Depending on who you ask, the trucker hat is either the hottest look of the year or the dumbest.
The New York Times heralded the trend as “a fashion statement that traveled from downtown to the mall so swiftly it is still below the radar of most mainstream fashion publications, even as some hipsters themselves seem unaware it has been declared over.”
Take a stroll around the Quad and you are likely to spot a few hardcore trendsetters and their aspirants sporting tall foam-billed caps advertising everything from Corn Belt farming supplies to their favorite sports team.
The infamous trucker hat revolution is nothing new to the LSU campus fashion scene.
But by the time you read this, the trend might just be over.
Campus Trends
October 19, 2003