The Fitted Cap Bubble may finally be Bursting

It has been a frenzied and chaotic two-year renaissance in Fitted Baseball caps, but relentless releases and high prices may have finally caught up with producers. Rapid sellouts are no longer the norm, and some caps are probably headed for bargain bins in 2023.
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Cleaning Caps Pt. 1 Maintenance - • Cleaning Baseball Caps...
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Fitted Cap Comfort - • Fitted Cap Comfort: Wh...
Finding the Right 59Fifty - • Finding the right 59Fi...
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0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Rapid Rise
2:08 - Lids HD Enters
3:15 - The Start of a Fall
5:51 - Effects on my Channel
7:29 - Where is this Going?
8:24 - Turning to other Leagues
10:08 - Everything is Ok!

[@Juanbay_areafitted]

The price on a hat is ridiculous 🙄 now

[@louie8425]

The custom colors trend is just that a trend...... it will eventually be "phased out" but the classics will never go out of style.

[@NChapaWI9436]

Yankees on field, a true classic

[@louie8425]

@@NChapaWI9436 I have a black and white version and the classic retro navy blue with the grey under visor on stock as well.

[@Gump-tion]

Spot on, I've been noticing this trend as well. Hat Club for example has over 10 pages of inventory just sitting from all different collections.

[@dreinthe616]

Good check on that - after seeing your comment, I went there and saw a few newer ones stacking up there even since I posted this... thanks!

[@spkngrmn]

Back in the late 80's earlier 90's when I was in college is about the time I started to prefer fitted caps. That's all I've owned since, and now that I shave my head clean, fitted caps are the ONLY way. They look nicer, fit overall better, and are more comfortable. Long live fitted!! 👍

[@louie8425]

I started buzzcuting my hair recently because my hairline is gone, the fitted caps especially the classic retro style made out of wool compliment my head shape and really makes my outfits stand out. People say I look 10 years younger. Lol

[@johns8653]

Those fitted caps killed your hair follicles

[@exaviorgonzales4155]

I do agree with the side patch stigma. I don't believe every fitted cap is required to have a side patch to be a good and decent quality hat. I feel the less it is integrated, the more appreciated they become.

[@NChapaWI9436]

Its nice to see the demand go down because that leaves some for someone like me that waits until i have a bit more cash to get these dope hats

[@dreinthe616]

Patient and responsible spending - I like it!

[@louie_sneaks]

Classic green and good greys will never go out of style!

[@geemoney1982]

I remember late 90s early 2000s fitted caps was $20 grey bottoms was $25.

[@maingreazy21]

For real!!

[@tyshownramire]

Hell yea like wtf I only own 4 fitted hats 2 LA hats 1 raiders and 1 Oakland A's, That I have not put on in 11 years Because it’s a gang related

[@feelzthedon994]

The good old days and even snapbacks and such were cheaper then any are nowadays as well.

[@hashimhorne7177]

I'm actually kinda glad to see the demand decline. I've been sick of the alternate colorway/side patch trend for a while. Perhaps vendors will start to back off and go back to patchless caps with classic colors. Or maybe dig more into the minor leagues. Hat Club, for example, used to drop a lot of great classic minors caps. It's a rarity these days. All about "collections." I miss being excited about this hobby.

[@jeffreycoon9634]

I don’t mind the different color ways as much as I do the side patches. So are just dumb and only on the hat because they wanted it to have a side patch

[@josh-ed7je]

Just shop at Hat Heaven. There's vendors out there for every need

[@hashimhorne7177]

@@jeffreycoon9634 lol yeah how many hats do you need to commemorate that All-Star Game? Or that stadium?

