- Created by
- Da Link Went Wear, American, founded 1994
- Manufactured by
- Flexfit LLC, American, founded 1995
- Subject of
- Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
- Date
- ca. 2000
- Medium
- Acrylic, wool and elastic blend, with spandex, metal, buckram, and cotton
- Dimensions
- H x W x D x C: 5 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (14 × 18.4 × 28.6 × 56.5 cm)
- Description
- A red baseball cap designed by Da Link Went Wear. The hat is made of twill weave blended acrylic, wool, and spandex. There is a button secured at the top of the crown. The crown is pieced with six panels that are machine stitched together. Each panel has an eyelet at the center. There is an embroidered rectangle depicting half of a man's face in black and silver thread at the center front of the hat. The text [DALINKWENT] is embroidered in black thread on the proper left side of the crown. The underside of the visor is lined in light gray twill fabric that is likely cotton. Red bias binding is placed along the seams at the interior that is likely cotton. Synthetic buckram is attached to the front two panels of the crown at the interior. A black elastic band with gray repeating text reading [FLEXFIT] is machine stitched to the edge of the hat's interior. A manufacturer's label for Flexfit is sewn at the interior center back crown with fiber content and size information. A small patent label is sewn along the center back seam.
- Cataloging Notes
- This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
- Place made
- Dominican Republic, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Black Fashion Museum Collection
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- hats
- baseball caps
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion
- Fashion design
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
- Object number
- 2007.3.48
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




