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The quintessential Tyler, the Creator outfit consists of a few vital building blocks. The foundation is usually a white T-shirt, white socks, and glossy loafers. Then comes a layer of colors, patterns, and textures that often veers into what is best described as delightful power clashing. And finally, like the cherry on top of a sundae, there’s a hat. Sometimes, Tyler turns to a furry trapper, a vivid beanie, or a pastel bucket hat. But more often than not, he opts for a simple MLB baseball cap. And what, you may wonder, is the always-stylish star's go-to team? Based on his recent track record, Tyler's only loyalty is to whatever color goes best with his fit.
You might expect the Hawthorne, California native to favor a Dodgers hat like most Angelenos. That is not the case. Over the summer, Tyler has oscillated between several teams’ caps. At a Lakers game in May, when he needed a hat to match a two-tone varsity jacket from his Golf le Fleur label, he turned to an Atlanta Braves cap flipped in kelly green. Then, in June, he popped up at an Atlanta record store in a San Diego Padres hat. That same month, at Paris Fashion Week, he wore a different Braves hat in chocolate brown to complete a preppy look for the Wales Bonner show, and then donned a Philadelphia Phillies fitted to match his cherry-red Louis Vuitton bag at Pharrell’s epic LV debut. And at a London music festival in July, when he needed a vibrant azure blue to compliment his pastel pants, he opted for one from the New York Yankees. (Forget that the Yanks’ traditional blue is a dark navy, and his hometown Dodgers would have provided the shade he was after.)
Tyler has always possessed a keen eye for color theory, on par with that of an art director. Sometimes his taste skews ultra-bold, pairing a kelly green Supreme suit with a banana-yellow sweater; in other instances, he goes a little more neutral, coordinating a Schauss pink accent with earthy brown trousers. His use of color (and steady rotation of baseball caps) feels born of the Fairfax streetwear culture he grew up on, in which bold plastisol hues reigned supreme and your hat always matched your sneakers. The Odd Future founder has taken that color-matching sensibility and brought it into the present menswear moment, integrating it into his signature new-wave American prep aesthetic.
So the next time you're in the market for a new cap, let your loyalties lie with the outfits you wear—not your hometown team. And if anyone gives you trouble, tell them it's what Tyler, the Creator would have wanted.
