Mesh Back Baseball Caps

[--zeSto--]

Here's my little tribute to the ugly, the forgoten, the shunned...
The Mesh Back BaseBall Cap

why are these things coming back into style? Why I ask you. WHY?

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and check out the motherload at www.meshcap.com (http://www.meshcap.com) ... always a good laugh!

[--zeSto--]

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Prescribing how to wear a mesh cap is like limiting the definition of the word Freedom, but there are conventions which can help mesh wearers put their best foot forward.
1) Wear it HIGH. A high-sitting mesh cap takes advantage of the ingenius air circulation mechanism inherent in the design. Warm air is directly ventilated from your head, much as if you're wearing a visor, YET YOU ARE STILL WEARING A HAT. Wearing a mesh cap low and tight in the style of a baseball cap calls you out as confused at best and a poseur at worst.

2) Wear it FORWARD. If there's one thing meshcap.com wishes to reinforce, it's that mesh caps talk and you want people to listen. Wearing it backwards says you are a) embarassed about your hat's content, or B) a refugee from some rural frat house.

3) Never destroy a mesh cap. Much as we shun burning the flag or knocking over a grave stone, we should strongly resist wrecking or prematurely retiring a mesh cap. Mesh caps should be handed down from generation to generation, so maintain your caps as if they will be worn by your great-granddaughter at her wedding. If the plastic closure breaks or disintegrates, for godsake TAPE IT.

[Zack Morris]

those hats make me laugh...I used to have a pabst one but I never wore and gave it away when I was like 12. They fit my head really wierd though so I have to stick to my DC flexfit.

[dELiSs]

i dont know..i kinda like em.

[symon]

All right hate all you want, but those bad ass' are TRUCKER hats not basketball hats...

[DEE38]

My dad used to have a blue mesh hat that said: SPAM... everyone jocked it.

[Dr. Dazzle]

One of my buddies only wears mesh back trucker hats......

[dELiSs]

i saw a dope one that said 'mother trucker'

[--zeSto--]

[img]http://www.deathmix.com/pc/shop/zerosen/cap.JPG'>

and the O.G. mesh cap....
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John Mother Trucking DEER !

[Zack Morris]

my band is thinking about getting mesh hats made

[Grandola]

they rock a lot better than those damn visors i see/saw kids wearing.

[TE_Destroys]

Originally posted by Zack Morris
...I used to have a pabst one but I never wore and gave it away when I was like 12.

aw, man! If only you had that still. I'd buy it off you.


I didn't realize trucker hats ever left, still. I wear 'em once in a blue, but mostly, I rock the fullbacks, baby.

[--zeSto--]

do it zack !

then toss them out on stage... it'll be a 'hoot' !

[TE_Destroys]

upside down visors are classic. the tamils in scarborough used to rock that a few years ago.

[tears*uno]

pharrel from the neptunes knows what's up.

[Zack Morris]

Originally posted by --zeSto--
do it zack !

then toss them out on stage... it'll be a 'hoot' !

some interviewed me and our singer for thier zine and we started a contest...girls should send us thier undies and after 6 months who ever sent us the undies with the biggest skid mark gets our drummers virginity


*edited because I suck at typing

[seeking]

AUTO WORKERS STRIKE FOR MORE ACRYLIC NOVELTY BASEBALL CAPS

DETROIT—General Motors workers called a general strike Monday, vowing to stay off the assembly line until their demand for more acrylic novelty baseball caps is met.

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Above: UAW members John MacArdle (left) and Burt Reese protest in front of a GM plant in Pontiac, MI.


"Fair is fair," said UAW Local 163 president Wayne Garber, marching with fellow workers in front of GM's Romulus Powertrain Assembly Plant. "All we want is our rightful share of mesh-backed hats emblazoned with humorous slogans about bass fishing, inebriation, spousal weight gain and other such topics of relevance to our lives."

Added Garber: "GM management treats its workers like mushrooms: They keep us in the dark and feed us shit."

Garber—who has vehemently denied recent allegations that he has a drinking problem, claiming that he drinks, gets drunk and falls down with no problem—said UAW members have not received new hats since 1993.

"We've been wearing the same novelty caps for years, and they've become practically unwearable," said Garber, sporting a worn-out "Gun Control Is Hitting What You Aim At" cap. "Their foam fronts are flaking, the crescent-shaped vent holes in the back are eroded, and the silkscreened lettering is so faded, we can no longer communicate the fact that if it has tits or wheels, it'll give you trouble."

