Awhoopee cap is a style of headwear popular among youths in the mid-20th century in the United States. It was often made from a man's feltfedora hat with the brim trimmed with a scalloped cut and turned up. Often, children wearing the cap would decorate it with buttons, badges, or bottle caps.[1] In the1920s and1930s, such caps often indicated the wearer was a mechanic.[2][3] Once popularized, the cap began being manufactured and sold.[4][5]
The style of cap is also referred to as a palookaville cap, Kingpin,[6] button beanie, felt crown,[7] or Jughead hat. The last of these names is in reference toJughead Jones of theArchie Comics series, for whom the cap is a staple. Other notable depictions of the cap include the ones worn byGoober Pyle ofThe Andy Griffith Show as well as characters in the films of theDead End Kids. It also appears in modernized form made out of a knitbeanie[8] on the television showRiverdale.
