New Era hat stickers

[mjbetch]

take all stickers off except the "authentic" sticker. whether it's the mlb guy, ncaa crest or whatever, i take all the stickers off except theauthentic one.

and this is what i do with the size stickers. haha

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

^^Tacky

 

[mjbetch]

Originally Posted by CertifiedFlyBoi23

^^Tacky

look at my room. does it look like i care? hahahha


you stay bitter

 

[certifiedflyboi23]

Originally Posted by mjbetch

Originally Posted by CertifiedFlyBoi23

^^Tacky

look at my room. does it look like i care? hahahha


you stay bitter

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[mjbetch]

^

haha i like i like

 

[22stylez]

On. i just take em off and stick em under the hat

 

[dipped in butter]

Price tag. Off.

Circle 5950 New Era. Sometimes bottom of bill or Off.

Authentic On Field sticker. Off.

Little Shiny MLB sticker on bottom

 

[soobaysiikk]

is this post really 10 pages? lol i mean #+@@ do what you like. ill leave the authentic on the field sticker on my mlb caps. all other %!+ i take off

 

[cobra kai]

Take off all my stickers, and put the gold one on the bottom brim located on the left side....

 

[lb510]

it depends on the ne

 

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On.

no style

your point? 50 keeps em on too.

ok so you're gonna keep a sticker on a hat because FAT JOE and 50 CENT DO IT??

no one laffin wit you FTL.

 

[thunderchunk69]

If its a team I leave it on top.

If its a wild custom where not too many people will recognize the logo and realize its a new era, I put it under (the left side)

If its a classic classic classic 1 color hat I just take it off.

 

[NewZ05]

off...only Bouche Dags leave em on

 

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Originally Posted by NewZ05

off...only Bouche Dags leave em on

i don't get the logic in that, new era themselves markets the hat wit the sticker on at all times, even the models on they own websites leavethe hat completely untouched.

a quick view of google shows that apparently...the sticker on the hat and people CRYING to remove them is serious business

[h2]Fashion F*cks: The Sticker on the New Era[/h2]
Written by Daniel Saynt on Thursday, 10 April 20083 Comments

It usually takes white folks a good long while to jump on the ghetto fashion bandwagon, which is why we found it as no surprise that years after the ghetto fab decided to stop removing stickers from their fitted New Era's the white boy has finally caught on. This is not okay people. Take off the %*+!*** sticker. We don't care if it's authentic, we don't care if it's new, cause after a week of sweating in the same hat it will still smells like cheap hair gel and greasy forehead.

Photo from The Cobrasnake

 

[BaltimoreLove]

on i've never seen anyone with it off, must be a nyc thing

 

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[h1]Newest hip-hop baseball cap style just might stick[/h1]

Chris Cadelago, Chronicle Staff Writer

Sunday, November 11, 2007

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Two years ago David Montalvo was peeling the gold sticker from the bill of his latest New Era brand baseball cap when he noticed that it left behind an unsightly residue.

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"So I decided to just leave it on," said Montalvo, 23, a Mission District resident. "I think it looks cool - the style. It's the way I wear all my hats now."

Leaving the price and size tags on clothing and accessories has become a popular fixture of hip-hop style. One of the latest additions to the trend is the shiny gold sticker affixed to the top of the visor of a New Era baseball cap. The sticker displays the cap's size, brand and style, the most prevalent being the 59FIFTY - a taller and stiffer cap than the others in the line. The stickers are so popular that New Era's New York retail store keeps on hand extra rolls in every size for customers whose tags may have worn off.

New Era, which is headquartered in Buffalo, N.Y., and once designed hats for Babe Ruth and Joe DiMaggio, is the leading sports-licensed headwear company in the world. It's also been the only brand worn by major-league baseball players since 1991.

The caps have migrated from the field to the street and now retail from $32 for the traditional cap to $1,200 for a limited-edition snakeskin version. The company sold 34 million caps worldwide last year and made $300 million.

New Era's 30 designers, based in New York, have responded to the demand for fresh styles, patterns and materials by creating hundreds of combinations. But catering to a street-wise clientele can be tricky.

Activists in Harlem this summer accused New Era of creating Yankee caps adorned with blue and red bandanas to market them to local gangs who wear those colors. New Era responded by pulling the caps from stores and retail Web sites.

Brian Radko, lead designer for New Era, said the company did not start the sticker trend but certainly welcomes the style.

"It's important to stay relevant," said Radko, an 11-year veteran of the company. "The sticker has itself become a fashion statement - an accessory worn on an accessory."

The public relations dustup on the East Coast hasn't slowed the popularity of the company's caps and stickers in California. Anthony Lucero of San Francisco said he is grateful that New Era has embraced hip-hop style. He also said he won't be ditching the sticker anytime soon.

"A lot of people have come to know me for my hats and the size 7 1/4 sticker," said the 25-year-old father of two boys. "I leave the sticker on to let people know it's authentic New Era. And also to show that it's fresh and new."

The caps, which come fitted in sizes 6 through 8 1/4 (48 to 65.4 centimeters in circumference), are not adjustable. The most popular sizes are 7 to 7 3/4.

Country music comedian Minnie Pearl wore a price tag hanging from her straw hat on stage at the Grand Ole Opry and on the popular TV show "Hee Haw," but it is unlikely she is the source of the cap tag trend. It was probably inspired by musicians on MTV and athletes on television commercials who wore tags in the 1980s and '90s. Robb Willer, assistant professor of sociology at UC Berkeley, said tags and stickers could be viewed as conspicuous consumption, pricey items to flaunt in front of others to "curry favor in their eyes."

"Once it gets started, though, most people probably just do it because they see that people in their reference group already do it," said Willer, who studies altruism, masculinity and collective action.

Chris Carter, who sells hats at Lids on Powell Street, said he advises parents buying caps for their children to leave the stickers in place. "When you buy a white hat that has been sitting on the shelf for a while, it gets dusty," he said, "and if you remove the sticker, it leaves a large white circle."

But Carter added, "a lot of people do it because they see rappers wearing the sticker in music videos."

New Era caps have become such an integral part of hip-hop culture that rapper Lil' Flip wrote a song titled "New Era."

Andreana Clay, assistant professor of sociology at San Francisco State University, said she believes there is a constant interplay between marketers and hip-hop culture "on the ground."

"Where it begins isn't often identifiable," said Clay, who studies hip-hop culture and race and ethnic relations. "It could be the youth, fans or a particular artist, and then it's picked up and becomes the trend that everyone does."

Although New Era is sure to remain popular thanks to its relationship with professional baseball and companies like Burton, X-Large, the Hundreds, Stussy and Alife, the sticker trend has its share of critics.

T.J. Marsh, of Huf in San Francisco, said the fashion magazine Complex and the Web site Hypebeast have featured negative stories about the gold sticker. Some call the trend tacky; others say the sticker lacks originality and purpose.

"It's a fashion statement now," Marsh said. "But it's going away because it has no real meaning. Who cares what your head size is?"

E-mail Chris Cadelago at [email protected].

This article appeared on page D - 7 of the San Francisco Chronicle

 

[jefffort5]

wooowwwwww i didnt know it was that serious....where im from..everybody leaves it on...its not that big of a deal..