POPEYE!!! hehe, he’s coming in tomorrow and is gonna hopefully spend a few months out here. wwwooorrrrdddd. FISHING TIME!!!

went to ruby room with jamie last night to meet some friends and saw this cool stencil on the way there. the rest of the night was interesting. no pics tho, FAIL.

september 1354. red plaid leaders 1354 fitted. 09.17.09

september 1354. leaders 1354 “unorthodox: go ill” fitted. mute yellow/purple colorway. 09.18.09

i know you like sales you little cheap asses, i do too!!! anyway, jackthreads is having a hundreds sale and they got the ol’ “blame takers” fitteds from last fall up for $20. get at ‘em while they last.

fucking around with some leaders 1354 colorways for their “wishbone” fitteds. wish they’d come to life. ha. “the peabe” and “purpgold”

oh shit! wale rocking that leaders 1354 shit in paper magazine! niiiiicccceee! rocking the neon am95 on the inside spread/profile and the “script” fitted in the hornets colorway on the cover. sorry for the shitty iPhone pics. CHICAGO!!!

the new york times did a write up on new era. nice. this photo shows where quality control fails most, sizing. hahaha. check the article here and check the slideshow here. talking about how current times are affecting them financially.

lot of new york times mentions. yeah i know its only 2 but thats a lot more than normal asshole. hehe, anyway cool to see a publication like the new york times recognizing this generation’s artists and an artist i dig. boogie is is the focus of the new york times lens feature. thats some good shit, check it out here

(bed-stuy 2003)

(belgrade 1998)

AAAHHH!! why is david choe so good?! arghe. check out his blog for some new updates like this piece he did at Stavanger in Norway for nuart. i hurt inside…

