New Era recently announced the return of NFL helmet hats — think the design of a football helmet with logos on each side (except for the Steelers), but on a baseball cap.
The concept was first introduced back in the 1980s by a company called Louisville, which utilized an ad campaign in which an NFL helmet morphed into the HelmetHat™.
(Someone is selling a copy of this print ad on eBay for $6.97. There are also a number of the original HelmetHats available there.)
Is the helmet hat concept an abomination that never should have been resurrected or another ’80s classic back for our cash?
Perhaps the biggest question you’ll ask yourself when
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