[@bobbyray671]

I been rocking alternant colors since 2010. Even though hats sell out I don’t see people out rocking hat’s outside of regular degular shit

[@regissanders2409]

I love fitteds butt I just got exhausted trying to keep to with all the drops. I felt like I was on a hamster wheel. Now, I only go for what really moves me. And a lot of times, once I get past that initial first sighting of a drop, I realize that I really don't even like the hat that I was rushing to buy that much. Like it will be nice, but I can pass on it. The crazy part about the hat market is that you don't really get enough time to sit on it think about whether you REALLY want it because it's the thought of it selling out before you can make up your mind that gets you to make the impulsive purchase

[@dreinthe616]

All of your comments ring pretty true for my recent experiences as well - hats might look exciting on first glance, then you start to realize that maybe you've already got one or more slight variations on that colorway or design. Thanks for the comments.

[@regissanders2409]

@Andre Calouro you're absolutely right. I learned this the hard way lol

[@brandoncotes5222]

I think a big part of it is Hatclub putting out garbage, and Topperz not shipping to US anymore. Hatclub selling out hats is what caused people to go to other stores and buy hats there to fill the void. Being that Hatclub has hats sitting it causes the domino effect to stop.

[@Pingamepromotion]

Don't worry about views, your content is unique compared to a lot of other hat youtubers. If you include things like pick ups, future hat releases and things like that you could add a new dimension to the channel

[@TAPTAPSAILOR]

prices is the reason man fkn 55 bucks for a hat thats crazy. they just double up on prices trying to be like the shoe market

[@imadbalatero1540]

I need them to push more low profile 59fifty's, my head is way too small for the regular.

[@ditoanmur228]

Your Channel is great... Thanks to you, I learned how to take care of my caps. Greetings from Colombia

[@dreinthe616]

And greetings to you as well, thanks for the comments!

[@elliotspencer1384]

Well having watched I believe all your videos you’ve covered the matter of the fitted cap market plateauing. It sounds like the moment has arrived. As someone with 1000+ caps the thrill is lost upon receiving notices of the latest collections. They’re frequent; they’re predictable- a pop culture-inspired colorway, an undervisor design, a sidepatch, and now selling for $50-$60. I would hope the cap manufacturers might try to capitalize on the concept of “less is more”. Continued success Doug. Always enjoy your fitted cap videos. ✌️

[@dreinthe616]

Yes, it's ironic that the relentless cap releases through this time period actually tempered my excitement in creating new content - but I'm hopeful my "production schedule" resumes with new energy once some balance is restored!

[@parkashpalmer8847]

Love this video

[@Mikey-1013]

One main part is saturation not exclusive anymore cause everyone has the recipe if you love fitted caps you gonna love and appreciate them regardless thank you for shouting out nyc for the recognition you hit this video down to the tee great break down

[@dreinthe616]

Yes, NYC historically has a certain kind of cultural creativity, and that was definitely a spark at the beginning... but as you said, everyone has the "recipe" now. Thanks for the praise!

[@michaelreylim7966]

does wool cap absorb sweats more than poly? cause i notice the sweats on my wool fade longer than my poly caps.

[@gottagrind2shine607]

I've been wearing fitted caps since the early 00s. I've never been one to follow trends. My parents taught me it's better to stand out than to fit in.

[@TheShop90sKids]

I wouldn't worry too much about the sale of fitted's declining. I remember in the mid 2000's when they had so many variations and remixed hats to the point it got ridiculous. Then somewhere around 2010-2012 everyone stopped wearing fitted's and moved on to snap backs. I didn't see people wearing fitteds' up until maybe 2018. The point is fitted hats survived the snapback phase, the trucker hat phase and the dad hat phase. I don't think they are going anywhere. I also regret getting rid of my fitted collection smh I'm starting back up now.

[@yamato126]

Wear what you want I don't care for trucker hats or fitted hats snapbacks are my favorites I like doing things nobody else doing anyway we shouldn't all hace to feel as if media is holding mental guns to our heads saying wear fitted hats cause nobody wears snapbacks or trucker hats much anymore it is what it is man way I see it idgad what style is popular only reason o started liking snapbacks is because it was something diffrent to me at the time then I started to stop wearing hats cause balding than dad hats and fitted hats started bowing up everywhere from rappers to your local thugs no cap i prefer the snapback cap cause I like it i wish more people would like because they like and not cause it's quote on quote the wave.not like we're getting a pension bonus

[@scottdassler3964]

There's definitely a major market saturation now. I think Lids capitalizes more on the same concept as a shoe drop, not necessarily the product specifically.

