Womenswear
British-Made Women's Caps and Flat Caps — Voted by the Community
This directory lists 8 brands that make women's caps in the UK. They are most often based in London. All are premium. Ranked by community upvotes.
WAWWA
WAWWA is a Manchester clothing brand making functional, gender-inclusive everyday wear in its own UK factory. They work to a pre-order model, use organic and recycled materials, and pay the real Living Wage.
- Casual
- Contemporary
- Ethical
Shop to visit- Casual
- Contemporary
- Ethical
Sherlock Holmes Tartan
Scottish brand making clothing and accessories in the Sherlock Holmes Tartan, including kilts, trews, waistcoats, skirts and capes, from Aberdeenshire.
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Medicus Caps
Specialising in custom made scrub caps for individuals, teams, whole hospitals and beyond. Shipping worldwide and all made to order.
- Workwear
- Workwear
Woody and Blue
Bespoke millinery and ready to wear hats and headwear - made with love in London from Woody and Blue
- Bridal
- Contemporary
Shop to visit- Bridal
- Contemporary
Makshy
Makshy is a London millinery studio making hand-shaped felt fedoras, cocktail hats and tailored roll-up visor caps to order in a riverside West London atelier.
- Casual
- Classic
- Colourful
Factory shop- Casual
- Classic
- Colourful
Laird Hatters
Laird Hatters handcrafts distinctive hats and caps for men and women, using the finest British fabrics. Founded in 2009, they offer bespoke services and showcase at London Fashion Week.
- Classic
- Contemporary
- Country
Shop to visit- Classic
- Contemporary
- Country
- Tom Lane
Tom Lane
Tom Lane designs and manufactures clothing, luxury socks and accessories in Britain, founded in 2015 with a focus on durable, timeless products.
- CLÒ FOLD
CLÒ FOLD
CLÒ FOLD designs tartan womenswear and accessories, including Fell Light tartan woven in Scotland from traceable Scottish wool.
Shops run by brands that make women's caps
4 of the 8 brands that make women's caps have a shop you can visit: 3 in London, others in Cambridge, Manchester and Oxford.
Laird Hatters, Makshyfactory shop, Woody and Blue
This independent directory lists UK-made clothing brands, and marks those that make only some items here.Why choose British-made?
A Brief History of British Made Caps
Caps in Britain are closely tied to the wool trade. The flat cap can be traced to the sixteenth century in northern England, when it was more often called a bonnet. In 1571 an Act of Parliament required males over six, apart from the nobility and "persons of degree", to wear woollen caps on Sundays and holidays to support the wool trade. The act was repealed in 1597. In Scotland, the knitted blue bonnet, a soft woollen cap with a flat crown, dates from at least the sixteenth century, and Stewarton and Kilmarnock became centres of bonnet making. By the end of the nineteenth century, a fuller eight-panelled cap with a button on top, now known as the newsboy or baker boy cap, was worn by men and boys, and it stayed popular into the early twentieth century. Many British caps were made from tweeds and other woollen cloths woven in English and Scottish mills. Women's caps use much the same shapes, cloths and construction, with differences mainly in proportion and fit.