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A cap is the piece of kit that comes off the field with you. It shades your eyes under a lens, it stops a goggle strap dragging through your hair, and it is the only part of a loadout that passes unremarked in a pub car park afterwards. Which is why brand caps sell happily to people who have never pulled a pin in their lives.
Underneath the artwork these are the same cap. Enola Gaye build them around a snapback strap that closes on press studs, so there is no size to pick, and then change the crown: a tonal black logo you have to hunt for, a tan crown with a black badge, a pastel eighties riot, an all over sticker bomb. Six of the designs are still in production. Three are not, and the table below says which.
They were nine separate pages until today, which helped nobody browsing and meant nine stock lines to watch on our side. Same cap, same price, one place.
Specifications
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Baseball cap |
| Closure | Snapback strap, adjustable (the Sticky Banana is one size fits most) |
| Branding | Embroidered or printed Enola Gaye logo, treatment varies by design |
| Designs on this page | Nine, six of them still made |
| Manufacturer | Enola Gaye |
| Material | Not stated by the manufacturer at time of writing |
The nine designs
| Design | What it looks like | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Vice | Pastel eighties colouring, the new EG logo, the born date, and a sticker bomb pattern tucked away under the peak | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Sticker Bomb | Old school sticker bomb cover of classic and current EG stickers, with the new EG logo | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Sticky Banana | Yellow sticker bomb print on a flat peak, in a soft breathable fabric built to shrug off sweat | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Sand Dune | Tan crown carrying the new black EG logo and the born date | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Black Oil | Black cap, logo a shade lighter than the fabric it sits on, born date alongside it | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Classic Snapback Olive | Olive, the new EG logo and the born date, aimed squarely at the tactical end of the range | Current Enola Gaye design |
| Black Oil V2 | Black on black with a curved peak | No longer made |
| Monochrome | All black with a tonal EG logo | No longer made |
| Classic Olive | Olive with the newer EG logo | No longer made |
Good to know before you buy
One size, set at the back. A snapback closes on a plastic strap with press studs rather than coming in fitted sizes, so there is nothing to measure before you order. If a fitted or a flexfit crown is what you are after, that is a different cap and we would sooner say so now.
Three of the nine are end of line. Black Oil V2, Monochrome and Classic Olive have dropped out of the Enola Gaye range. What we hold is what there is, and once it has gone it will not be coming back.
Peak under the strap, never over it. A peak sitting under a goggle strap stays put; a cap perched on top of the strap leaves your head at the first sprint. Seat the eye protection first, then the cap, and the peak keeps drizzle off the lens into the bargain.
Stock moves design by design. The dropdown is the honest list of what is on the shelf this morning. The rest of the brand sits in our Enola Gaye range, and the other headwear is in caps and headwear.
Frequently asked questions
Is it the same cap under every design?
The crown, the strap and the price are shared; the artwork and the logo treatment are what move. The Sticky Banana is the exception on shape, with a flat peak rather than the usual curve.
Which designs carry the born date?
Miami Vice, Black Oil, Sand Dune and Classic Snapback Olive all have the Enola Gaye born date stitched alongside the logo. The sticker bomb designs give the space over to artwork instead.
How do Black Oil and Black Oil V2 differ?
Both run a near-tonal logo on a black crown. The original adds the born date; V2 was the curved peak version for people who preferred that shape. Two caps rather than a revision, and V2 is the one Enola Gaye have stopped making.
What fabric is it?
Enola Gaye publish no composition for the range, so the row above stays as it is rather than carrying a guess. Ask us and we will read the label on the one sitting here.
Will it go round a large head?
It is a snapback, so the strap covers a wide spread of sizes. If you are usually at seven and three quarters or above, say so when you order and we will stretch one over something head-shaped before it ships.