[@chase1577]

I don’t know if you’ll see this but is there a way to fix the button on the top of a fitted cap from being slanted forward when your wearing it. I’ve noticed with some of my hats but not with others.

[@dreinthe616]

I have that on a few caps too, but unfortunately don't have a good way to fix it... the angle is really set by the way the front two panels are joined to the back four.

[@Centerpiece6]

That cubs hat is crazy!

[@thomasoi7894]

Just to check is anyone remove the sticker on the new era cap?

[@nikecapo]

Hey Great Video! The bubble is bursting mostly because they are only now trying to play catch up to the renewed interest in fitted caps. The popularity exploded in 2020 into 2021 but at that time there was Covid and supply chain issue caused hats to be more rare. Now that they can make enough hats for demand they are over producing. There’s also some very bad hats being made. I’ve seen several hats go on sale at HatClub for instance. I do feel like the bubble has burst for sure. More and more hats are sitting more and more often.

[@dreinthe616]

Thanks man, appreciate it!

[@michaelshannon6846]

Great video, you got yourself a new subscriber!

[@dreinthe616]

Thanks, man - appreciate it!

[@oreo519]

Seattle, Houston, and Bisons still sale out in 1.2seconds lol

[@tweedl347]

I have noticed hat drops aren’t selling out like they did before July on the New Era site.

[@elgmac73]

right on Doug

[@imdbtruth]

I don't think it's so much a supply chain issue... I think a lot of vendors like HatClub have just been producing mediocre or bad caps. Myfitteds has never failed to sellout within minutes, or even seconds. The NFL caps will never work, people are too emotionally invested in football to wear hats of their rivals.

[@regissanders2409]

You are exactly right about the NFL fitteds not working. Me and my coworkers talk about it all the time. We will throw on any baseball fitted. But it's blasphemy to throw on any NFL team besides the one you root for

[@dreinthe616]

I think you are spot on regarding NFL caps/teams - emotions run deep and that makes a lot of sense. Supply chain issues were a real issue during late 2020 and 2021 - it's why some Clink Room preorders took up to 15 months to fill (and they even have a distribution connection with Hat Club). I would also say that MyFitteds has been equally guilty of some bad designs, but they seem to have created consistent demand through what I might call perceived scarcity and FOMO exclusivity. Thank you for the comments.

[@imdbtruth]

@@dreinthe616 HI Dre. You were definitely right and I was wrong regarding the supply chain issue. All of the sudden shortly after I commented on this video, I started seeing a lot more good hats sitting around at several vendors. Even Myfitteds is starting to have unsold stock piling up, and some of those are good hats. However I think the fact that Myfitteds and several other vendors are now selling their hats for $69-73 with shipping, that's also causing a lot of people to think twice before they buy. And with inflation continuing, I think a lot of people, myself included, are looking at their hat collection and wondering how many more hats they really need at $70 a piece. Anyway, just wanted to follow up with you. Take care brother.

[@dreinthe616]

@@imdbtruth Hey, thanks for the follow up, I appreciate the comments back!

[@TP4MBH69]

through the last 2 years, i have purchased about 900-1110 Side patches hats roughly ( add or minus to that figure ) . What ive noticed is that this year, especially april onwards i have slowed down tremendously ( almost towards purchasing 1-2 or zero MLB fitteds per month ) and have shifted almost solely to clink room hats ( especially after receiving almost 100 of them from my pre-orders that back dated from the whole of last year. Moving forward, i think ill solely be going for clinks unless there are batches of new fabric/ colors/ logos for MLB hats.

