Estate Halloween LA Jumpoff

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Heres a nice piece from hat game newcomer Estate LA. The hat features the typical halloween colors orange and black, but the hat has some nice details that set it apart. The "LA" on the hat is comprised of bones outlined in orange, while the underbill has some jack-o-lantern faces on it. The stitching on the hat is also orange as well as a strip of orange on the bill of the hat. Pick this one up and be "that dude" tonight at your halloween party.

Info: Jason from Effing Dope

Staple Design Pigeon Cap

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After the fiasco that the Pigeon Dunk created, Staple Design has come out with this New Era cap to ride the pigeon train a little longer. At this point the pigeon logo has become a classic symbol to sneakerheads all around, but Staple still managed to keep it fresh with this piece. The pigeon on the hat is offset to the right and the New Era logo on the side is the salmon color that was featured on the original Pigeon Dunk. My favorite part of this hat is the bird shit thats on the back. I'm glad someone is bringing a sense of humor to the hat game.

Info: High Snobiety

Evil Monito Fitted

I was trolling around the internets and stumbled on over to Mr. Kim Says and caught this piece from the camp over at Evil Monito. I like the way the EM logo looks on the black New Era, its clean and simple, which is something to be heralded as of late with the allover print craze running rampant. I am hoping new pics will drop soon so we can get a better look at it. When they do, be sure they'll be covered here.

Info: Mr. Kim Says

Laced gets Laced

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Laced Boston has released these fitted caps in conjunction with New Era. I really dig the Laced logo and its play on the seal of a U.S. dollar, plus it looks great on the cap. The hats come in some real nice colorways and have some nice details like the piping down the seams of the back of the cap with the stars and embroidery of "Laced" on the back. The underbill is also a really nice touch to the cap.

Info: High Snobiety

Go Dumb!!!

Here's a nice piece of headgear for the upcoming Halloween holiday. This "Thizz Face Mask" can be picked up at ThizzFaceMask.com. The stunna shades are not included but can be picked up pretty much anywhere that sells sunglasses. Wear this out for your halloween festivities and get stupid when the DJ drops "Tell Me When to Go" or any other bay area hyphy joints.

Info: Thizz Face Mask

Leilow Fitteds

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These are some new caps from Leilow. I don't really think these are all that great, but when compared to the Leopard print monstrocity, they've decided to drop this year, these hats are the greatest caps ever made in my opinion...

Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been sick all week and am just now recovering...thanks to all you readers once again.

Info: High Snobiety

Can't Get Enough of that Huf

As if all that Benny Gold goodness today wasn't enough, Kieth Hufnagel (Huf) dropped this on his blog. This hat is part of the 3 Feet High Program that Vans was doing along with Huf, DQM, and Kicks/HI. This is just a sample of what the final piece might be. The black and purple combo is so nice. If this comes out, it'll be some time next year.

Info: High Snobiety via Huf's Blog

Subware Fitted

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Here's an insane piece from Subware and New Era. They really went nuts on this design with the arrow all over print throughout the hat and the blue Subware tag on the side of the hat. I don't necessarily know what to think about this hat. I kind of dont like it because it has too much shit going on. I'm sure some other dudes could rock it, but its mad noisy...

Info: High Snobiety via Star-J

Benny Gold Interview

Head on over to High Snobiety to read a great interview with Benny Gold. If you guys haven't heard of him, he is one of the main designers for Huf. Some of his stuff has been featured on here, and many of his projects will be featured in the future. Head on over to HS to get a glimpse into the mind of Benny Gold (that was a lame thing to write, but in a cheesy/funny lame way...).

Info: High Snobiety

New Huf New Era!!!

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Here's a new one from Huf designed by Benny Gold. I really dig these skyline hats, especially in this colorway. The stitching on the top of the bill is a real nice look. Benny Gold and Huf can't help but put out fire these days...seriously, everything they seem to do is dope as shit. These should be available soon.

Info: Benny Gold

Major X New Era

New streetwear shop, Major, based out of Georgetown, Washington is opening its doors soon and along with that opening they're dropping these hats they collaborated on with New Era. I really dig the combination of the Olive Drab and Red. Cop these when the shop opens their doors soon.