The UAW is calling for a new contract guaranteeing each GM worker a new cap every eight months, with at least one of the first three caps featuring profanity, such as, "What Part Of 'Eat Shit' Don't You Understand?" "Lazy Americans, My Ass!" and "Shut Up, Bitch!" As a further concession, the union is demanding that all workers with 10 years service receive three-quarter-sleeve T-shirts bearing the iron-on slogan, "Wanted: Good Woman With Bass Boat... Send Picture Of Boat."

"How can GM expect these workers to adequately express their drinking, eating or hunting prowess—or their disdain for fat chicks, for that matter—with caps that are completely run down?" UAW vice-president Bruce Young said. "There are assembly-line workers who haven't given a moustache ride in 10 years, simply because their caps were so tattered, women didn't know the rides were available."

"On the top of my head, I've got a solar panel for a sex machine," GM Janesville Assembly Plant bodywork specialist James Reback said. "But my acrylic novelty cap is in such bad shape, people have been mistaking the panel for a bald spot. If things get much worse here at GM, I may quit and go back to my old job as an official tan-line inspector."

According to GM management, the corporation's attempts to negotiate with UAW representatives have been rejected.

"General Motors is the industry leader in worker safety, job-benefits packages and salaries, and we have made every effort to work with the union in the past," GM labor coordinator Bob Paletti said. "We even gave in to UAW demands for caps with fake dog-droppings on the brim, as well as beercan-holding novelty caps with dual drinking tubes. And now, even after we've vowed to grant them generous mesh-cap concessions, they're still crying foul. I guess they suffer from C.R.S.—Can't Remember Shit."



taken from the onion, where all good things come from...

[BROWNer]

ill.
i used to rock a mesh back cap that
was navy blue and had the top gun logo
on the front, but instead of top gun it said
'top bun'.
a pity...
somehow i lost it..or it was stolen. probly the former.
either way, it was a flavour cap.
for extra spicey freshness, get an extra long
wallet chain and clip it to the sizer on your cap
and to your belt, that way you won't lose it and
you'll look hella stunning while your out and about.
pins attached to the front piece of foam are also
oh-so-choice.

[Gnes 37]

ive been rocking one since 98 and when i rock it i roll the bill upward so it curves up shit is gangsta


http://soldierleisure.com/clothing/detail/images/theric_main.jpg

[Mr. Mang]

i knew an old guy who had literally hundreds of baseball caps in his garage. awesome.

[DOLR....LED]

id sport that JD one chicks would love it!

[--zeSto--]

I knew this guy who had one that said...
'Dodge Girls and Have More Fun'.

turns out he was gay and I really didn't get the point of the hat at the time.

[T.T Boy]

"wine em, dine em, 69 em"
like seabass.

[mr c]

cool i might consider buying one of those

[Zack Morris]

Originally posted by Gnes 37
ive been rocking one since 98 and when i rock it i roll the bill upward so it curves up shit is gangsta


http://soldierleisure.com/clothing/detail/images/theric_main.jpg

is that you?

Nice handstyle none the less

[Pistol]

Originally posted by DEE38
My dad used to have a blue mesh hat that said: SPAM... everyone jocked it.

so it is true that hawaiians are really into SPAM.

dude I gave up those hats once I released how funny they looked on a head.
Now I wear OG New Era Pro Low Profile "LA" Dodger hats.

[EssAyEmEe3]

Originally posted by --zeSto--
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Prescribing how to wear a mesh cap is like limiting the definition of the word Freedom, but there are conventions which can help mesh wearers put their best foot forward.
1) Wear it HIGH. A high-sitting mesh cap takes advantage of the ingenius air circulation mechanism inherent in the design. Warm air is directly ventilated from your head, much as if you're wearing a visor, YET YOU ARE STILL WEARING A HAT. Wearing a mesh cap low and tight in the style of a baseball cap calls you out as confused at best and a poseur at worst.

2) Wear it FORWARD. If there's one thing meshcap.com wishes to reinforce, it's that mesh caps talk and you want people to listen. Wearing it backwards says you are a) embarassed about your hat's content, or B) a refugee from some rural frat house.

3) Never destroy a mesh cap. Much as we shun burning the flag or knocking over a grave stone, we should strongly resist wrecking or prematurely retiring a mesh cap. Mesh caps should be handed down from generation to generation, so maintain your caps as if they will be worn by your great-granddaughter at her wedding. If the plastic closure breaks or disintegrates, for godsake TAPE IT.

..THE first rule of Mesh Hats, is YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT MESH HATS..

[ctrl+alt+del]

value village is a pretty good place to get trucker hats....or anything else white trash. i was rocking them a while back in school, with the bill curled up in front, a week later the emo clique bit the style. i found one that has long blonde mullet wig attached to the inside of it, its pretty savage.

[Zack Morris]

^^^its all about truck stops in the middle of no where in the south...thats where you find the best ones.

