Red newsboy cap by Kangol
date: label: Date
content: 1990s - 2000s
name: label: Designed by
content: Kangol, British, founded 1938
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A red newsboy cap by Kangol. The hat crown and sides are composed of one panel of fuzzy, red polyester fabric, shaped into a newsboy style. There is a 1.25” metal circular squatchee at the center top of the hat, covered in a single piece of knitted red polyester fabric. A curved brim constructed from a one piece of fuzzy red polyester material is folded over a stiffener (likely cardboard) and machine sewn at the center front of the hat. The hat features a .25” hem that is folded under and machine stitched into place. Inside the hat is a 75” wide sweatband made from one panel of red elastic that is machine sewn along the interior base of the crown. An ivory fabric label that reads [KANGOL ® / DESIGN / MADE IN ENGLAND] in black text is machine stitched over the interior sweatband, at the center back. There is a large, abstract X behind the text. The inside of the hat is unlined.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
label: Topic
content: Fashion design
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.394
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
label: Type
content: newsboy (caps)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester, cardboard, elastic, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (8.9 x 29.2 cm)