THE BEST Caps

The Clink Room produces apparel designed by independent artists. Their hats are especially great, with bold images that look like team mascots. Each design is printed onto a New Era 59Fifty fitted baseball hat. Some of our faves are Rex, Parallel Dimensions, One-Armed Bandits, and the already in pre-production Rocket Pops.

This smartly-designed wearable conceals a fabric face mask inside of the brim of a baseball cap, keeping personal protection at the ready for when you need it, and hiding it away when not in use. The face mask pulls around your chin to keep it in place, and is removable for hand-washing.

Killspencer’s everyday hat has more sections than typical baseball caps for a smoother, more put-together look. It’s available in four colors and three materials: black leather, black wool, olive drab canvas, and Swiss army green canvas, each with a Killspencer leather logo patch.

Show the world which team you really are rooting for with one of these Star Wars-inspired caps from Gallery94. Choose from an olive camper cap, embroidered with an Imperial officer’s lapel decorations, or a black Darth Vader snapback cap. The Empire Snaps Back. There, we said it.

Licensed MLB accessory maker 47 is offering a series of strapback baseball caps inspired by Stranger Things. Choose from team names in the iconic Stranger Things Font, or Hawkins High School 1983 hats with team logos on the side. (Thanks Mike!)

Nike has unveiled a Stranger Things-themed collection of shoes and apparel. The Hawkins High pack consists of special colorways of the Blazer, the Tailwind and the Cortez, while the apparel consists of a tee, hoodies, pants and a cap. They will be available 6/27/19, just in time for Season 3.

Celebrate Pride Month with Wildfang’s cool and positive snapback cap. It features the message “Come As You Are” stitched in rainbow thread in the front, and has an adjustable strap at the back.

Toys ‘R’ Us‘ closure marked the end of an era and was a bitter end to many childhood memories. Bootleg streetwear specialist Chinatown Market pays homage to the defunct toy store’s mascot Geoffrey the Giraffe with this adjustable 6-panel cap.

Offcut makes caps out of discarded and unused fabric scraps from clothing factories. They’re based in New Zealand, and now they want to branch out and have a factory in Vietnam where more scraps are produced. They’re also venturing into recycled leather goods.

Parks Project has a collection of throwback caps and beanies where part of the proceeds go to programs supporting the US National Park Service, such as planting trees in Joshua Tree or restoring Yellowstone’s trails. The corduroy caps are pretty sweet.

As part of its Fall Winter 2018 collection, the minimalist rainwear brand Rains offers a water-resistant cap done in its distinctive functional style. The cap is made of polyurethane and polyester and has a curved visor and an adjustable closure. Available in three colors.

Movie and TV show merchandise shop Last Exit to Nowhere now offers caps with logos, references to and names from popular films and series such as Aliens, TRON and Stranger Things. They have flexfit caps, trucker caps and snapback caps.

Hey c’mon, c’mon! Represent one of the legends of fighting games with Fangamer’s officially licensed replica. This adjustable and unstructured cap looks just like the one worn by Fatal Fury and King of Fighter mainstay Terry Bogard.

Dad Brand Apparel makes soft and adjustable 6-panel caps with cheesy embroidery, including the viral hat-within-a-hat. They’ve also got instant classics in the Law and Order credits cap and the proper spelling cap.

Sidekick Mounts makes cap mounts for the GoPro Hero 4, 5 and 6 (and similar cameras) as well as the GoPro Session action cameras. The mounts simply clip on to the cap’s visor, and has slots that make the camera controls accessible. Sample footage here.

New Era’s limited-edition Nickelodeon collection consists of adjustable curved caps with designs based on the network’s classic shows, such as Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Rugrats and Hey Arnold! Available in adult and kid sizes.

As expected, Nintendo delivered another classic game with Super Mario Odyssey. ThinkGeek lets you bring the game’s new and imaginative mechanics home with this wearable Cappy hat. If you don’t have a Switch yet, you can also get the hat as part of a console bundle.

Polo Ralph Lauren is banking on the return of Lo heads. Inspired by RL’s 1992 Olympic Games apparel, the Stadium Collection mixes blocks of red, white and blue with Olympic graphics. That coat is wildfire. Sadly, the gear is limited only to top tier stores such as Bodega.

Dad hats never really went away, but now everyone’s wearing them. Shmoxd has a handy guide on how you can take an existing cap, remove the existing embroidery if needed, and add your own design. It takes a bit of time, but it’s cheap and you get a unique cap out of it.

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.