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Fitted baseball hats are a sort of custom cap based on the original baseball hat design. The difference is that instead of having a device in back of the cap for head size adjustments such as an elastic band, a Velcro strap, or a plastic snap adjuster; fitted baseball hats have none of these. Instead, these types of baseball caps are designed to fit a head comfortably even without those adjusters. Because of this simple design twist, some hat aficionados call the fitted hats the most comfortable of all caps.
A new design of fitted baseball hats are the stretch fit kind. These are made out of stretchable fabric such as Lycra. Notwithstanding the absence of an adjuster, fitted baseball hats come in the same types and designs as ordinary caps. Hence there is the fashionable flat brim hat, the giveaway trucker cap, the collegiate baseball cap, and the sports team cap. Due to the popularity of fitted baseball hats, not only on the baseball field but everywhere, many fashion brands are offering their own line of fitted baseball hats. Some of these well known brands include sports apparel giants:
- Adidas
- Nike
- Reebok
- Asics
- Billabong
Adidas is the official cap supplier of the National Basketball Association (NBA), while Reebok supplies sports caps to the National Football League (NFL) and the National Hockey League (NHL). Billabong is primarily a snowboarding company, but it has its own line of fitted hats. Asics has its fitted caps for running. Sports teams are the number one market for these caps, but fashion-conscious buyers are a close second. Thus you will find fitted baseball hats with attractive colors, different designs, and sizes for ladies, the youth, children, and infants. Some fitted baseball hats are pink in color, others are plaid. Some have a stiff backing while others are stretchy or flexible. Some are embroidered with letters and words, while others have a cartoon character, a symbolic creature or animal, or a stylized logo or crest.
Also in the list of companies where fitted baseball hats can be bought are the hat companies themselves, such as:
- The New Era Cap Company with its famous 59Fifty fitted caps, also called Brooklyn Style Caps. This hat company is the official manufacturer of caps for Major League Baseball. Buying this brand is the closest thing to wearing the real MLB cap.
- HatDude for custom orders of fitted baseball hats. Custom hat makers are where college sports teams and companies doing advertising go to order their specially designed caps. These are also popular stores for the hip-hop generation, for rappers, and for skaters.
- Lids, with its many hat styles and designs to choose from and its offer of free ground shipping, is another example of a custom hat maker. Here you will find hats with flat brims, mesh hats, high profile caps, blank caps, pinwheel caps, embroidered and printed caps, and more. Stock colors for the baseball cap materials range from black, to navy blue, to khaki, beige, ivory, olive, to orange, and cardinal red.