Polo Ralph Lauren Classic Pony Cap

A cotton twill cap with a small embroidered pony is the most quietly recognisable thing Ralph Lauren makes, and the only logo item on this page that works on a grown man. Soft unstructured crown, leather strap at the back, one size. Sixty-four dollars for a baseball cap is indefensible on materials and entirely about the pony, and that is the honest case for it. Buy it for someone who already dresses this way; skip it if he would rather not advertise a brand, in which case any plain navy cap does the same job for fifteen dollars.

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