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Woolen caps -- Winona Ryder and Backstreet Boy AJ Maclean's favorite headgear is now part of a fashionable workout ensemble

Woolen watch caps have moved from street (think LL Cool J) to treadmill. While the hip headgear is popular with celebs outside the gym — Winona Ryder sported one at a Charlie's Angels screening, Backstreet Boy AJ McLean is a fan, and Enrique Iglesias wore a ''skullie'' (the preferred street term for similar unrolled hats) in his ''Be With You'' video — now it's part of any hot workout. The latest gym-bunny getup includes tank tops, baggy pants, and knit toppers — like striped Paul Frank hats from Urban Outfitters — pulled down to the sweat-drenched eyebrows. The gangsta-at-the-gym look ''provides a really cool, tough, urban alternative'' to far less fashionable baseball caps and bandannas, says Michael Redwine, retail director for NYC-based Crunch, which now offers more absorbent all-cotton caps at its in-gym stores. And that's great news for muscle mavens who'll never let you see 'em sweat.

Originally posted Nov 24, 2000 Published in issue #570 Nov 24, 2000 Order article reprints

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