[@inthendwealldie]

U a hella of a collector. U should make vids lol. Here I am with like 6 hats looking at ur comment of 900-1k+ hats like whaaattt

[@TP4MBH69]

@@inthendwealldie guess how I started ? By joining the group during covid to sell whatever hats I had because I wanted to clear some stuff , ended up staying and doing wayyyy more damage then intended 😂. I didnt even ended up selling any at all haha

[@JustKickinItt]

Lids Hat Drop actually has a window from Friday - Monday to buy the hats. They’ve been doing this for a while now, they announced it on live. Almost every drop sells out, other than a few teams and sizes. Those are being held back for future LHD stores. Lids Hat Drop out of everyone has been selling out almost every drop.

[@dgoody84]

My fitteds is definitely top dog of the sellout.

[@raggamuffin415]

Seems like a combo of over saturation and rising prices are allowing ppl to be more picky and keeping ppl from buying as many. HC caps used to be $42 and shipping was only $5.

[@luisleonchicago]

Good video very informative but I personally do not see a decline in stopping my fitted hat addiction It will always be “ON TO THE NEXT ONE” salute to everyone I hope health and wealth plaques you for eternity… PEACE! ✌🏼😎

[@tk-ip8zv]

The fitted boom happened so damn fast. Those pink UV hatclub pushed set it off.

[@Burps___]

Thanks for another great video, Doug. Many of these oddly-colored caps may make their way to secondary stores, which is where I buy many of my caps to save money. Which brings me to a channel video idea please. What if you spent a morning hitting your local stores like Ross, Burlington, etc., and photograph caps and tell us in a video what you find since you know more about what you see than we do. Trash and Treasures! Side patch caps, atypical logos, a series that failed, and the like. Show us if you find deals, or if you find caps to beware of. You get the drift. It’s just an idea, though. Thanks for your content. 🧢

[@dreinthe616]

Totally agree, I think we'll see plenty in the bargain bins in 2023. Not a bad idea for a video theme either, although I probably don't circulate in enough brick and mortar stores to catch those very often... and I hope you noticed that I took your last suggestion for a video about other hats (non-baseball) in my collection! Thanks for the comments

[@Burps___]

@@dreinthe616 I did love the video with other hats! It was fun and you have a great collection, Doug. Thank you for showing all of us. #Appreciation

[@germaineh8006]

Hay a fellow fitted hats collector I can’t stand the Sidepatches ugh But it be so many dope ass colorways be messing the hat up ugh

[@scottdassler3964]

Also, I wear a size 8 so I enjoy fitted much more. Snaps don't always fit my head haha

[@en-xy7fn]

I think side patches are great, but not always necessary like you said. Side patches also allow companies to charge a few bucks more. What do you think about MLB/NBA/NFL on field caps starting to catch on to the colored UV trend? MLB Father’s Day and all star game caps this year had unique UVs

[@dreinthe616]

I think UVs in complimentary (or team) colors would be a good thing for any caps in any league, that's probably what I'd most like to see. A royal Golden State cap with a yellow UV, Navy Tigers with the orange UV - all with no side patches - would be examples of caps that I would definitely buy, thanks.

[@VVvvvvvvvvvVVx13x]

It's funny because the lids access pass this pass doesn't work on lids but it works on lids hat drop. That's something I'll never understand due to the fact that they're both the same company but one refuses to honor the discount that you pay for by yearly subscription.

[@dreinthe616]

It's definitely strange, but I actually talked about this in a video I did about Lids HD and the Saturated Market. Because of Lids online business being owned by Fanatics, they probably surrender a substantial portion of revenue to Fanatics. I'm betting that Lids HD, because it is a separate site, is not governed by the Fanatics ownership at all - so they can give the Access Pass discount and still claim the rest of the revenue on each cap sale. They probably do a lot better financially on Lids HD, even giving the 20% off the top!

