RIP to the New Era "Local Market" Hats, Which Have Been Pulled
New Era revealed a new line of hats this week… and now they’re gone:
New Era has pulled the whole new Local Market line from their web site.
— Dani Welniak (@DaniWelniak) May 25, 2021
The “Local Market” line featured these gaudy hats that looked like Nascar jump suits. There was so much stuff squeezed onto the surface that they just seemed tacky.
On the Phillies cap, they put in a cheesesteak, a Liberty Bell, four local area codes, a 1776 badge, a picture of the state of Pennsylvania, and a 2008 World Series logo. It was very “busy,” as they say in the fashion industry:
RIP to the New Era “Local Market” line. It was a good run.