Saturday, November 11, 2006

African Patterns for American Baseball Hats



Mas o menos en Mayo de este año empezaron a aparecer por las calles de New York unas gorras de baseball algo especiales... no tenian los tipicos logos de super marcas como Nike o Adidas o de algun deportista de pro, si no que estaban fabricadas con telas africanas llenas de colores y motivos geometricos.

Por aquel entonces podias ver alguna de vez en cuando, hasta que llego el verano y las podias ver por doquier.

With this I don't mean it became a "too-worn" piece but a distinctive mark among the Latin and Black comunity. They always wear the more colorful and bold clothing and I envy them for that; if i try some of those patterns i won't look cool as they do but rather ridiculous. Anyway, these African pattern hats have been around and you can buy them at the street vendors in Downtown Broadway. My friend S. used to work around and she used to tell me how amazing was to look the kids shooping those hats; it was a non-stop buying.

Once i tried to take a picture of those vendors tables because the colors all together looked absolutely amazing. But the guy in charge didn't allow me to do so and actually he was pretty rude with me telling me if i would push the button of my camera he would broke it in little pieces no matter if the police come right away... so let's just enjoy the colors over the people heads.

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