[@jamesshelton1670]

Plus if you miss out on a hat you really want that’s hyped usually it’ll restock later on from somewhere else like hatclub has been restocking a lot of their drops from 2+ years ago lately with bigger stock

[@glenfordgreen3277]

Me from the UK, I have seen recently something I have never seen before here in the UK. I have seen New Era hats on sale, also specialist Hat shops are very rare in the UK

[@JJDoggett]

Lids has very recently opened a number of stores over here - exciting to have somewhere to actually go and browse hats rather than just online.

[@razwanakram4446]

The fitted will never die out much love from England

[@dreinthe616]

I agree... true believers are going to stick around through these boom and bust cycles - thank you.

[@ethane-dawgwenger4207]

Doug, what is your take on the New Era 9FIFTY caps?

[@dreinthe616]

I actually don't mind them if it's the only way I can get a certain design, they're just not my preference. The plastic band always wants to make the cap "round" as you would expect, but because I can shape a fitted more to my "long oval" head shape (as I've mentioned in a few vids), that is far and away the best cap style for me. I did post a 9Fifty review a few years ago ICYI... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2GZiJyio6qDqaM ...thanks

[@Cota0514]

Sneakers have also cooled off considerably over the past handful of months. Similar, imho, to sneakers. Some of the newer colourways just suck. Seem to have exhausted their creativity. Perhaps more a macro phenomenon happening? I know lux watch resale markets have cooled also. Btw. New subscriber and absolutely love your current and past content.

[@dreinthe616]

Right on, great to hear, thank you!

[@feelzthedon994]

Hopefully that is the case which would and could potentially help to lower costs as well.

[@moparfan8680]

I’m not a fan of lots of the weird wacky color ways but I will say I do like side patches a lot

[@andoversandlot8491]

Yes the bubble is bursting 🙏🏾

[@germaineh8006]

As a fitted hat collector that Sidepatches messed up so many colors ways of hats smh it’s suck badly 😫🤦🏾‍♂️😡😡😡😡

[@IanMorales]

Astros caps still selling out in my size. They don’t sell out immediately, but some still the same day in my size.

[@raymunoz3566]

some this is true and some of it is there a lot ugly colorways coming out lately too ,and with so many places releasing it’s so easy to pass on ugly stuff and not settle and get what you want

[@tapoutnick5985]

Astros hat sales are very interesting to watch

[@adamani08]

This is good news. I love wearing hats. But the prices are getting ridiculous. i only buy when I can get discounts. Either employee discounts, promo codes online or sales online or Ebay. And I've done very well. But also, I like wearing the 9fifty's aka snapbacks as well. I typically have a bald head but do tend to grow out my hair at times in the winter. So snapbacks are the way to go sometimes for the adjustments. But let the bubble burst. $45-$75 for a hat is no good. thats too much. I always wait and at least 85% of the time, I find the hat months later at a cheaper price.

[@YahGabarYAHyazayan]

Yea tell that to everyone at myfitteds dude sells out everytime & the resellers for a hat have ridiculous prices people wanted 500-800 for a boston fitted hat inspired colorways by the necco candy

[@dreinthe616]

There will still be vendors and collections for this style of fitted that can have continued success, but the point of the video was that the overall market will get smaller, and there's probably a lot of collections that will fail commercially in the near future because of the cap saturation and creative exhaustion.

[@djjoeykmusic]

W o r d. Great video

[@dreinthe616]

Thanks man, appreciate it!

[@joeg4707]

Good video. I think the fitted cap market normalizing is healthy. A bunch of Hat Club drops just sit, same with Lids HD--and they should sit. Lids can easily flood their stores with anything not sold online though, so they can manage it. Many of the designs aren't as unique anymore (meaning they're rehashed) while some are just flat-out hideous. Sneakertown fitteds are $60 before tax, shipping/handling. Technically, we're in a recession so that's another factor in the declining sales. The run-up also was likely fueled by tremendous liquidity. The U.S. printed more money in the last two years than its previous 100 combined. That's staggering.

[@dreinthe616]

Great commentary, thank you... on that note about liquidity/cash - it does seem that there is a lot of money moving back toward experiences and services over the physical goods that were favored during most of the pandemic.