[whydontyudie]

Originally posted by Gnes 37
ive been rocking one since 98 and when i rock it i roll the bill upward so it curves up shit is gangsta


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and this scares me

[fr8oholic]

i've got quite a few of these badboys...

[SHELLTOES]

are these hats not suppossed to be cool anymore? no one told me cause i'm still rocking mine.

[test pattern]

I have one my grandfather gave me before he died..

It's rad.

There's a rippin' painting on the front of some ducks in a pond and it's black and charcoal grey.

[SayOne]

if you rock em nice they can werk, dont knock it till you tried it

[REGULATOR]

My grandpa wears those kinds of hats...and so do the dirty fisherman down at the wharf

[SCAGNETTI]

THEY CAME BACK IN STYLE AND ALREADY GOT PLAYED OUT AGAIN BRO, YOU MISSED THE BOAT.....

[Gnes 37]

Originally posted by Zack Morris


is that you?

Nice handstyle none the less


No....but its a homeboy's dope clothing comp. at http://www.soldierleisure.com

[455]

I used to have a Schiltz mesh cap I got from my grandfathers' garage---I have no idea what happened to it.

[Kr430n5_666]

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"oh."

[JIGSAW]

cash money makros..

[E-DubleSkilZ]

These Rock, all the companies are coming out with them. And girls like them.

[BROWNer]

455, do you mean Schlitz??? as in the malt???
cuz goddamn, i will pay money for that shit if you
ever find it......
seriously....

[Zack Morris]

^^ one of my friends has one and I have offered $20 for it and he still won't take it.


whats with my thing for cheap beer?

[BROWNer]

zackro...are you shitting me?!
you offered him only $20!!!???
dood......thats an insult...
a hat like that is fucking priceless..
it says SCHLITZ on it for petes sake...

[Zack Morris]

hey when your as poor as I am $20 is ALOT of money


oh well I still have my schlitz clock

[imported_suburbian bum]

I have an fbi one. Its ill. I also have some auto parts one.

[BROWNer]

haha....true.
but yes, at least you've got a schlitz clock.
and you probly get schlitz where you live.
they don't have it where i'm at.....when i lived
out east i used to rock schlitz every weekend...

[Legal Speed]

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[Grandola]

Originally posted by Legal Speed
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that has to be one of the best pics i've come across on my time online...

rock and roll..:cool:

[Zack Morris]

Originally posted by BROWNer
haha....true.
but yes, at least you've got a schlitz clock.
and you probly get schlitz where you live.
they don't have it where i'm at.....when i lived
out east i used to rock schlitz every weekend...

we have it but you have to make a trip into the heart of the ghetto to get it.

[Devilush]

i havent noticed them going back into style. but then again, i'm surrounded by people that have been rocking them since they were wee little ones. messengers, writers, emo freaks, art freaks....etc.

[Canadiano]

Originally posted by BROWNer
a hat like that is fucking priceless..
it says SCHLITZ on it for petes sake...

i'd pay decent for that, still. I'm gonna pick up a Faxe 10% hat soon from the beer store. It ain't a mesh, though.

[--zeSto--]

^ you got to be kidding me !

I was in a beer store yesterday and there were some drunk punk rockers,
and even they were like "who the fuck would wear a faxe hat?"

[SteveAustin]

[img]http://www.pabst.com/images/pbrbanner_large.jpg'>

don't know why, but love the cheap beer. I'm a Schlitz guy, but every now and then I dabble with a PBR or something else. I've been on the lookout for Stroh's lately...I can't seem to find it anywhere.

[A Fire Inside]

I used to rock the mesh back quite frequently. I don't think it was enhancing my looks any. I used to have a Ghostbusters one. I wish I could find it.

Zack.. I want a hat!

rockingmeshbackhatsbeforeicouldwipemyownassoner

[freeze]

y'all need to start rockin the big ass belt buckles now. shit is pimp. i've got a shiny gold, big as hell, mickey's fine malt liquor one. shit is cheap on ebay too, like five bones. for all you schlitz fans they've got a bunch of those too. by the way, my mesh cap says "meaner than a junkyard dog." ya heard.

[kissmyass#1]

my prized hat is a Muni mesh hat. stealing it off a bus drivers head is priceless

[The Dude]

ive got about 20-25 mesh hats, but i dont wear them too often. i used to work at a thrift store, so there was a constant flow. ive got several freight related ones if anyone is interested...........

[imported_dirtysicks]

I want one, email me........[email protected]

[Stapler]

BUMP fuck the PG fags

[zankoku]

Trends come back every decade or two, and die out in a few months. Just wait it out.

