When the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers meet in the World Series , it won’t just be a matchup of the teams with the most American League and National League pennants, respectively. It also will feature two of the most iconic and best-selling caps in the world. The Yankees and Dodgers caps represent more than just the cities where their teams play; they are cultural fixtures.
A flashpoint for baseball caps becoming a lifestyle piece happened in 1996, when filmmaker Spike Lee convinced apparel brand New Era Cap Co. to make him a red Yankees cap to match the red jacket he was wearing to Game 3 of the 1996 World Series between the Yankees and Atlanta Braves . The 1996 Spike Lee #Yankees World Series hat is back!!! https://t.
co/rELOOzpeMm pic.twitter.com/Y3QLfjjVCZ — HAT CLUB (@HatClub) May 19, 2016 New Era, which makes caps for all of the major sports leagues, is celebrating 70 years of the 59Fifty, the fitted model that will be worn by both teams in the World Series.
New Era has a webpage featuring its best-selling MLB caps, a site that reminds baseball fans that anything with a Yankees or Dodgers logo is still very popular — regardless of the color or style of the cap. And with the multiple cap variations, there is tons of history on what was once just a piece of the uniform now viewed as a fashionable wardrobe accessory commonplace to society. There have been multiple versions of baseball caps over the years, from snapback to adjustable.
The fitted cap, however.
