We were bumping the new Papoose song the other night. In some of his promo shots, Pap is wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates cap featuring the big ‘P’. He’s obviously repping for his name. Like when Ice-T wore a ‘T’ (Texas) cap on his Midnight Marauders cover shot, wearing gear to subliminally represent something else is not new whatsoever. If you grew up in an area where street gangs were active, or know about old northeast sports fan beefs, you know all about hat-as-identification type styling. If you know about love and respect in the twenty-twenties, our ‘gang’ idea is very peaceful. Violence offers abhorrence, vaccines offer hope. Far from gangly, start thinking spangly.
Now that vaccines in America for COVID-19 are all over the place, (we’re getting #2 of Pfizer next week) we were thinking of creative ways to creatively ‘rep’ being vaxxed. As our society emerges from lockdown, there’s all manner of debate on how to brandish proof that one has received a vaccination for participation in recreational and social situations. We’re not saying wearing a cap with a ‘V’ on it is substitute for official documentation, but (have some fun with us) we picked out a few caps that we think a stylish pro-science head like YOU could pull off if you rocked it right. #VaxxGang represent.
Villanova Wildcats is a no-brainer. Crafty cats could even put an “axxed” after the “V” on it and take it to another level.
This Vanderbilt University cap could work. When you walk into your first party post-vaxx, you might feel like a star wearing this one just so.
Victory Brewing straight out of Downingtown, PA (love their Prima Pilsner). Subliminally, we like how this reps ‘victory’, even if it’s a personal one for you just getting through all this covidy crud with your head still attached.
Minor League Baseball has a few Vs. We might let you in the fun-gang with this Visalia Rawhide cap.
Good tune right? We know there are other V-caps out there. At us on twitter if you know some good ones we missed. We hope you are well. Things will never be the same again becasue of COVID, but we’re thankful to all the scientists and health workers that made this vaccination rollout happen. Think about it: Things were never normal anyway!
Off The Path is where we feature some non-footwear wearbles. Peace.
Editor’s note. I had such a problem getting the original cover image onto this post I gave up and used this still from the original “V” TV miniseries.
