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AT FIRST GLANCE, the baseball caps worn by monied characters on series like “Succession” and “The Morning Show” appear entirely ordinary. They’re black or navy. Most lack any frontal logo. If your TV is sufficiently high-def, however, you might see that they have a slightly flecked cashmere texture.

In a recent episode of “Succession,” whose third season wrapped on Dec. 12, the combative father-and-son pair, Logan and Kendall Roy (played by Brian Cox and Jeremy Strong), wore two such nearly identical, dark, non-logoed hats to a hostile meeting. On the hit series, the solid caps “often represent authority and intimidation,” explained the show’s costume designer, Michelle Matland. As she sees it, the absence of a logo says there’s “no relevant team but…team Me,” making the hats fitting accessories for the show’s ego-centric characters.

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