Richardson 112 – Snapback Trucker Cap – Purple / White

The Richardson 112 is the benchmark blank trucker cap of the US decoration market, a structured six-panel mid-profile snapback with a cotton-poly twill front and a polyester mesh back. It is the cap nearly every embroidery shop, patch maker, and custom hat brand builds on, which is why it is the default reach for leather-patch hat lines, ranch and outdoor brands, event and team caps, and any program that wants a recognised silhouette buyers already associate with custom headwear. The structured hard-buckram front is the whole reason it dominates: it holds a logo flat and upright instead of collapsing, so embroidery and patches read crisp.

Decorating a structured trucker cap is a different discipline from printing a flat tee, and the 112 is built around it. Direct screen printing and DTG do not apply to a curved structured cap, so the work routes to embroidery and patches. For flat embroidery, the buckram-backed front gives a firm, stable foundation; digitise the design specifically for a cap, run it on a cap frame, and keep the centre logo clear of the front seam. For 3D puff embroidery, the structured front is the ideal substrate for the raised foam look that defines the modern trucker brand. The fastest-growing method on this cap is the leather and faux-leather patch: a laser-engraved or debossed patch heat-pressed onto the front panel with a heat-activated adhesive, usually tack-stitched for durability, which is the look driving the ranch, outdoor, and small-brand hat boom. Woven, PVC, and sublimated patches apply the same way. Heat-applied DTF and screen-printed transfers can press onto the flat twill front panel, but keep them small and clear of the panel seams and the curved crown, and note they bond to the twill front only, not the mesh back. Sublimation only takes on fully polyester panels, so the cotton content in the twill front prevents a full-colour sublimated front.

• Brand: Richardson
• Style: 112 (Richardson Trucker Snapback Cap)
• Construction: Structured six-panel mid-profile crown. Hard buckram front. Pre-curved visor with eight rows of stitching. Trucker mesh back. Plastic snapback closure.
• Front fabric: Cotton-poly twill structured front panels
• Back fabric: 100% polyester mesh
• Profile: Mid-profile
• Closure: Adjustable plastic snapback
• Fit: One size fits most adults
• Colors available: 110+ solid and two-tone colour combinations (check current availability on the product page)
• Ordering: available by the piece or by the case; confirm current packing per case for your colour before a large order
• Care: Spot clean. Do not machine wash structured caps.

Richardson holds consistent colour and crown structure across production runs, which is why custom hat brands standardise on the 112 for repeat patch and embroidery programs where the silhouette and colour have to match between batches. The reorder note specific to this style: confirm the exact two-tone colour combination before a repeat run, because the 112 ships in a very large range of front, mesh, and visor colour splits that look similar in a thumbnail. Pair the 112 with the lower-profile Richardson 115 when a program wants the same trucker on a slightly shorter crown. TheClothingSpace stocks the 112 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

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