Melbourne
Limited edition trucker cap, $28 from Hudson. 229 Carlise St, Balaclava. Tel: 9525 8066.
If you’re getting a little tired of the red neck jokes that often come with wearing trucker caps, here’s a good response:
“Actually, the origins of the term ‘red neck’ are Scottish and refer to supporters of the National Covenant who fled Scotland for Northern Ireland in 1638. To show their support for the Presbyterian Church over the Church of England, the ‘Covenanters’ signed documents in their own blood and wore red pieces of cloth around their necks as distinctive insignia; hence the term ‘red neck’.”
So take that.
