Headwear had been known as a staple men’s style since time immemorial. We have been witnesses on how men have moved on from the quintessential wigs of the French Colonial era up to the widely-accepted sporting of the androgynous cowboy hats.
Men are said to have treated headwear as a form of a counterpart to women’s easy breezy hairstyles and hair accessories. As time flies by, it had been seen that an evolution took place on what men now wear on their heads, either for function of for fashion. At these current times, the prevalence of wearing baseball caps had been overshadowed by a more youthful version which is generally known as snapbacks.
More formally known as flat peak, snapbacks are now generally used as a fashion accessory by men all over the planet. Snapback is an urban slang which denotes the usual flat brim baseball caps worn by professional baseball players.
Because snapbacks are generally cheaper that the tight baseball cap versions, it had magnetized the young followers of fashion into sporting them thus turning it as a worldwide trend in young urban fashion. With this being said, snapbacks shout of hip hop and youth culture, and more versions and brands have been manufacturing because sales would surely shoot up.
There are three known types of snapbacks currently being seen on fashion stands namely five-panel, strapback and velcroback. With the aforementioned names, one can easily spot the difference on how the specific snapback type had been finished.
The five-panel can have either the Velcro or the strap or buckle at the back of the cap. The design of the five-panel is so much like trucker caps which exemplified a more constructed look instead of the usual six-panels. Velcroback and strapback are self-explanatory—Velcro material being used at the back of the cap and straps or buckles for the strapback class.
Snapbacks can be worn and paired with different types of fashion pegs. Don your precious snapback on a slight sideways lean, showing an ample part of your head or hair to give you that gangster pizzazz.
One way of sporting is too wear it the other way around, the back side on the front and vice versa.
With this way of wearing it, one would definitely have pumps on their swag especially when paired with your equally colored shirt, a chino shorts and your loudest pair of sneakers.
You can also use snapbacks for function and wear it the way a cap is usually worn. Use the flaps of your trusted snapback to cover you from the heat of the sun and this will surely give-off a mysterious look as if you’re a known celebrity hiding from your hordes of fans.
Known celebrities who have been using the ‘snapback-ed’ style is fashion and music icon Kanye West, music mogul Jay-Z, respected fashion blogger Scott Schuman, singer Chris Brown and music talent Tyga. Snapbacks are commonly worn by the teenage boys lot but is slowly being recognized by fashion followers of all ages through all forms of media which disseminates fashion.
Sports brands where you can avail of a snapback includes Adidas, Nike, Quiksilver, Vans, Volcom, New Era, Dope, Obey, Herschel Supply, Golfwang and Brixton.
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