NewEra AFL hats coming soon - thoughts?

[SFgiant]

Is it me or does every teenage male who wears these sort of hats look like chris griffin? Fat, messy hair, dumb and fat?

Or the casual baseball fan

Do you have to keep the sticker on if your gonna wear one?

NO*, take it off.

*Refer to above post

 

[Barkly St End]

Do young people still rip off the tags from their new jeans?

Do young people wear jeans?

 

[Yidaki]

Wasn't trying to be funny; I was being serious.

 

[Watsclarkosmob]

Well aren't you just gonna hate life when you see sh*tloads of these at the footy!

Have I found the hat for you mate.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Have they been released yet?
Where are they being sold?
How much are they?

 

[Honeyboy Wilson]

How can anyone say that doesn't look great. I'm getting one asap.

 

[The Speaker]

How can anyone say that doesn't look great. I'm getting one asap.

I'll say they don't look great because they don't look great.

 

[Synth]

@$50.

No thanks.

 

[Scully2Folau]

@$50.

No thanks.

New Era = horrendously overpriced in Australia. These would retail for $25-35 in the US.

 

[Dory_77]

That Port one with the monogram looks alright, but the ones for other teams on the facebook page look awful. Also, $50? No thanks.

 

[GoldenHodge]

New Era = horrendously overpriced in Australia. These would retail for $25-35 in the US.

At first I thought "these hats are not too bad", then I remembered that these style of hats are overpriced here.

 

[Heisenberg_]

@$50.

No thanks.

HAHAHA surely they are taking the piss with that price

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Awful, but they are aiming for a certain market.

Why do kids leave those stickers on the bill?

Ha!! Saw some late teenage mofo girl wearing one today with some sort of original sticker still on it - seriously - the hats look shit

 

[Sebastian Balboa]

Followed the thread with interest, especially the part regarding why people think it's acceptable to wear non-AFL merchandise around, but not AFL merchandise.

Is anybody else turned off by the advertising or is it just me? I went to pick up an Essendon polo recently and decided against it because I didn't want to be a walking billboard for TRUE VALUE SOLAR. The 49ers shirt I kick around in, on the other hand, has a a 49ers logo.. and that's it.

I understand why clubs have naming right sponsors. I, however, do not need one.

Motorsport fans look ridiculous, walking advertisements for oil and what not.

 

[Sarang]

Meh not really my thing since I don't usually wear hats. They could have been designed better but they're not horrible.

 

[ZAAHAARAKIS!!!!!]

coming from someone who regularly wears a chicago bulls or Tennessee titans snapback (no sticker, occasionally backwards) because i genuinely love basketball and watch a lot of nfl, these hats suck.
They should put writing on them rather than just a logo.

no i am not a douchebag

 

[RiggoDiesel44]

Yecccccch. Some of this "fashion" the US exports is f'ing embarrassing. Pants worn at anus level.....giant hats that cover the ears......ski hats when it's 100F.....and these stupid hats, where keeping the stickers/tags on and the brim flat is most important. Gotta' "keep it real." Excuse me, while I go vomit.

I wear hats often...but like the rest of my clothes, they actually fit. Prefer the "Franchise" hats. Cotton, fitted, simple. Would love a Geelong version of this....

 

[ManOfClay]

only interested if Andrew Walker wears one in preseason training.

 

[Eshay187]

I'm still keen, just ashame that the swans colours really don't suit a hat.

Port one looks fantastic. If they do monograms for Carlton that could look great too.

 

[Maddhew]

How can anyone say that doesn't look great. I'm getting one asap.

Great looking Hat, can wear it without saying "look at me im a footy fan"

 

[Synth]

Would consider if they made one with:

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Should be standard issue for anyone in the coaches box.



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Coaches should have to wear the full player uniform, like they do in baseball.

I think with the actual MLB baseball caps, sometimes it's a bit more understandable to not know anything about the team/sport. Like, someone could wear a Detroit Tigers cap, because their name is Daniel or something. Not really my thing, but fair enough, as far as I'm concerned. There's no excuse to be wearing NBA/NFL merchandise, if you don't know anything about the sport.

The problem with most of these caps are the logos they've chosen. Understated/classy is the way to go. A single colour, if possible. Good current AFL logos for the caps would be the Geelong cat silhouette (the one they have on their guernsey, not the one they've chosen to use), Carlton's, Fremantle's, GWS', Gold Coast's and Collingwood's. If you're going to use a picture, rather than a monogram, remove all the background stuff/shields etc. (as with Collingwood's and Geelong's) and just stick with the simple image of the magpie/cat.

Another issue I can see is that not many players will wear them. Maybe to the airport or something before a game, but Buddy is not going to wear a Hawthorn New Era hat when he's going up the road for a coffee. I can't see it happening. There's potential though; they just need to make the designs a bit classier.

 

[SoulJah]

50 bucks is way to over the top, but these days $50 for a teenager is chicken feed and why they charge so much.

Hence why these hats will be everywhere next year.

 

[Ed_Gein]

@$50.

No thanks.

Whoa. They look alright, but for $50, they can get stuffed. I think even half that is edging towards overpriced for an AFL licensed hat.

 

[ScoobySnacks]

I can't wait for these, pity info about them on the New Era Facebook page has remained pretty scarce. A Hawthorn snapback will take pride of place in the middle of my hat wall