Are slogan hats the new slogan T-shirts?

Baseball caps and bucket hats used to be about accessibility. But a new school of wearers are using them to express something about themselves

Spotting a man wearing a baseball cap that featured only the name Rachel Cusk, the British author beloved of LRB subscribers, stopped me mid-scroll. A cultural commentator I follow had posted a selfie to his Instagram feed saying: “Copped the hottest hat.”