27
August
2008
Benny Gold gives us a first look at the Doughboy fitted cap produced by New Era. Inspired by the cap Ice Cube wore in Boyz N The Hood, these caps feature a Benny Old English B based on Detroit’s D. Using NE’s 59Fifty model, these caps are made with wool fabric & feature BG’s famous paper plane argyle as an undervisor print. Both caps are part of Gold’s upcoming Fall/Winter 08 release, are lined with satin & feature side-embroidered paper plane icon. Look for these joints real soon through Benny Gold’s site & official dealers.
Image: Benny Gold
Posted: 5950, Fitted Caps, Hat Art, Independent Brands, New Era
27
August
2008
Official is coming through Wednesday, Sept. 3rd with their highly anticipated cap collection dubbed “The Purps Pack“. This package offers their Neu Camp 5-Panel adjustable & fitted cap in limited production which is fully equipped with all styling & details. First up is the 5-panel model made in powder blue, rip-stop nylon fabric printed with Official’s own Houndstooth Disruptive Pattern in purple & grey. The final piece in the collection is their standard Fitted cap model made in premium grey denim. The front features raised embroidered ‘Official’ script wordmark, top contrast stitch, & laser-cut Official POP woven label. These hot styles will be available through their site & worldwide dealers starting next week.
Posted: 5 Panel Caps, Fitted Caps, Headwear Spots, Independent Brands
25
August
2008
3Sixteen’s highly anticipated “Cross Cut” fitteds are now available at select retailers & Become Fitted. As part of their Fall 2008 collection, these caps are cut from the same cloth as their flannel shirt counterparts. You know the deal – Due to the source fabric that went into making the caps & shirts, supply is very tight in each color & will never be produced again. The front features the company’s Old English “3S” logo in raised embroidery & pickaxe back logo hit. The caps are available in the grey & red wool flannel & produced by ELM Company. Get yours here.
Image: 3Sixteen / Become Fitted
Posted: Fitted Caps, Headwear Spots, Independent Brands
24
August
2008
Carrot Clothing is an creative apparel company reppin’ Eastern Europe. The Carrot name is a metaphor for ’strong roots’, which is used to keep its direction grounded & focused on a connection with global art, skate, & urban communities. Below, Carrot gives us an exclusive look at one of their headwear pieces for Fall / Winter 2008. This cap features the company’s logo as black on black, puff embroidery over wool. The fabric is printed with a dark grey pattern consisting of their primary mark & C’s inside circles. Look for this & many other cap styles from Carrot shipping to official dealers now.
Image: Carrot Lookbook
Posted: Fitted Caps, Independent Brands
24
August
2008
Undefeated is set to drop these exclusive, UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, snapback caps starting tomorrow through their Vegas base. Using an accumulation of dead stock UNLV caps from Starter & American Needle, Undefeated embroidered their own graphics on open side panels. The finished product brings together retro sports licensed product with current sneaker boutique. During the height of sports licensed caps, UNLV was one the hottest schools out there because of their colors, mascot, & winning of the 1990 NCAA Men’s Division I Championship over Duke. Now with the return of old school licensed caps here & the Magic show starting tomorrow, what better occasion but to bring this project out? Because of the rarity of the styles these are sure to be gone by midweek, so get yours now.
Image: Undefeated
Posted: College Caps, Independent Brands, Snapback Caps
22
August
2008
5 years later, The Hundreds continue their takeover of the apparel industry with classic underground aesthetics. In celebration of their 5th anniversary, The Hundreds are dropping the Adam Outline, New Era 59Fifty fitteds. This release includes crispy new colorways of the Adam Bomb outline logo in puff embroidery. Each colorway is limited to 100 pcs available at 5 different locations. Here’s the breakdown: Royal with white this Saturday @ The Hundreds 5th Pop Up Shop, Oakland steez August 30th @ The Hundreds SF, black on black September 6th through thehundreds.com, purple with gold September 13th @ Hundreds LA, & finally the Miami get up available late September through select European dealers.
Images: The Hundreds
Posted: 5950, Fitted Caps, Headwear Spots, Independent Brands, New Era