[@dreadpirateroberts5239]

Dear Lord I hope this leads to the end of the side patch.

[@moparfan8680]

That’s not fair either, I love side patches just not the goofy color ways of the hats

[@chop3625]

New Era just pummeling me with emails concerning these goofball editions. Talk about market saturation🤦‍♂️Need more updates dre, such quality content. BTW, side patches are cap wreckers.

[@dreinthe616]

Hey, thanks for the comments... it's almost ironic that the state of the current market has slowed my content a little bit.

[@chop3625]

@@dreinthe616 How true

[@JarvisJonesakaTheeFlyyGuyy]

The Houston Astro cap is the cap of the biggest street gang in Los Angeles that's why it's constantly sold out.

[@MortuaryManor]

Resellers still trying to move $300-$500 Caps. SMH

[@gregtilley6930]

I think inventory numbers are up and the resellers aren’t buying up everything to sell

[@bosfitteds]

The EU new era ban tanked hats a lot I feel. It was nice having that freedom, it really sucks that that’s a thing now. Lot of stores are over-saturating the market with weird colors and have them made by countries with bad manufacturing. Everything’s been done it seems, and stores are just looking for the next hook/inspiration.

[@dreinthe616]

Agree - the market run up was so sharp and overwhelming that it does create a sense of exhaustion at the moment, thanks.

[@bosfitteds]

@@dreinthe616 you did a good job summing everything up in this video. Really made me think about why I think the current state of hats seems stale right now

[@tyshownramire]

10 years ago or 11 I used to pay 25 bucks to 27 for my fitted caps now I got to pay 42 bucks that’s made in China ridiculous I can get a cap off Amazon Similar to fitted caps Buy a patch off eBay and put any logo on it

[@wilsonfisk4741]

Need a mariners Cooperstown the Griffey Jr draft retro color yellow m Trident Kansas city plain royal grey under brim maybe series side patch ne and a white sox grey under brim with that 05 series patch would love them to do some more NHL stuff again even tho think they lost the contract would love a 90s Nashville predators logo like I had back 2011 Tampa Bay san Jose shark with broken hokey stick would love some more NCAA stuff too

[@dgoody84]

Probably because everybody of the monopoly topperz and my fitteds has. Just ordered the woods stomper for my Pops hope he likes it. P.S the Dogtown release from hatclub was by and large a flop.

[@dreinthe616]

When there are so many vendors tapping so many themes for large collections, the probability for more 'flops' like Dogtown goes up, and so will the frequency. There will of course still be some vendors and collections that will be successful, I just don't think these kinds of caps can continue with the same market size that we've seen from 2020-22, thanks.

[@frostaybawls1708]

I remember when side patches were actually patches.

[@dreinthe616]

So true... it's almost all embroidery now, but even within the past couple years of Lids doing these, they were still using separate patches on their bigger in-store collections.

[@gregtilley6930]

I’m still buying a ton

[@craigesanderson]

Will continue to follow regardless of what the market does. I’m here for you because I enjoy the content. I refuse to buy hats with side patches. Won’t do it. I want the original design, simple logo, nothing else. Not going to do it.

[@dreinthe616]

Nice, appreciate the commitment - and thank you for the continued support!

[@villavelli]

As a fitted cap collector I gotta say the worst thing they did was put pink under the bill. I hate it.

[@5ThBoy]

It's not just hats the sneaker market is the same

[@BigBlake315]

hat club NFL caps have always completely sold out with in 10 minutes of release. No shout at getting a Houston Oilers hat if your not there right away.

[@WaveLordLuis]

Side patches are tough but shouldn’t be an automatic inclusion on every design. Random crazy colorways should be truly limited to a few times a year and ANY OTHER SPORT THAT ISN’T BASEBALL DOESN’T NEED A FITTED CAP… it’s supposed to be PPE and part of a functional uniform… not simply a fashion accessory.