Info: High Snobiety via DJ Underdog

Animal Bikes X New Era

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Animal Bikes is dropping this fitted on November 15th. The caps were designed by Whiteboy. I really like that they offset the logo on this, its definitely a new-ish idea...especially on a hat. The allover print of the same logo throughout the hat also looks really nice. The hats will be released along with matching shirts and thermals. There is also word that new colorways are planned for the future. Check out a detail pic of the hat here

Info: Animal Bikes via slamXhype

Freshjive X New Era

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Here's some heat from the minds over at Freshjive. This a pretty impressive piece with the All-over "FJ" monogram throughout the hat that is embroidered. The color on this hat is really subtle with the charcoal hat and the silver embroidery, i definitely dig it. If you stare at it long enough, it becomes an optical illusion...COMING SOON! CAPHAPPY X NEW ERA X MAGIC EYE all over print fitted!!!! haha just kidding. But in all seriousness, this cap is dropping November 2006 so head out and pick it up. Nice work Freshjive.

Info: Freshjive

Ugly X New errrr...Leilow X New Era

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This hat was put up on Hiroshi Fujiwara's blog today. As far as I can see, this hat has not yet been put into production and I hope it stays that way...I don't really understand the recent craze with fur usage starting with the Nike "Three Bears" Pack and now this, but it really needs to stop. This is hideous. If I were to see someone wearing this on the street I would not only clown on them myself, but also convince others to join me.

This hat makes me think that New Era may be thinking "hmm...lets see how stupid we can make people look", and honestly, since when is leopard skin awesome? I wouldn't even put this shit on the seats in my car let alone on my head...You don't have to listen to us, but if our word is worth anything, do not buy this if it ever comes out...its completely ridiculous. If we are lucky this won't get past the sample stage.

Info: Hiroshi Fujiwara

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3Sixteen Clothing X Estate Fitted

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This is a cap from 3Sixteen Clothing and the up and coming hat manufacturer Estate LA. I've seen a couple samples from Estate in the past, but this is the first one that really impressed me. The crafstmanship on the hat is really decent. The stitching looks great and the crown looks really good. The "3S" logo on the front of the hat looks great with the material they used on the hat. Best of all the hat has a satin liner, which gives the hat a real nice high quality touch. Great work from 3Sixteen and Estate.

info: 3Sixteen Clothing

Flying Coffin Fitted

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Flying Coffin and Fitted Hawaii have collaborated on this offering. The hat is currently in production and will be released shortly.

The cap features a Purple/Black colorway with the Flying Coffin logo on the front of the hat. The detailing on the logo is pretty impressive with the wings on the coffin being interwoven with the lightning bolts but put back under the stars. Great work from the minds at Fitted Hawaii and Flying Coffin.

Info: Flying Coffin

Recon X New Era

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Recon dropped this cap yesterday and it has since sold out everywhere I can find online. It was available at Turntablelab for a minute so keep checking back there just in case they get a restock or something.

The hat features the signature Recon barbed wire logo as an all over print throughout the cap. The underbill has a dollar bill monogram, while the back of the hat has "Recon" on it.

Info: Turntablelab

Kid Robot X New Era Pt. 2

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This is another offering from the labs over at Kid Robot. They are taking their own personal take on the whole camo craze that was around a while ago (mostly due to BAPE). I am hoping their is enough of the craze still around for people to go out and pick this hat up.

The camo print on the hat is made up of what looks like spray paint dots whose paint ran. The camo print is featured on two seperate panels and the Kid Robot 3D embroidery is featured again on the back right panel. Keep an eye out for this one.

sub-note: sorry about the lack of updates lately...things got kind of busy this week. big update today.

Info: New Era

Kid Robot X New Era

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Here's a new one from the minds over at Kid Robot. The mouth and teeth that you see on the sides of the hat are embroidered, not screen printed, which was a very pleasant surprise to me. The underbill has an all over style print of bombs and the back of the hat has a 3D embroidery of "Kid Robot". One of the most surprising things to me about this hat in on the inside of the hat where you'd normally find the 59/50 stitching liner, you'll find a Kid Robot liner. Just a small touch, but its the little things that get you far in life right? (thats what she said...)

