LIDS Hat Blog

Super Bogo: Save Big with a Lids Discount

We all like to save money and during the holiday season, we especially like to stretch our dollar.  Soooo, in true holiday spirit we're taking a cue from Santa and fattening up BOGO to Super BOGO. 

Those of you who frequent Lids often may be familiar with our amazing BOGO specials--Buy One, Get One half off!  It is great sale that allows you to load up on killer caps for a fraction of the price.  However, for a limited time only (until November 29th to be exact), we are expanding BOGO to almost every cap--including most fitted caps and branded action hats.  Typically, our fitted fashion caps and branded hats are excluded from BOGO, but not on Super BOGO!  

Visit lids.com or lids.ca to get your holiday shopping started without the hassle.  With Super BOGO, you can even afford to give yourself a nice little gift!

*Canadian and US store BOGO sales may vary.  See store for details.  

Lids.ca is Now Open!

Many of our Canadian customers have been waiting a long time for a Lids Canadian website.  Well, my friends, the wait is over!  We are excited to announce the introduction of lids.ca!  We are pumped to offer this additional convenience for all of our hat-loving Canadians, eh!

Lids.ca will look and feel like the current Lids website; however, you'll notice a few great features that we hope will make your life easier.  

• Lids.ca displays pricing in Canadian dollars--no need for your currency converter here.
• Lids.ca offers FREE shipping to your local Canadian store.  Simply order online and choose which store you'd like to pick your order up.  We'll ship it to your local store at no cost to you and an associate will contact you when your order has arrived.
• Lids.ca rewards you with FREE ground shipping when you purchase $60 or more. 
• Lids.ca is DUTY FREE! All orders are shipped from our Canadian Distribution Center so no duty will be charged to your order.

While lids.ca offers many great new features for our Canadian customers, you'll still see the latest and greatest assortment of hats and caps and superior customer service that you've come to expect.  We're dedicated to bringing you Your Team, Your Style, Your Size!

Check out lids.ca and leave us a comment on your thoughts.  Thanks to all of our loyal customers, wherever you may be.

Fresh Goods Friday: New Era Hats

This month's Fresh Goods Friday is bit of a twist on the "typical" Fresh Goods Friday hat.  The MLB Trapper is from New Era's premium line, New Era EK. 

Although New Era is known for their classic 59Fifty silhouette, this hat's superb style is showcased in the details.  Lush faux fur lines the front flip-up and dogear flaps, while New Era premium EK lining can be found on the inside of the hat.  A raised, embroidered team logo on the front flip-up and the MLB logoman on the back allow you to rep your team in style.  Two metal New Era Flags on the leftwear side finish the look and showcase true New Era authenticity. 

The dogear hats are very popular right now and this month's Fresh Goods Friday hat plays off of the same dogear or flap feature.  We hope you enjoy our spin on this month's Fresh Goods Friday hat, but if you don't, let us know.  Ultimately, we want to bring you the hats you crave.  What would you like to see in future Fresh Goods Friday designs?  Until next month...keep it fresh!

New Kangol Hats

Beginning November 5th, Lids and Kangol will be teaming up to showcase several amazing new hats.  Kangol has worked their magic and produced three new styles that will surely be the talk of the town.  The featured styles are the Lockerbie Plaid Ivy, A.F.P. Plaid Ivy, and Basket 504 Ivy.  All Lids stores will also be loaded with the always popular Kangol Wool Ivy. Below is a sneak peak of the styles included in this promotion.

Will you be donning one of the new Kangol hats?  Which one is your favorite?  What other designs would you like to see on your ivy cap?

LOCKERBIE PLAID IVY

A.F.P. PLAID IVY

BASKET 504 IVY

WOOL IVY

Sneak Peak: New Era Fresh Goods Friday

It's November and the start of a new month which can only mean one thing...a new Fresh Goods Friday release is just around the corner.  And while it may be around the corner for most people, we've got a special sneak peak for all of our Lids Blog readers.  Hey, it's nice to know people -- we take care of our VIP Blog customers!

Without further ado...here's your first look at the November Fresh Goods Friday release, the MLB Trapper.  Not only is this the sickest winter look, but it's super warm too.  Whether you're wearing it for style or warmth (or both), this cap is sure to trap some hotties.   Even Jay-Z rocked a similar style in his music video Empire State of Mind (snapshot below).  And, of course, if it's good enough for the guy who "made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can," it's good enough for me.

The MLB Trapper is a solid black New Era trapper hat that originated from New Era's EK premium headwear line.  The cap features faux fur on the dogear flaps and on the flip-up front.  The New Era cap has a solid black, raised embroidery team logo on the front panel, MLB logoman on the back, and two metal New Era flags on the left-wear side.  This is a limited edition hat and will only be available at select stores in the following teams: New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers. 

**Use the team links above to purchase your MLB Trapper before they're available to the general public!

Knit Hats: Are you ready for the cold?

