, summer camps or outdoor corporate events. This style, which comes in both low- and high-profile versions, is also ideal for street-style brands, and looks great paired with a t-shirt, moto jacket and sneakers.
Two to Try: Check out the Big Accessories 6-Panel Structured Trucker Cap and the Classics Recycled Mesh Retro Trucker Cap.
Dad Caps: This casual five- or six-panel (depending on the manufacturer) cap has an unstructured crown, and has a pre-curved brim to protect you from the sun. Usually made of washed canvas or cotton, this low-profile cap offers a relaxed fit to the wearer, as it has a softer front panel that&#;s angled backwards. This style is one size fits all, since it has an adjustable metallic or velcro strap closure in the back. Dad caps offer a classic, vintage look, perfect for an everyday hat.
Two to Try: Dad it up in the Yupoong Classic Ecowash Dad Cap or the Flexfit Cotton Twill Dad Cap.
Flexfit Caps: Another very popular choice for embroidered hats to include in your t-shirt shop is the Flexfit cap, which is all about specialized technology for comfort and fit. Flexfit caps use a patented polyurethane spandex woven into the sweatband and throughout the entire hat crown.
This means that the cap band is flexible enough to adjust to the wearer&#;s head. The crown of the hat is made from the same Flexfit material, so it conforms to the wearer&#;s head better than other cap styles and offers a more comfortable fit. This popular hat style is a great one to have on hand for custom embroidery decoration.
Two to Try: Check out the Flexfit Adult VEIL Flexfit Cap and the Team 365 by Flexfit Adult Pro-Formance Contrast Eyelets Cap.
By: Melody
Posted on: Oct 7,
Bendy! Stretch! Comfy!
There&#;s been a growing demand the last couple of years for hats that feature these three words. There was a time when you couldn&#;t get &#;flexible&#; hats that also offered the best comfort. You could only have one feature. If it&#;s flexible, there will be compromises on comfort. If it&#;s comfortable, you can&#;t expect it to be too flexible.
Not anymore. Not since the OG Flexfit hats arrived.
But since then a lot of manufacturers took a shot in developing hats that perfectly blend comfort and flexibility. OTTO CAP - CapBargain&#;s source of affordable, top-quality wholesale hats also jumped on the &#;flexible fit&#; bandwagon a couple of years back. And we believe they offer arguably some of the finest blank flex fit hats in the wholesale market today. We thought we should elaborate on this.
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OTTO CAP&#;s exclusive OTTO FLEX hats are designed from the ground up to offer maximum flexibility and comfort. These hats just fit on any head size offering a level of comfort that might surprise even true fans of the flex fit caps, considering its price point (we&#;ll come to that later).
So let's take a closer look at OTTO CAP's OTTO FLEX and how it compares to the iconic flex-fit hats that everyone adores.
For starters, both OTTO FLEX and Flexfit offer 6-panel structured caps. Because 6 panels with a structure are what people generally expect from a flexible hat for the classic look. The idea is that the wearers want their baseball hats to look just like the classy ones while offering them better flexibility and comfort. And that means 6 panels and a structured form. Always in style, this one. OTTO CAP&#;s OTTO FLEX offerings go the extra mile by offering both baseball and dad hat styles that offer impressive flexibility and absolute comfort.
When it comes to fabric, both brands are playing in the big leagues. They offer wool-like options with varying blends of cotton, polyester, and spandex. At CapBargain, you can even find Superior Cotton Twill flex-fit hats like the OTTO CAP 11-.
Here&#;s the gist of it.
Both promise a snug, comfy fit that feels more like a hug to the head.
Flexfit's classic version sports 8 rows of stitching on the visor. OTTO FLEX keeps it sleek with 6 rows.
We believe that OTTO FLEX steps up to the plate with a wider variety of color options. If you've ever thought, "I wish I had a hat in that exact shade I saw just now," OTTO CAP might just have you covered on their OTTO FLEX hats.
If you are purchasing wholesale baseball hats, you know pricing gets pretty important on larger order volumes. The original Flexfit is an iconic style with a big reputation in the USA. Though the style does come at a reasonable price when you think retail, getting them wholesale might need a little more investment when compared with OTTO FLEX. OTTO CAP&#;s OTTO FLEX positions itself as the more budget-friendly option. That&#;s the specialty of OTTO CAP, and that&#;s why CapBargain is an exclusive store of wholesale caps from OTTO CAP.
Even the per-piece pricing of OTTO FLEX hats is impressive when you consider the fact that you are getting hats with a wool-like fabric and flexibility that rivals the OG style. Even the Superior Cotton twill variants are impressively value-priced while the same variant of a Flexfit might cost you more when bulk ordering.
Both brands offer blank caps, perfect for customization. The mid-profiles of the classic Flexfit give it a slight edge in customization, but the mostly low-profile OTTO FLEX hats aren&#;t very far behind either. OTTO FLEX hats are very customization-friendly, maybe enough to exceed your expectations.
Whatever your choice may be - OTTO FLEX or Flexfit, you're in for a treat. OTTO FLEX brings budget-friendly options and a rainbow of colors to the table , while Flexfit offers time-tested popularity and that extra bit of brand power.
For wholesale buyers, both brands offer quality products that'll impress wearers. OTTO FLEX might give you a bit more wiggle room in the profit department, while Flexfit brings name recognition to the game.
So go ahead, try them both!
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