New Vintage Hat Culture






Since I was a teenager i’ve wanted to do custom hats, mostly just a cap, i’ve always been fascinated by the choosing color combinations to the quality of the sewing of the patches, embroidery, and all over printing. After digging around I have to say there is an amazing culture set in place of people making high end hats beyond New Era. I hope to do a custom ISO50 one someday soon because i’m itching to do one like the beautiful Oxford one by Quiet Life, here’s a few companies that do it properly:

Quiet Life
Brixton
Obey

17 Comments

  1. Tom Welsh says:

    Check out Quintin Co. – Making some seriously great custom hats.

    http://www.quintinco.com/
    http://hypebeast.com/2012/06/process-quintin-co/

  2. Tyler says:

    I’m not a hat guy but I would totally wear that Sunset Mountain one.

  3. Ryan says:

    Don’t forget Goorin Bros., the best hatmaker west of the Ol’ Miss.

    http://www.goorin.com

    Coal Headwear makes a great set of vintage-style caps, as well.

  4. Jakub says:

    Damn… @TOM WELSH and @RYAN coming thru big!

    @Tyler made by Burton which blew me away and the trucker hat thing is kind of growing on me I don’t know why

  5. Mario says:

    New Era still does the best caps…check out the collaborations they do with LDRS, Blackscale, Fitted Hawaii etc

  6. Jerod says:

    check into http://pukkaheadwear.com/authentics sick customization, perfect fit.

  7. Dan says:

    Where can i get that Blackhawks hat?

  8. Jakub says:

    @Jerod thanks, have you used them before?

    @Dan i’m guessing here: http://www.facebook.com/BespokeCutandSew

  9. matt says:

    who makes the last hat?

  10. murdermitten says:

    Can’t leave out Ebbets FIeld Flannels in Seattle, WA. Truly old school wool caps.

    http://www.ebbets.com/category/Ballcaps

  11. Adam says:

    Pretty vibrant snapbacks by Bean Dip!
    scroll to the bottom

    http://beandipclothing.com/news/shop

  12. Jakub says:

    @ADAM i’m into the paintbrush look

    @MURDERMITTEN That Joe Louis Brown Bombers 1940 Ballcap I MUST HAVE

  13. Jerod says:

    Jakub yup, shoot me an e-mail i’ll give you the full scoop if you’d like.

  14. Brett says:

    Yeah, seriously who makes the last one?

  15. tokyospark says:

    Have you seen the caps done by Benny Gold? His work is really classy, and attention to detail superb.

    http://www.bennygold.com

  16. Charles Mertens says:

    This post is great. Big up on the Benny Gold mention by @tokyospark . Personally, I love the five panel hats that companies like Obey, Benny Gold, and Supreme are doing with all different kinds of patterned fabrics. Such a different take compared to your cookie cutter New Era baseball caps.

  17. Vaner says:

    I’m speechless. This can be a spreub blog and very attractive too. Nice work! That’s now not actually a lot coming from an newbie publisher like me, however it’s all I may just say after diving into your posts. Nice grammar and vocabulary. Not like other blogs. You actually recognise what you?re talking about too. Such a lot that you made me want to discover more. Your blog has develop into a stepping stone for me, my friend.

Comments are closed.