At Lids we take pride in offering the biggest and best selection of cold weather headwear styles in the market.  Whether you prefer to show support for your favorite team or just want to make a fashion statement, we have it all!!!  Visit lids.com or your local LIDS store to see what's new for this winter.  Here is a sampling of some our hot new styles....

TEAM STYLES

BRANDS

FASHION

Scarves and Celebs

Scarves continue to be everywhere.  In fact, there's an entire blurb on celebrities and scarves on whosdatedwho.com which demonstrates not only all the different celebs who are rocking fashion scarves but also the numerous ways to wear them. 

Scarves can be knotted in a number of different ways:

Wrapped around the neck:

Draped around the neck:

Or worn in a bandana fashion:

It really doesn't matter how you wear a scarf just don't be caught in the cold without one.  Check out lids.com for our latest fashion addition...the scarf! 

So Lids Readers, how do you wear your scarves? 

Fresh Goods Friday 59Fifty Hat

It's October and we've got a freaky Fresh Goods Friday hat this month.  Meet the MLB Frankie!  This hat will surely attract the ghouls and ghosts this month.  The bold, bright colors on the front panel contrast with the dark black and graphite to give this hat some punch.  Clean lines and lots of style make the MLB Frankie thee hat to have for the month of October. 

Don't miss out on this tri-colored New Era 59Fifty hat.  The cap features lime front panels, black middle and back panels and a graphite visor.  The Frankie sports an orange team logo, orange New Era flag on the left wear side, orange button and black, lime and orange MLB Logoman on the back.  This hat is hot and quantities are limited. 

To find out more about the Fresh Goods Friday program, visit us at lids.com.  We love providing you with the freshest 59Fifty hats around!

Lids Readers, what suggestions do you have for future Fresh Goods Friday hats?  If you were in charge of designing a FGF hat, what would it look like? 

Trend Watch: Top Ten Best-Selling Hat Styles at Lids

Welcome to a new feature on the Lids Blog, where we report to you on the Top Ten Best-Selling Hats and Hat Styles at lids.com.  Today, we'll present the top sellers by Hat Style. 

For the week of September 20th, Lids customers were feeling nostalgic, making our MLB Coop collection the best-selling style.  As we told you last week on the blog, we just brought these hats back and added additional styles.  It proved a popular move.

1.  New Era MLB Coop

     

 

2.  59Fifty MLB C-Dub

         

 

3.  New Era MLB Authentic Collection

        

 

4.  New Era MLB Twisted

      

 

5.  New Era NCAA 2-Tone 59Fifty

      

 

6.  Twins NCAA Franchise

        

 

7.  Twins MLB Franchise

     

 

8.  New Era MLB Black & White

     

 

9.  Nike MLB Wool Classic

      

 

10.  New Era NCAA AC 59Fifty

        

Remember to check back and find out what individual hats Lids.com customers are buying the most.  Will your hat or team make the best seller list?  What's your favorite cap style and what do you think will rule the charts next time?  Give us your feedback below.

New Yankees Hat Added to the New Era "Spike Lee Joint" Cap Collection

Spike Lee, legendary filmmaker and avid New York Yankees fan, and New Era have once again teamed up to create another sick hat to add to the "Spike Lee Joint" Cap Collection.  The Spike Lee Joint 2.0 is the third cap that Lee has worked with New Era to create and the second in the Spike Lee Joint Collection.  The Spike Lee Joint 2.0 cap commemorates the Yankees'  twenty-six World Series Championships by featuring the years in which the championships were won.  This cap also acknowledges their inaugural season in the new Yankee Stadium on the inside of the hat.   

Spike Lee and New Era Cap Company originally crossed paths in 1996 when Spike Lee asked New Era to do a special, one-of-a-kind red 59Fifty New York Yankees cap.  Lee wore the 59Fifty hat and with it, started a new trend of fashion-focused fitted hats. 

Only 750 of these exclusive Yankees 59Fifty hats are being made available to the public.  Lids is proud to have two of the four retail locations where the cap is being offered.  You can pick up the Spike Lee Joint 2.0 at Lids on 42nd Street or Lids in Herald Square (see addresses below).  The cap comes in a commemorative box and can be picked up for $75.

  ---------------------------------- LOCATIONS ----------------------------------

Lids
42nd Street Entertainment Center
239 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036

Lids
Herald Square
1293 Broadway
New York, NY 10001

New Era 59Fifty Coop Hats are Back!

We've had a ton of customers ask us to bring back the MLB Coop 59Fifty by New Era and we've listened!  Not only have we brought this 59Fifty back, but we've added additional styles.  Now you can find even more of these vintage inspired 59Fifty hats at lids.com.  The majority of the hats in this collection feature past logos or were once worn on-field by the team. These hats are vintage inspired, but there's nothing out-of-date with this 59Fifty!

So Lids Readers, what do you think about the collection?  Which one is your favorite?  What other styles would you like to see back? 

tokidoki hats from New Era @ LIDS.COM !!

