Hats off to Robert Armstrong (Style, Life & Arts, FT Weekend, January 20), but there’s one item missing from his enjoyable sartorial classification of male society in the US: the baseball cap.
Sported not just by sportsmen, it’s the ubiquitous accessory atop all dress styles and across all social strata. Donned by celebrities and nonentities alike, regardless of budget or age, and branded with slogans and logos a gogo, there’s always a cap to fit.
The wrong way round if you’re cool — or to the hustings where Donald Trump’s hot-headed voters are on red alert — just wear it!
Michael Poynor
London SW19, UK
