Paper Planes Collaborations
Collaborations are permanent, not seasonal. A collection that only ever lived in a drop announcement disappears when the drop does, and everything it built goes with it, which is why this is an archive rather than a blog category.
Each collaboration also pulls a second entity into the brand's orbit: a league, a manufacturer, an artist. That is worth more than the individual product run.
The collaborations
New Era, the manufacturing partnership behind the 9Fifty and 59Fifty silhouettes. The most consequential of these, because it decides how the caps are actually built.
NFL and MLB, licensed sports lines. Team-level pages are not built; see the note below.
The Fine Artist Collaboration Series, releases in-store at the SoHo flagship, and among the strongest reasons to visit rather than order.
JAŸ-Z30, the collection tied to a thirtieth anniversary.
Why they are archived rather than announced
Drop announcements are merchandising. They go stale, and anything that only existed inside one goes stale with it. A permanent page for each collaboration keeps what was made, when, and what it referenced.
Related
FAQ
Does Paper Planes have NFL and MLB collections?
The brand holds licensed sports lines. Which teams have current product is not published here.
What is the Fine Artist Collaboration Series?
A collaboration series that releases in-store at the SoHo flagship rather than online.
Is New Era a collaboration?
It is a manufacturing partnership, the 9Fifty and 59Fifty silhouettes are New Era's, and it determines how the structured caps are built.