The correct term for a trucker
hat is actually a mesh
hat. Mesh
hat's have been worn by skaters and punks now for 25 years. Made
popular in the 1970's by Truck drivers as a cheap alternative ball
cap available at
truck stops and 7-11's or as a free handout by one of their customers.A true mesh
hat has a foam front with a rigged mesh back. Available in many colors and many varieties. Some special features may have eggs on the brim(usually gold colored oak leaves), colored stripes on the side of the mesh, bubble print logos, pinwheel colored mesh, ect. There are many ways to fancy up the mesh
hat. In the late 1980's these hats were replaced by the actual 100% cotton or wool ball cap that we see today. Early hipsters,skaters and punks started wearing mesh hats in the late 80's and never stopped. This is what prompted www.meshhat.com to be created in 1999 selling them world wide to early hipsters who could not find them in their
local stores. Then Pharrell and that guy from punk'd Aushton just killed that hip vibe by making them ultra
popular which started a flood in the stores and a downward trend. The cool thing about mesh hats is that if you
like them so what, you wear them and
screw whatever someone calls a trend or not. If you are a true mesh
hat wearer, you are one for life no matter what the trend says. I have had them since the mid 80's and still wear them today in 2008. I just
like them better then stupid flat billed New era hats with the sticker in tact or anything that shows up on the seen. I know many people that still wear them and those people are very hip. Remember that what you were is what is hip no matter what someone else thinks or says. Your personality is what makes the clothes you wear hip or not.
