BUCKET HAT

A bucket hat is a soft hat with a narrow, downward-sloping brim all around and a simple cylindrical crown resembling an inverted bucket (hence the name). Born as practical protection from sun and rain for fishermen and farmers, it passed into mod fashion in the 1960s, became an icon of hip-hop culture in the 1980s–90s, and today is a current item of street style. The down-turned brim shades the face well. Bucket hats are made of cotton, denim, nylon or fur, in a multitude of colours and prints. A bucket hat is a soft hat with a down-turned brim all around, in which practical protection from the sun combines with the cult status of hip-hop and street culture that made it a recognisable, effortlessly fashionable accessory across generations.