never heard of animal but i guess theyre a BMX company. thought these fitteds were pretty cool. this is the “farm” fitted in a red and blue buffalo plaid colorway with “animal” stitched across the right side of the fitted in some nice thick embroidery. some nice clean work.
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here’s another BMX company i just heard about called skavenger. see BMX companies know how to do fitteds, remember black lightning? (on a side note, are they even still around?). this is the “SKVR” fitted and i think its fuckin ill!!! you got the choice of either grey fleece with black &s; silver stitching or black leather with white stitching. both with a DOPE graphic on the front and “skavenger” all big and bold on the back. im definitely gonna need to cop either or both of these.
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another cool fitted from skavenger is the “skvrway” fitted. these come in a red/black/grey/white or red/white/blue colorway. both are stitched up with “skvrway” across the front panel in some big 3D embroidery, red underbrim and two red screenprinted stripes that wrap the whole fitted. definitely liking what im seeing so far from this company, hope to see some more real soon.
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bbc/ice cream just dropped some of the new mlb colors with their iconic “B”. you can get yours at the bbc online store
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im not sure how old these are either but bbc/ice cream also dropped these pretty cool cooperstown fitteds. totally has a eight men out feel to it. hehe. small crown, long bill and a pre-used look to it. nice work.
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vault is pretty prolific when it comes to fitted drops. i swear they have a fitted for every frickin occassion or outfit. these will help you be like jay and go black for a year with no problem. here are the “triple black” fitteds with the “safe cracker” and “V” benny gold designs done up in an all tonal black. you can rock this with anything.
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so these rvca fitteds caught my eye and i was like “hmm, not bad” then i did some further investigating and saw a pic of the underbrim and was sold. seriously, the underbrim design is so big to me. brings me back to being a kid and drawing on my underbrims. anyway, i digress, the “deputy” fitted has “rvca ” in old west type on the front and in the same type “balance of opposites” nicely laid out on the underbrim. the purple/teal and royal blue/yellow/white colorways are great as well. very nice works folks
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goodfoot just dropped some new “G” fitteds in some cool colorways. gucci, blue jays and various black arrangements. these are cool but i really miss when goodfoot would go out on a limb and do some crazy, yet not over the top, work. seems like the creativity is being hindered or with current economical matter, maybe the risk isnt worth the reward just right now. bummer tho, shit like their jaws fitted, donut fittds and the bold GDFT fitteds were dope. extremely bummed i snoozed on those.
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quintin here with their dj clark kent inspired hats called the “qlark”. both colorways have the cement print on the sides, while the 5 panel has a Black ballistic bill and front panel and the regular fitted has grey suede on the front. expect this to drop in the fall
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i know i know. i’ve talked about 2 of these already but another color set to drop with this real soon that i haven’t talked about is the royal blue one. this is your typical “adam bomb outline” in a royal blue crown, lime green stitching and a red button at the top. some more solid from the hundreds
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cool cats teamed up with starter. i think this is my favorite starter collabo so far! cool cats logo on the front done up real nice, black crown, royal blue piping, red accents all around and “cool cats” on the back. if this wasnt such a pain in the ass to get, i’d be all over this dude!
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seriously, this fitted is ridiculous. i want it. did it ever come out?! i know its older news but i never heard about it again. here’s freshjive‘s “don’t tread on me” fitted. if you can’t figure out why, stop reading and run away. “don’t tread on me” stitched across the whole fitted in black with a dope snake and freshjive graphic placed nicely in the back. black and white colorway too. some awesome shit from them.
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yukka fitteds are borderline corny. the only reason im posting these is because they’re words i use way too much in one day. the colorways aren’t bad and the added icon on the back is a nice touch.
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like i stated earlier. borderline corny. here’s another fitted from yukka that coulda been cool if it didnt say something like “the streets made me this way”. i mean its not horrible just borderline corny. other than the back, the black and brown colorways, the gold stitching, okay front graphic and the patent leather gold underbrim is pretty dope. arghe. too bad about the back…
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yukka did do good with this “tweed flip down” cap. i’d rock the shit outta this in a midwest-east coast winter. brown tweed dome, dark brown leather brim, tan suede underbrim and tan/brown leather flip down ears make this a nice semi-grown-up fitted. rock it with a nice brown coat and go the big boy route. very nice work on this one.
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i generally think i look dumb in pillboxes but i still dig’em. fuctard just dropped this here pill box and its pretty fresh! black crown, grey/silver stripes rounding the dome, gothic “F” on the front done up in some thick stitching, penant on the side above the new era flag and their own league logo on the back. a lot going on in this hat without going overboard.
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mike giant is an awesome artist and the stuff he does with rebel 8 is riduculous. they’re going for the jugular and killing it with their fitteds and with this “signature” fitted they just keep proving it. here’s a preview of a fitted set to drop from rebel 8 with giant’s throw up on it, white crown with black brim and accents. simple yet oh so sick.
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haven’t talked about primitive in a minute. well here they are with some familiar bay area colorways. primitive just dropped a sf giants and oakland a’s colorway in their signature “P” fitteds. pretty cool.
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been too long since i talked about flying coffin. i really like the fitteds they drop and wish i could talk about them more. well here’s a preview of a fitted thats set to drop in december(-ish). black dome, yellow brim and button and some nice white embroidery on the front panel. cant wait to see the back.
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this is the first i’ve ever heard of entree (lot of new comers on this post) and i dig what they’re doing. this is called “young & hungry.” done up in a seattle mariners colorway, double fork logo on the front, dripping entree “e” on the side and “young & hungry” on the back. pretty nice, im definitely digging the fork graphic
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this other fitted from entree is the “script drip”. black crown, red brim button and entree “e”, grey underbrim and entree on the side in some drippy white script. some nice stitch work on this one.
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i really really like this fitted from pyknic. it kinda looks like johnny cupcakes meets rocksmith. herringbone is always the shit to me, black/hot pink striped underbrim is a plus, pink button and eyelets = fuck yeah, pyknic script on the back is dope and the pyknic basket and crossed fork and knife graphic on the front is just damn legit. i think i may need to get my hands on one of these.
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nice. mishka just dropped a MOTU (master of the universe) pack of fitteds. from left to right we got whiplash, skeletor and hordak. hehe, bonus points for the nostalgic factor.
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Shafiq Husayn, one-third of sa-ra, is dropping a solo project. been hearing good stuff so far. check this track “Lil Girl” featuring Fatima

this video is ridiculous! yea big + kid static do it again! no surprise. man, i miss the shit outta chicago. did i see fathom’s ass? no bueno. anyway, here’s “grim”