Beanies

A beanie is a head-hugging brimless cap which is often woollen. A larger variant of the skullcap, the beanie was working apparel associated with blue labourers, including welders, mechanics, and other tradesmen who needed to keep their hair back, but for whom a brim would be an unnecessary obstruction. By the mid-1940s, beanies fell out of general popularity as a hat, in favour of cotton visored caps like the baseball cap. However in the 1950s the style featured a resurgence of popularity as they were worn by college freshmen in the USA.