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ECAPCITY July Sneaker Hooks & Custom Color 59Fiftys: Part One
Part one of our ECAPCITY July releases update covers a wide range of sneaker hooks and custom fitted colorways across multiple leagues. With no apparent wane in demand or popularity these days, two tone fitted variations dominate this round of 59Fiftys as evident by the offerings below.
A white crown, red visor Baltimore Orioles two tone and the Milwaukee Brewers in stone, moss green, and black and white embroidery.
Baltimore Orioles Fitted Hat
Milwaukee Brewers Fitted Hat
Black on purple Arizona Diamondbacks fitted with white, purple, teal, and copper embroidery. Minor League Baseball's Kinston Indians on navy and red.
Arizona Diamondbacks Fitted Hat
Kinston Indians Cap
The New Jersey Devils get a kelly green on light gray custom NHL two tone. Venturing into sneaker hook territory, the Pittsburgh Penguins get a blue on lime colorway hook to the Nike Air force 1 x Air Huarache.
New Jersey Devils Hat
Pittsburgh Penguins Fitted
Yellow visor color combinations continue to be popular, as can be seen on this Detroit Red Wings 5950 in blue and yellow to match the Jordan Laney V's or Jordan Do the Right Thing Spizikes. The NBA's Seattle Supersonics can also be found in red on yellow with white on yellow embroidery.
Detroit Red Wings Hat
Seattle Supersonics Fitted
The Philadelphia Phillies get an MLB 5950 custom colorway to hook to the Jordan Spizikes. The Colorado Avalanche get an NHL custom fitted in red, light gray and black hooking to the Jordan IV's.
Philadelphia Phillies Fitted
Colorado Avalanche Fitted
A black, light gray, and neon green two tone featuring the Tampa Bay Rays hooks quite neatly to DJ Clark Kent's 112 Pack. The Florida Marlins get a hook this time around to the Air Max Griffey 1's.
Tampa Bay Rays Hat
Florida Marlins Fitted
Created to coincide with the Nike Air Force 1 2009 All-Star Game, this Phoenix Suns, Hardwood Classics logo two tone hooks to the Air Force 1 Quickstrikes. The second Suns fitted hooks to the All-Star game Air Force 1's designed by DJ Clark Kent himself.
Phoenix Suns New Era Hats
Stay tuned for Part Two of our ECAPCITY July update.
For more information visit ecapcity.com.
ECAPCITY
5806 Bergenline Ave
West New York, NJ 07093
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Leaders 'Mikkey Diamond' New Era 59Fifty Fitted Cap
Leaders 1354 is about to release their latest New Era fitted cap dubbed the Mikkey Diamond. For all you Tiffany Dunk heads, here is another fitted to complete your uniform. This one comes out this Friday, strictly through their Downtown base. There is no re-runs on this one so don't sleep.
Leaders 1354 Downtown
672 N. Wells
Chicago, IL 60654 / map
312. 787. 7144
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Mitchell & Ness NFL Throwbacks 'XL' Fitted Caps
Mitchell & Ness is releasing their latest summer style with the NFL Throwback XL fitted caps. The XL series offers up NFL & AFL teams with each large-sized logos treated individually with different levels of raised embroidery. Each cap is made with wool and features either an NFL or AFL shield on the back depending on the team. The Mitchell & Ness XL series is due to release early August through Lids.com first, then followed up by Mitchell & Ness.com and other official dealers later this year.





Custom Color Montreal Expos 59Fifty @ Rock-N-Jocks
Rock-N-jocks recently dropped this custom color Montreal Expos 59Fifty featuring the Expos signature Cooperstown Collection logo in bright orange, green, and baby blue embroidery with white accents on a light gray fitted. Visit rocknjocks.com for more info.![]()
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Legacy x Estate LA x Pato Banton 'Gwarn' Fitted Cap
Become Fitted is releasing a special Legacy x Estate LA Gwarn fitted cap to coincide with Pato Banton's in-store appearance tomorrow at Legacy in Hermosa Beach, CA. This special cap is very limited with only 25 pieces being produced. The Gwarn fitted is based off one of Pato's famous cuts under the same name, which is Jamaican slang for Go On! This is an all wool cap with full raised embroidery for the front and the Legacy logo on the back. Additional features are the palm tree side hit, Estate under visor E, and three color inside taping. If you are in town make your way to Legacy for a chill time and plenty of Red Bull cocktails.
Legacy
1010 Aviation Blvd.
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 / map
310.379.4401

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Neon Genesis Evangelion Custom Color 59Fiftys @ ONSPOTZ Japan
ONSPOTZ Japan now has seven exclusive custom color New Era 59Fiftys based on the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime franchise to coincide with the release of the second in the latest series of animated movies overseas. Each fitted is inspired by themes and elements from the series, including direct hooks to the EVA type mecha central to the story.
The first offering features the eyes and body color of the popular EVA-01 model in raised embroidery with a sublimated print undervisor. The next two fitteds pay homage to NGE's female characters, one with Rei Ayaname's image sublimated on the undervisor of a black 5950, '00' embroidered on front and the franchise logo across the back, and another fitted with NERV logo in black embroidery on a red crown, reminiscent of Asuka Langley's signature colors.
If Japanese calligraphy is your thing, the next two 59Fiftys feature that in tonal black embroidery and references to episodes and motifs from the original series. The first references the pivotal episode After Running Away with the title embroidered in kanji on front, and the next fitted features a print of Japan against a starscape with black embroidery.
The orange and black tiger stripe colorway is actually a hook to the infamous AT field used by the EVA mecha in the franchise and features an embroidered spear across the front and side panels.
The last customized fitted features a full color, all over sublimated print of a scene from the anime with lead character Shinji Ikari looking out over a hazy New Tokyo City and 'Evangelion 1.0' embroidered across the back.
Visit the Onspotz online store for pricing and availability.![]()
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