New Era

J Dilla X New Era!!!

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This hat commemorates the J Dilla album "The Shining". The hat has some great usage of gold foil print as well as the gold embroidered logo on the front of the hat, which is the same logo that is on the album. The back of the hat gets crazy with a connect the dot pattern mating "The Shining" logo with "JD" in calligraphy, and what I interpret to be an infinity sign (JD til Infinity!!! Wheres my mashup?)..."The Shining" can also be seen on the side of the hat.

Similar to the Harold Hunter Capture the Flag hat, the proceeds gained from purchases of this hat will go to the J Dilla Foundation, which contributes to Lupus research and the education of the arts to under privileged children concentrating mostly on music.

I recommend everyone pick up this hat for a couple reasons. One, its for a great cause. Two, J Dilla's music was so incredibly next level. And three, you'll look good wearing this fresh hat. Pick it up when it drops cause CapHappy said so!!!

Info: New Era

aNYthing Hats to Drop Soon!

According the the aNYthing Glob, their new hats are set to drop this Monday October 9th. The hat you see features the classic aNYthing logo, while some of the other hats are in new colorways that haven't been available until now. These hats are limited to 20 pieces so keep that refresh button on lock this Monday.

Info: aNYthing Glob

Mike X New Era Gold Foil Crackle Print

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This is a new hat set to be released from Mike and New Era. The hat features the well known crackle/elephant print in gold foil. Mike has used the crackle print in the past, but this looks super dope in gold foil. This hat makes me wonder if Mike has some more of these coming in different colorways...

Zoo York x New Era Harold Hunter Cap

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Huge news coming from the heads over at New Era. Check out the Flyer.


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From New Era's Capture the Flag project and Zoo York comes this Harold Hunter commemorative cap. As with all Capture the Flag caps, the project is limited to 288 pieces. There will be a pre-release at the New Era flagship store in New York on October 7th for 20 hats, followed by the full launch one week later on October 14th.

The best part about this project is that all proceeds from the hat will be going to the Stoked Mentoring charity, which helps out at-risk inner city kids through mentoring and action sports.

This hat is absolutely gorgeous. Black on Black cashmere featuring an old english "HH" logo with silver pinstriping on the front. A Harold Hunter quote is embroidered on the inside of the hat along with a map of one of his favorite skate spots on the satin yellow lining. And finally, dont forget as with all Capture the Flag caps, this comes in a satin lined case with a numbered card for authenticity.

Get the hat not only because its super dope, but because it also goes to a good cause. If you are in the New York area on October 7th head on down to Chinatown Skatepark and take part in the "Harold Hunter Day" festivites.

Info: New Era

Huf Chain Series New Era

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This is a look at the new Chain Series from Huf. The hats are designed by hanni el khatib and feature what looks like embroidered chains throughout the hat in a pinstripe fashion. The detail is interesting as the chains are not the same throughout, but actually alternate. Great stuff from the minds at Huf. Keep it comin' fellas.

Info: Hypebeast

10 Deep X New Era

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This hat from New Era and 10 Deep was brought to my attention by that dude Itodd. I'm not normally a huge fan of New Era's non 59/50 caps, but this shit is so nice. The cap is reminiscent of the old school style Pittsburgh Pirates flat top hats. The logo is a blue that 10 deep has really been pushing in their new season (see hoodies). The hat also has the 10 Deep logo on the underbill with a super dope silk liner on the inside of the hat.

The hat was picked up at Social Study in Frederick, which is an hour west of Baltimore. Head down there to pick up your own.

Info: Itodd/Social Study

Staple X LTD Mag New Era

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This new hat from Staple and LTD magazine is now available at Reed Space. As an added bonus you get a matching shirt with the same logo on it. Very few are available so get down there quick.

The Staple logo appears to fade into the LTD logo, which is very cool and the underbill is either black or brown. Ill post more info as I can get it.

Info: The Reed Space

Alife X New Era Patent Leather

This new hat from Alife and New Era features patent leather, which is a pretty innovative idea from the heads over at Alife. Pick one up at the Alife Rivington Club.

Info: Alife