Monarch Millinery Embroidered Casual Baseball Cap

The casual cap in the Monarch Millinery range is the one that does not try. Embroidered detail on the front, cotton everywhere else, and a shape that has not needed changing in about a hundred years. It is the hat you keep by the door and stop thinking about, which is the highest compliment you can pay a cap.

The material is cotton, made up as a single piece. Cotton is why a cap like this improves rather than degrades. It lets the heat out on a warm afternoon, it softens with every wear, and it slowly takes the shape of your head instead of fighting it. The embroidery is stitched into the front panel rather than printed onto it, so it holds its edges through repeated washing. The maker lists the size as adjustable, and the crown measures 4.9 inches in actual height, which sits a little lower than a standard structured cap and reads closer to the head.

Six colorways, and this is the softest range of the family. Off white is the summer one, made for linen and bare ankles. Khaki and brown are the two that quietly go with everything already hanging in your wardrobe. Pink is gentle rather than bright. Dark purple is the unexpected one and is genuinely lovely against grey and cream. Black is black and always will be. Wear it with a tee and denim on a Saturday, over unwashed hair on a coffee run, or with a slip dress and sneakers when you want to undercut how put together the rest of you looks.

Why you will love it

• Embroidered front panel detail
• Casual low profile baseball cap shape
• Pieces: 1-piece
• Material: cotton
• Listed by the maker as an adjustable one size
• Offered in Black, Pink, Brown, Khaki, Off White and Dark Purple

Care

• Care instructions are not specified by the maker for this cap.