Your one stop shop for all fitted caps and miscellaneous headwear, Hall of Fame has applied their hat expertise on few occasions with fitted caps and 5 panels of their own. Their latest design, Fist Lightning will release Friday, January 18th exclusively at Hall of Fame.
HALL OF FAME LTD.
449 N. Fairfax Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 655-6002
Sharing the same warehouse building, Mishka quickly developed a friendship with artist JK5 which was spurred by common hobbies. The two embarked on a special Spring collection which among the pieces are a New Era fitted cap seen here as well as other apparel set to release in mid-February.
Info/Image: Strictly Fitteds
For the fitted cap, the last few months saw an increase in the number of Elmer Fudd-like flap caps for the colder winter months. Among them are some new renditions of the UNDFTD strike through logo, which recently dropped at Dedue. Subtle colors include black and blue. Check your local UNDFTD dealer for availability.
Japanese skate and fixie collective T-19 has just released a series of Umpire styled caps with short brims on New Era caps. The script T-19 logo features a MLB-esque logo on the back. Two colors in houndstooth and blue are available at Ginzi’s Choice.
A selection of New Era 59Fifty fitted caps have released as part of Upper Playground’s 2008 January Winter Collection releases. The three caps all feature designs by familiar Upper Playground associates, the Date Farmers, Jeremy Fish and Nunca. Check your local Upper Playground dealer for availability as well as online through Upper Playground.
Leaders 1354, a sneaker boutique located in Chicago, has been making some popular New Era caps last year. This year, they will be once again working with New Era to release a Nike “Agassi” Air Tech Challenge inspired 59fifty fitted cap. The hat will feature a colorway similar to the shoes. Unfortunately here’s only a sneak peek of what’s to come. You will have to wait until April to get this fitted.
Leaders 1354
4351 South Cottage Grove Ave.
Chicago
Flying Coffin has previewed one of their New Era 59Fifty fitted caps set to release in late spring alongside another yet to be revealed cap. The stack logo is seen on a gray body, with metallic silver, purple and black embroidery. This hat will be releasing in April.
Burton has outfitted their logo with the use jewels to create this Iced Out New Era 59Fifty Fitted Cap. The entirely black cap includes a satin dice lining and a special cap carrying case as well. Available at select Burton dealers and Tactics.
Info/Image: Tactics via Strictly Fitteds
Billionaire Boys Club aka. BBC and Ice Cream which is a label under the helm of Pharrell Williams and Nigo (A Bathing Ape) will start releasing some of their 2008 Spring/Summer products starting January. The new items include a BBC Trump Jacket, a pair of BBC Neon Denim, an Ice Cream IC Smile Sweater and New Era Fitted Cap, a BBC Trump Bandanna, and an Ice Cream Parka. All items will be available at the BBC/Ice Cream stores in New York and Hong Kong as well as various dealers.
Image: Billionaire Boys Club | Ice Cream
The label Mishka had the chance to design some NHL inspired New Era fitted caps for Cap City. Three hats were produced using some old classic NHL team logos including the New Jersey Devils, The Vancouver Canucks and the Minnesota Northstars. Other than the New Jersey Devils, both Vancouver and Minnesota have changed logos. The Vancouver Canucks currently utilize a Orca logo while the Northstars are the Dallas Stars. Available now at Cap City and The Mishka Pop-Up Shop.
Cap City
5806 Bergenline Ave.
West New York, NJ
The Mishka Pop-Up Shop
218 Bedford Avenue (entrance on N. 5 th)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
HUF, the San Francisco based boutique/label which was founded by pro skater Keith Hufnagel has recently just released some New Era Fitted Caps. The Herringbone and Houndstooth pattern are really “in” this year so what HUF did was to combine these popular patterns and the New Era Fitteds to create something quite unique. Available now at the two HUF stores in SF.
HUF Skate Shop
812 Sutter
P: 415-674-8744
HUF Sneaker Shop 2
516 Hayes
P: 415-552-3820
Between numerous design gigs, well known designer Benny Gold found the time to create his 2007 Holiday Collection. The t-shirt includes New Era 59Fifty fitted caps and t-shirts. Some of the inspirations include San Francisco, Miami and Gold. Available at HUF on December 22nd.