Materials

Our cloth is a woven cloth in 100% acrylic, woven by machine, with a pattern inspired by aguayo. The pattern is woven in, not printed on. This page is about the cloth as a material: what it is, how it wears, and how to wash a cap made of it.

The weave

The look comes from aguayo. Traditional aguayo is warp-faced: the coloured threads run lengthwise and are packed so tightly that the crosswise thread disappears, which makes it dense and gives it its sharp stripe. Our cloth is not a traditional aguayo; it is woven by machine from acrylic yarn, with the pattern built into the weave. Each cap is cut from a different part of the cloth, so the pattern lands differently on every one. One of one.

The yarn

The woven cloth is 100% acrylic. Traditional aguayo is spun from sheep's wool and alpaca and dyed with cochineal and plants; our cloth is not, and we do not suggest otherwise. Acrylic holds a loud colour and stands up to daily wear, which is what a cap needs. Each product page lists what the woven part of that piece is made of.

Wear and ageing

The cloth does not fade the way printed fabric does, because the colour is in the thread, not on it. What it does is soften. A brim that starts stiff loosens over a few months; the ridges of the weave round off where a hand grips them. Twill and denim bodies age faster than the woven cloth on them, which is the right way round: the plain part wears in, the cloth stays loud.

Washing and care

Hand wash in cool water with a little mild soap, press the water out, and dry flat on a towel in the shade. Do not machine wash, do not tumble dry, do not soak for long. Hot water can make the colours bleed and warp the brim. For a mark on the brim, dab with a damp cloth. Store on a shelf, not crushed in a bag, and the crown keeps its shape.

See how the cloth becomes a cap, where the pattern comes from, and the six families we sort it into on the weaves. Shop full-weave caps and bags.