CHICAGO (WLS) -- Palatine resident Mark Lackinger has been named the 2018 Lids Ultimate Hat Collector in recognition of his massive baseball cap collection that was started more than a decade ago.

Brand Loyalty is a column that explores our cultural obsession with brands—like Kanye West’s discovery of Vetements, Prada's short-lived cellphone, and Kristen Stewart's favorite Outdoor Voices hat.

The Major League Baseball playoffs are underway, and it’s time to get your ball cap on. In nearly two centuries, the baseball cap has seen a variety of shapes, sizes and designs. It used to be that ...

Tim Arzaga has been collecting hats since 2006. By his own admission, it’s a chore to take inventory. It's easy to see why. “At last count, I have over 1,000 hats. Of Padres alone, currently between ...

Sourcing one-of-a-kind archival pieces is Hollywood's newest tactic for showing off their wealth. But while most are interested in rare Chanel bags or red carpet gowns once worn by other iconic stars, ...

New Era said it worked to celebrate the stories and traditions of all 30 MLB teams with team-specific design elements and color choices. “The goal was for each team to create official headwear that ...

John Geiger could have released his latest baseball hat collection anywhere in the country, but there really was only one place — the city of his home team. Geiger, 39, a Sto-Rox High School graduate ...

If you're online as often as I am, you've probably already seen tweets about the New Era State Park cap collection making the rounds. The collection features a hat for most Major League Baseball teams ...

Like most things that I take seriously in life, my novelty-baseball-cap collection started out as a joke. In 2019, a friend and I went to see the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s 1978 play, ...

I absolutely LOVE a good hat! I’m so into the baseball & trucker hat trend right now, I’ve got a major collection going on with the cutest styles and colors. So of course I had to share some of my ...

A matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs kicks off the 2025 Spring Training season. Spring camp is a time for players to get their game right before the regular season starts, ...