[imported_Comp]

back when i was into baseball i had a bunch of mesh hats for the st. louis cardnials and the mariners and stuff, and all the other kids made fun of me because i couldn't afford the proback hats.

[drunken phil]

Originally posted by Gnes 37
ive been rocking one since 98 and when i rock it i roll the bill upward so it curves up shit is gangsta


[img]http://soldierleisure.com/clothing/detail/images/theric_main.jpg'>
you look stoned

[Gnes 37]

sorry that is not me ha ha ha but i have one of their hats

[Matthew13]

Originally posted by freeze
y'all need to start rockin the big ass belt buckles now. shit is pimp. i've got a shiny gold, big as hell, mickey's fine malt liquor one. shit is cheap on ebay too, like five bones. for all you schlitz fans they've got a bunch of those too. by the way, my mesh cap says "meaner than a junkyard dog." ya heard.

I have this sick ass guns n' roses belt buckle... It's a skull with guns as crossbones and a rose on it I think...it's intense.

matthewcoldnovemberrainthirteen.

[--zeSto--]

bumping for balance !

[--zeSto--]

Rise From Your Grave !

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[nomadawhat]

no thanks to the mesh...i'l stick w/ the fitted caps...[img]http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/detroit-tigers-sm.gif'>
nice and simple, home state, first letter of name. big losers.

[type R]

Originally posted by TonySuprano
These Rock, all the companies are coming out with them.

and they are also gay...

[Mr.Clean]

i really never saw the appeal in those hats. so many kids rock em, i'd just feel like a tool wearing one.

[caL]

my dads an actual trucker, and i stole his hat cause its blue.
:D

[krie]

i hate them

[sect one]

I WAS PRETTY LATE WITH IT ALL AND GOT AN ADIDAS ONE A FEW MONTHS BACK...-SIGH- they arent in anymore right for gods sake tell me! :confused: :mad:

[mr.yuck]

I always liked those joints. I used to rock my grampas golf club mesh hats out and about wehn i was a youngster.

[Sarah Tonin]

Originally posted by mr. freeza
aw, man! If only you had that still. I'd buy it off you.


I didn't realize trucker hats ever left, still. I wear 'em once in a blue, but mostly, I rock the fullbacks, baby.


they have the pabst one @ urban out fitters in nyc.


i saw korn on broadway making money off of drawin on 'em.

[PHYNE]

Originally posted by T.T Boy
"wine em, dine em, 69 em"



hahaha no fuckin way my dad has that one......



i got 2 trucker hats but the shits gettin played right? i got a rust-oleum one and one that had a hello my name is patch on it but i tagged it and blew it up nicely on the sides with graff.......;) fuck its hot outside...:dazed:

[PHYNE]

ebay is the spot for the pabst blue ribbon and other beer related trucker hats....;) tell your mom......

[455]

Originally posted by fr8oholic
i've got quite a few of these badboys...


hahaha...yep

the best one is my Boston Red Sox mesher.....it's in perfect condition and OLD..I could have sold it about 10 times over...I paid 25 cents for it.

[nomadawhat]

Originally posted by PHYNE
ebay is the spot for the pabst blue ribbon and other beer related trucker hats....;) tell your mom......


10 pages of mesh hats..oh lord...

[O Mei Shan]

Originally posted by nomadawhat
no thanks to the mesh...i'l stick w/ the fitted caps...[img]http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/detroit-tigers-sm.gif'>
nice and simple, home state, first letter of name. big losers.

i have that cap in a sandy colour...i collect caps and hats n shit...but dude how much do i want a pink trucker cap witha nice handstyle on the front

[bufme1]

that shit is too trendy, all cause that pharrel cat from neptunes, thats "his" steelo.

[DETO]

[img]http://www.fatcap.co.uk/host/files/meshhat_wonk.jpg'>

sorry zeSto/Kilo i didn't see your post of the hat on page 2

[Milton]

I know three or four people including myself that make them, and try to sell them to the public. Thank goodness its trendy now..!

[Sickboy]

Originally posted by Gnes 37
ive been rocking one since 98 and when i rock it i roll the bill upward so it curves up shit is gangsta


[img]http://soldierleisure.com/clothing/detail/images/theric_main.jpg'>

You look so ripped.:cool:

[JerryCurl]

I can't wait until they go back 'out of style', so I can start wearing mine again.


Seriously, wearing Mesh caps is right up there with Pirate obsession. In another 6 weeks you'll be back to jocking derby hat's and ninja's.

[BIGBLUE]

Originally posted by Zack Morris
^^^its all about truck stops in the middle of no where in the south...thats where you find the best ones.

[GrndpasPenis]

when i was in new york not too long ago i saw a guy wearing a mesh puerto rican flag wifebeater....does anyone know where i can get one of these?