Choose the base colour first and the embroidery second. A cap gets worn with the rest of your wardrobe, and the crown colour is what has to agree with it — the design is what people notice once you are already wearing it.
Key takeaways
- Base colour decides how often you will actually wear it. Pick that first.
- Black and monochrome bases are the easiest to build around.
- High-contrast designs read from further away and get noticed more.
- Every piece is one size with an adjustable strap, so fit is not the variable.
Fit is not the decision
Worth clearing up first, because it is the usual worry with caps bought online. Every piece in the collection is a curved baseball crown in cotton, one size, with an adjustable strap at the back. There is no size chart to get wrong.
What that means practically: the decision in front of you is entirely about colour and design, not measurements. If you have worn any adjustable baseball cap comfortably, the shape will be familiar.
Start with the base
The base is the colour of the crown, and it governs how often the cap leaves the shelf.
Black bases go with everything and hide wear best. If this is your first embroidered piece and you want it in rotation rather than saved for occasions, start here. MIDNIGHT ROSE is the clearest example: a deep black crown with a single red rose, so the contrast does the work and the base stays neutral.
Monochrome bases with one accent colour are nearly as flexible and read as more deliberate. RED DISTRICT works this way — crimson floral embroidery on a clean monochrome base, so it carries colour without the crown itself committing to one.
Coloured bases are the opposite trade. GOLDEN PETAL puts a golden bloom on vivid blue, and CHERRY BLOOM sits soft floral work on pale pink. Both are stronger pieces, and both ask more of whatever you wear them with. Choose one of these when you already have a neutral cap and want something with a point of view.
Then decide how loud you want it
Two designs can use the same amount of thread and land completely differently depending on contrast.
High contrast — a bright design on a dark base, or the reverse — reads from across a street. AFTERBURN is the most assertive piece in the collection: flame embroidery wrapping around the silhouette rather than sitting on the front panel. It is not a quiet cap and is not trying to be.
Tonal, low contrast — a design close in tone to its base — rewards proximity. You notice the texture before you notice the shape, and the piece reads as considered rather than declarative.
Neither is better. They are answers to different questions: do you want the cap to be the loudest thing you are wearing, or the best-made one?
A simple way to choose
If you are stuck, work through it in this order:
- What colour is most of your outerwear? Black or neutral means any base works. Lots of colour means go neutral on the cap.
- Where will you wear it most? Daily and everywhere favours a black or monochrome base. Occasions and going out can take a coloured base.
- Do you want it noticed? Yes means high contrast. Not particularly means tonal.
- Which design do you actually like? After the first three questions, usually one piece is left standing. Trust that.
That last step matters more than it sounds. The most versatile cap in the world stays in the cupboard if the design does nothing for you.
What to expect when it arrives
Pieces ship within 24 to 48 hours, with delivery in two to five business days in France and five to ten internationally, tracked. If it is not right, returns and exchanges are free within 14 days as long as the piece is unworn and still has its tag. Custom pieces are the exception — those cannot be returned, for the obvious reason.
One thing worth knowing before you unbox: hand-embroidered pieces vary slightly from one to the next. A petal sitting a fraction differently is not a fault, it is how the work is made. If something looks genuinely wrong rather than simply individual, tell us and send a photo.
Before you buy
Read how to wash an embroidered cap first. It takes two minutes and it is the difference between a cap that lasts years and one that puckers the first time it goes near a dryer. The care rules are short, but they are not optional.
When you are ready, the full collection is the place to start.