Now available at lids.com are tokidoki hats!  Tokidoki means "sometimes" in Japanese. This Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand was created in 2005 by Italian artist Simone Legno.

There are many tokidoki characters and most of them belong to their own distinct worlds inside of tokidoki. Below are some of the characters featured on the caps.

The Cactus Friends include Sandy, Sabochan, Bastardino, Polpettina, Bruttino, Carina, and the Cactus Pups Series

The Moofia include Mozzarella, Bulleto, Leche, Latte, Mou Mou, Soy, Choco and more

Adios & Ciao Ciao The Grim Reaper and his girlfriend

Skeletrino & Skeletrina

Bruttino & Carina

Captain Coco

 

So Lids Readers, what do you think of tokidoki?  Are you familiar with the line?  What character are you most like? 

The Cactus Friends include Sandy, Sabochan, Bastardino, Polpettina, Bruttino, Carina, and the Cactus Pups Series

The Moofia include Mozzarella, Bulleto, Leche, Latte, Mou Mou, Soy, Choco and more

Adios & Ciao Ciao The Grim Reaper and his girlfriend

Skeletrino & Skeletrina

Bruttino & Carina

Captain Coco

 

So Lids Readers, what do you think of tokidoki?  Are you familiar with the line?  What character are you most like? 

Fresher Than Will Smith & Uncle Phil Too!

GoodbyeHello Bloggers,

It's been awhile since I posted a blog, so I thought I would jump right into things and blog about the Freshest hat of the month. Introducing this month Fresh Goods Friday...the MLB Tripled-Up! The MLB Tripled-Up features a white team logo with red outline on the front center of the hat, and two smaller gray embroidered team logos on each side. The MLB Tripled-Up also has a red contrasting design in the background on the front panels, contrasting New Era Flag on the left wear side, and contrasting MLB Logoman on the back.

All Fresh Goods Friday New Era Fitted Hats will be exclusive to LIDS for 45 days. Quantities are limited!

Teams include: New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals and Los Angeles Dodgers..

Be sure to check back on the first Friday of every month for the latest in Fresh Goods and all New Era fitted hats! Check out other videos on our channel at YouTube.

NEW RELEASES - ACTION SPORTS - AUGUST

ALPINESTARS HATS

Alpinestars Top Riders 210 Flex.  This flatbill style features a raised A-Star center logo over an all-over tonal print.  Top Riders is available in black and white.

 

FOX RACING HATS

Fox Racing Explosion Flatbill Flex.  This style features an offset Foxhead logo over an all-over print that matches directly to the summer apparel line.  The Explosion is available in black/white/yellow and black/gray/red.  A new color, black/white/blue, will be hitting stores in September. 

DC SHOES HATS

DC Shoes R & X Flex.  This colorblock style features an offset oversized DC logo.  The R & X is available in red/white and black/white.

 

SKIN INDUSTRIES HATS

Skin Industries Hatch Flex.  This style features both the Skin script and corporate babe offset over an all over tribal print.  The Skin Hatch is only available in black.

BEN SHERMAN FASHION HEADWEAR

Check out these new Ben Sherman flex styles found exclusively at LIDS.  Ben Sherman is a British lifestyle brand that caters to the individual who prides themself on looking good.  Visit LIDS.com for other Ben Sherman styles.  Stay tuned for more new styles later this fall...

BEN SHERMAN DR NO PINSTRIPE FLEX CAP

BEN SHERMAN CREST FLEX CAP

No One In The Mall Has Swagger Like Us!

 

GoodbyeHello Bloggers,

Lids is in the building Swagger on a hundred thousand, trillion. 

Straight off the dock and into the stores is the MLB Swagger. This New Era 59fifty features a primary embroidered team logo on the front middle panel, as well as a fashion-like secondary logo on the front left wear side. On the back is the same secondary logo but in a  full size logo version, instead of the famous MLB logo man on the back.  Grab one before it's too late!

 

No Bad Ideas Now at LIDS

New to LIDS are two new styles from No Bad Ideas Clothing Company.  No Bad Ideas is a fashion headwear company that specializes in street level trends while providing the always popular fashion stash pocket located inside the hat.  Until now, these styles could only be found exclusively at street-level boutiques.  These styles are available at limited LIDS locations and lids.com.   

I Got Da Hook-Up

GoodbyeHello Bloggers,

Welcome to the first edition of Da Hook-Up "Blogs", where I feature some of the hottest shoes that hook-up with some of the dopest New Era 59fifty hats Hat World/Lids has to offer.  Some of them I have in my closet now, & some of the hook-ups I will have my eye on them for future releases.  So without further ado I give you the MLB V-Fade & New Balance MTG580 Gore-Tex Gradient.

MLB V-Fade

New Balance MTG580 Gore-Tex Gradient

 

 

New Balance Picture via Highsnobiety