Caps & Beanies

Everything except the tartan. A flat cap is ordinary civilian headwear with a rounded crown and a stiff peak, worn anywhere. A Glengarry is formal Highland dress, boat shaped with ribbons at the back and a cap badge. See tartan hats and caps for fashion styles.

No, and that is deliberate. This page covers everyday knitted beanies, flat caps and casual headwear that happen to be made in tartan. Traditional ceremonial headwear, meaning the Glengarry and the Balmoral, is a separate category with its own conventions about badges and how it is worn.

Beanies stretch and generally come in one size that fits most heads. Flat caps do not, so measure around the head just above the ears and order to that measurement rather than to small, medium or large. A flat cap should sit without gripping and without slipping back.

For casual wear yes, at a games day or a walk. For formal Highland dress no, since the occasion expects either a Glengarry, a Balmoral or nothing at all. A flat cap with full Highland evening dress reads as a mismatch that people who know the conventions will notice.

Hand wash cool and reshape while damp, then dry flat rather than hanging, since a wet knitted cap hung by its edge stretches out of shape and does not recover. Never machine wash a flat cap, which has internal structure that will not survive it. Brush dust off instead.

If you dry it flat rather than hanging it. A wet knitted cap hung by its edge stretches out of shape and does not recover. Hand wash cool and reshape it while it is still damp.