Where to Buy Caps for Big Heads in Europe (60–65 cm)

If your head measures 60, 62 or 63 centimetres, you know the routine by heart. Fifty caps in the window, you try three, and all of them perch somewhere above your ears like a lid that is only pretending. Meanwhile the assistant tells you one size fits all. Not yours.

I have worn caps for fifteen years, and Head of Wonder came out of exactly this frustration. Before I started making my own, I went through a good number of European shops and learned to tell the ones that take big heads seriously from the ones that just added two letters to a product name. This is what I found, and where I would send you if you asked me in person.

Why most shops stop at 59 cm

The size charts of most European brands stop somewhere between 58 and 59 centimetres. There is no ill will in it. Patterns follow the population average, and the average is convenient to produce: it covers most customers, and nobody has to make a second set of moulds.

The catch is in the word universal. One size is not cut for your head, it is cut for a statistical head that does not exist. If your circumference is five centimetres larger, you are not an exception and not a problem. You are simply outside the range the maker chose.

An adjustable strap does not change that, whatever the product page suggests. The strap adds circumference at the back, but it does not deepen the crown. A shallow cap then sits on your head instead of around it, the brim tips upwards, and half an hour later there is a red line across your forehead. Crown depth decides the fit, not the length of the closure.

That is why we build our caps differently. A deeper crown, an inner band worked out for 61 cm instead of the usual 58, and a closure that genuinely fastens at 60 to 63 cm without pulling. Winter hats get more fabric and a deeper cut, so they stay over your ears instead of riding up. The whole collection of caps and winter hats for large heads is built on those differences. Head size should never decide what you get to wear.

Measure your head before you start shopping

Before you open the first shop, you need one number. Without it, every comparison is guesswork and returned parcels.

Take a soft tape measure and run it about a centimetre above your ears, across the widest part of your forehead, exactly where a cap naturally sits. The tape should lie flat without squeezing: one finger has to fit underneath. Measure twice and use the larger number.

No tape at home? A piece of string works. Wrap it round your head, mark where the ends overlap, then stretch it along a ruler. Measure with dry hair, styled the way you normally wear it. A bun or a fresh blow-dry can easily add a whole centimetre, and that is exactly the centimetre you will be missing later.

The difference between 60 and 63 centimetres looks small on paper, but it decides which shops are worth opening at all. Save the result in your phone; you will be comparing it against every size chart you meet. The full method, with photos, is in the size guide.

European shops selling caps for big heads

There are only a handful of specialist European shops, and you will spot them by one thing: they give centimetres instead of letters. The range tends to be narrower, because every pattern has to be made again in a larger block, but what is in stock genuinely fits. For me it is the fastest route to a result.

British and American brands have the widest choice, no argument there. The catch arrives after the order. Parcels from Britain come with duty and VAT on delivery; on goods from the US, shipping routinely costs more than the cap itself, and a return costs almost as much as the purchase. Worth it only when you truly have no other option.

Big chains and marketplaces are a lottery. An XL model from some outdoor maker turns up now and then, but the description says nothing about measurements, and a month later it is gone. If you cannot find a circumference in centimetres, assume XL means 59 cm.

Who in Europe actually stocks the big sizes

Among European specialists I know of one genuinely comparable shop, bigbrains.co. A German store solving the same problem we do, and solving it honestly. It is worth comparing both the range and the stated circumferences, because every brand sits its pattern slightly differently.

We cut our XL for 61 cm, with a comfortable range of 60 to 63 cm, whether that is trucker caps, baseball caps or winter beanies. Above 63 cm we currently have a single model, the black minimalist Classic Trucker in XXL for 62 to 65 cm. Nothing we make goes higher. If you just want to feel how our fit works, start with the olive Classic Trucker. We ship from Prague.

How to spot a shop that takes big heads seriously

After a few dozen orders of my own, I have developed a simple filter. Before I send anyone money, I check five things.

• It gives an actual circumference in centimetres, not just the letters XL.
• It describes crown depth and inner circumference, not only colour and composition.
• It has more than one model. One extra hat is not a range.
• It names materials specifically: merino, organic cotton, weight.
• It answers a sizing question before you order.

The last point is the most reliable. Send your circumference and ask which model will fit. A shop that really deals with big heads answers within a day and names a specific piece. The other one sends you a link to the chart you have already read.

Materials work the same way. The word quality tells you nothing, while merino and organic cotton can be checked by hand and in the wash. It shows most in winter hats, because merino keeps you warm even when damp and does not itch. Here is our merino beanie in light brown, with the full composition and measurements.

Delivery, returns and what to do if the size still is not right

We send orders out within two working days. Inside Czechia a parcel usually arrives a day or two after dispatch; elsewhere in Europe it is typically three to seven working days. The cart works out the exact shipping cost from your address, and above 50 euros, or the equivalent in Czech crowns, you do not pay it at all.

We deliver to every country in the European Union. Outside it, not yet, so Britain, Switzerland and Norway are out. I would rather say that now than let you find out at checkout.

When the parcel arrives, run one test. One finger should fit between your forehead and the band, and the cap should sit firmly but without pressure. If it leaves a red mark when you take it off, it is too small. If it shifts when you turn your head, it is too big. The closure then fine-tunes the fit within the range, 60 to 63 cm on XL.

You can return anything within 14 days of delivery. Just email info@headofwonder.com with your name and order number; the item needs to be unworn and unused, and return postage is on you. If something arrives damaged, send a photo and your order number and I will send a new one free of charge. The damaged piece stays with you.

Best of all, get in touch before you order. Write to me through the ask for advice page and include your circumference. I handle every question personally and always try to add something extra. No compromises.

What to take away

You know your number in centimetres, and that is the whole filter. With it, you can tell within a minute whether a shop is worth browsing at all.

European specialists are few, but they exist, they speak your language and they deliver quickly. There is no need to order across an ocean and pay duty on top just to get something that finally fits.

Ask first. A good shop answers without evasion and without pointing you at a generic chart, because it knows what circumference its hats are cut for.

The world is full of wonder, and one of its smaller wonders is a cap that finally fits.

Once you have measured, take your pick from the XL caps for big heads. The step-by-step measuring method is still there in the size guide if you would like to go through it once more.

And if you are torn between two sizes or unsure about your number, write to me at info@headofwonder.com and include your circumference in centimetres. I will answer personally and recommend a specific model, not a chart.