A spacer-fabric sweatband, for, and incorporated into headwear which has an inner, 
skin-contact fabric layer, and an outer, headwear-facing fabric layer connected by a multiplicity of hydrophobic monofilament-
pile spacing elements. The 
pile spacing elements function like thousands of miniature springs to maintain the fabric 
layers in uniform spaced parallel relation while creating substantial, 
pile-supported airspace between the fabric 
layers to facilitate the movement of ventilating 
airflow. The headwear-facing fabric layer is mesh-like for enhanced air circulation. The 
skin-
contact layer is composed of 
solid skin-friendly fabric. The pile segments block sweat from migrating from the inner to the outer fabric 
layers by virtue of their hydrophobic composition. This sweat-blocking function minimizes the occurrence of sweat stains on the body of the headwear and concentrates sweat within the skin-contact fabric layer, from which it is subsequently subject to 
evaporation and concomitant cooling by air flowing through the pile-supported airspace.