Awesome Caps

Snowpiercer. Designer Greg Lauren brought an edge to luxury brand Moncler’s clean and shiny apparel by replacing all or part of them with his brand’s washed and weathered clothing and fabric. Lauren called his approach “destroyed elegance and imperfect perfection.”

Straight from the land of the rising sun. Part of Wacko Maria’s 2017 spring summer collection, this baseball cap apes the script lettering from New Era Cap’s ’90s gear, particularly the ones popularized by NWA.

adidas teamed up with skateboarder Lucas Puig and his homies at Hélas for a dope ’80s-themed collection. The highlights are a track jacket, track pants and shorts that are all made of nylon. The drop also includes an all-white variant of the Matchcourt skate shoe.

The Common Folk’s Spring Summer 2017 collection is a tongue-in-cheek mix of traditional Japanese silhouettes and athleisure, decked in the season’s colors and patterns. The headliner is a kimono-length reversible sukajan, but all the pants are fire.

Maharishi continues its peaceful military style with its spring/summer 2017 collection. The Tiger Stripe Murale features various apparel adorned with eye-catching camo. Some are reversible, but the highlight of the drop is the fishtail parka with reflective 3M fabric.

A Spring Summer collab between Carhartt WIP and Australian lifestyle store Perks and Mini. Radio Club consists of sweaters, t-shirts and caps in solid pink, black, white or navy with printed graphics inspired by the radio-dominated ’40s.

Brick Brick Gear’s snapback cap has removable front plates and brims that are compatible with LEGO and other interlocking brick toys. The caps and parts come in different colors, with more plates and brims sold separately. Available in adult and youth sizes.

Opening Ceremony celebrates diversity with its vibrant collection, which is highlighted by 47 varsity jackets that are each based on a different country, including the USA, China, Iran, Bangladesh, Syria, Nepal and Ukraine.

New Jersey-based skateboard brand Paterson teamed up with Ebbets Field to make a collection based on local public school Eastside High School and its dope mascot, the Ghost. The collection consists of a coach jacket, a sweater, a cap and tees.

New Era Korea’s exclusive collaboration with the International Space Archives adopts designs, colors and patches from American and Russian space programs into down jackets, sweaters, fitted and snapback caps and t-shirts.

All Day Ich Dream About Sportswear. Streetwear meets futsal in Adidas Originals and Palace Skateboards’ latest collaboration. The collection includes a track jacket, jerseys and two futsal shoes. Drops 11/12/16, and coming soon to scalpers near you.

HUF and Thrasher Magazine’s early Holiday special for skaters. The Tour de Stoops collection features 90’s style tees, shirts, socks and caps as well as coach jackets, anoraks and shoes. The two brands also made a skate video to complement their collection.

(PG-13: Language) Six Panel Studio makes dad hats – soft crowned caps with a curved brim – embroidered with small icons based on hip hop, countries, fruits and flowers and of course Pokémon. They also do custom embroidery.

Urban Outfitters‘ exclusive collaboration with FILA features silhouettes and details from the sport apparel maker’s 70’s and 80’s archives, including dope tennis shorts, a sweater vest and a reversible bucket hat.

Cashing in on the latest version of the first person shooter DOOM, streetwear brand Dope worked with Hat Club to create this exclusive snapback cap that appropriates the game’s classic logo.

Rock your favorite NBA team’s classic logo with a different color in this exclusive variant of New Era’s stiff crowned snapback cap.  For some strange reason the Grizzlies and the Raptors are here (along with the Sonics), but not the Thunder, the Jazz or the Clippers.

If beanies aren’t your thing, you can still stay warm with these six-panel caps. The panels are made from 100% wool and have vintage Woolrich patterns. They also have an adjustable nylon webbing band with a plastic closure.

Sunglasses maker ZeroUV and Epic Ride Shop’s summer-themed snapback caps. The caps feature a variety of all over prints, such as tropical, paisley and ’90s space graphics. Each cap comes with a pair of matching sunglasses.

Valorisation Lab makes caps out of recycled plastic and vintage scarves bought from thrift shops in Ukraine, making each piece unique. You can pledge for a snapback or five panel cap with a random or specified main color.

Vans teamed up with Disney for one of its Fall 2015 releases. The collection consists of shirts, backpacks, shoes, socks and hats featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Winnie the Pooh. Drops 6/15.

Clothes made of glass-coated fabric. If someone takes a picture of you with a flash when you’re wearing any of these, the glass will reflect the flash back at the camera, obscuring your face in the process. If only they worked without a flash.

A baseball cap with a front panel made of the same ballistic material used in military and police helmets. It can stop a .40 caliber bullet shot from 5ft away. The retail version will not have visible labels to keep it discreet.

Brooklyn-based apparel shop Extracurriculars has some ill wearable memes. It’s t-shirt and baseball cap parody sponsored content, turning it into a brand of its own. The t-shirt comes in white or black. We were not paid for this post.