A brief history of coonskin caps

Screen Shot 2014-10-16 at 9.03.40 AMPioneer Haute is hot again, but never as hot as it once was: "At its peak, the coonskin cap nearly ubiquitously adorned the heads of American children, made manufacturers [$2.6bn in 2014 dollars], and became one of the defining 'it' products in United States history."