[@831zapata]

It's cause the prices are to calm high ! For hats I'm okay with 30-50 most but really 100 ++ I'll pass

[@dreinthe616]

Hear you, I've talked about that in a couple of videos the past couple of years... I can't keep up, either.

[@gerrypiazza8293]

I've only liked 2 lidshd collections. Some of their stuff is too loud for me.

[@zachupton3647]

I can only pull off the low crown 59FIFTY

[@dccelly1615]

Couple things, I’m a sub from the beginning and always will be Doug. Learned some great info on cap care and shaping, which I am forever grateful for. On some of these custom caps, I’m burnt out on them. No lie, I own my share of side patched wacky colored Mets caps. It’s getting out of hand now though. The side patch has become the billboard to the whole thing. Some of these color schemes looks like a kindergartner picked them. But, great content as always sir.

[@miguelsanchez689]

It’s good the hype has died down so resellers will die out too

[@kennedy5097]

People are now wearing bucket hats that why sales of fitteds are dropping

[@dreinthe616]

Have to agree that I've seen a few more buckets in circulation these days, including MLB and NCAA hats in particular.

[@brianhampton3857]

It's the prices seriously that's the biggest change plus the designs, and bologna they tried too make popular, no 1 cares anymore

[@DeJointmusic]

Who got the money to buy a new hat every week?.If it's up to me I buy a NY Yankee hat every drop but I just can't afford the 60.00

[@gerrypiazza8293]

Some drops are just not good. Like the Dogtown hc collection. If it was the hc fashion crossover collection sitting, then I would be concerned. Some drops are wack and that's normal. All the ones you showed I passed on except the t-dot collection which I liked. All the others I didn't like at all.

[@dreinthe616]

When there are so many vendors tapping so many themes for collections, the probability for more 'flops' like Dogtown goes up, and so will the frequency. I've noticed just these past couple of weeks that the large vendors are starting to limit the number of teams in their collections, which is another way to try and reignite demand, thanks.

[@bobrossofthe173]

The fact that you only talked about 2 vendors who have been releasing trash the last two months is sad. There’s so many more “smaller” vendors dropping absolute heat. This is the biggest boomer hat vid I’ve ever watched.

[@dreinthe616]

I was not making a video about what great designs may or may not be coming from the smaller vendors right now, but rather trying to capture what happens when everyone wants to cash in by following the formula that's been established. I watch a lot of smaller vendors on IG and elsewhere, and I've given credit to them in prior videos for blazing a creative trail when we first saw this style variant emerge. The 'boomer' reference was unnecessary, since a) I'm not one, and b) I'm no fan of anyone that tries to create generational conflict on social or elsewhere.

[@joshuabrumback9681]

I only buy KC and storm chasers hats and this has been the worst year in a decade for new hats. The storm chasers hats were unavailable all year and the drops that include KC blow. I have over 200 5950's so it's whatever but i usually grab around 30 a year because i buy multiples and this year i think I've gotten around 5. Had KC been included in every drop this would've been my most expensive year yet. I'm either way on patches

[@kc1072]

Everyone complaining about patches is a little girl. We paying up to $70 for some hat releases I expect a couple extra patches to make it feel worth it 💀

[@dreinthe616]

Regardless of how you value the patches, I think you're making that statement when we've already past the market peak. I'm not sure how you're going to feel about some of these caps - or the $70 investments - in another 12 months or so.

[@urbanrider771]

I like fitted hats. Only the logos i dont like.

[@dougjones9140]

I can do without the colorways and under visors. Most of the time the look awful and I scroll right past. I would like to see classic, alternate, and throwback logos make a comeback in the original colors too.

[@dreinthe616]

Yes, I think there's a lot of room for creative expression by using the full palette of primary and complimentary colors from any team's history (along with their throwback logos in some cases).

[@budinfluence2967]

Vintage sports hat is more way beautiful than this

[@tk-ip8zv]

These fkin Bison prices tho!