I Have been wearing New Era caps since 1998 and have owned over 300 caps easily. I am the type of person who will buy a New Era cap to match a pair of sneakers, shirt, out fit, etc. When I first started out collecting they were going for a slim $20 (in the hood or Koreans). Now they range from $25 up to $40 depending weather its leather or a limited edition cap.
If you are a collector such as myself, then you know keeping them fresh is the key to making them last. These pics were taken about two years back from my collection. I said I have owned over 300 caps but as I buy new ones I give old ones away or use them for rain caps ( I will explain in a bit) and then toss them.
The pics show over 30 caps.
Rule 1 - NEVER let your cap get wet in the rain. The moment you let your cap get soaked in the rain it will shrink down a size. The worst part is that it will wrinkled up and personally I hate wrinkled hats
Rain Cap - Rain Caps are caps you no longer feel attached too and can spare. These are the caps you allow to get wet in the rain since they will be tossed to the garbage very soon. You can get a couple of uses out of a rain cap depending how wet you let it get before it shrinks so small that it will no longer fit on your head.
Rule 2 - Always break in your caps how you plan to wear them. Ex: if you like wearing your cap front then don't start out by rocking it backwards. All your doing is breaking it in the wrong way and when you decide to wear it forward it will look funny and all out of shape.
Rule 3 - Remove the sticker that sits on top of the beck of the cap. Don't think you look cute rocking that sticker. Yes we all know its new but what will you do when the sticker fades and you decide to take it off....you know what happens? You leave behind the imprint of it which looks even worst on the beck then the damn faded sticker. Please, don't do it to your selves people.
Rule 4 - Keep your caps dust free. Make sure to put them in a plastic bag or a sneaker box of some sort if you cant get a hold of a cap box. Dusty hats are a no no in the flossing game. If your cap does happen to get dusty get a hold of some scotch tape and start using the tape to remove the dust. Make sure to get in those cracks as well!!!
Rule 5 - Don't lend you caps out! That's just plain ol'nasty.
Follow my rules and you will be a major player in the fitted game! Believe me I know, I been schooling fools since 2000!
Some nice caps I came across online:
Tuff.
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