Every Paper Planes Collaboration
No page on the internet keeps the whole record of who Paper Planes has built with, so drops live and die inside announcement posts. This is the permanent version: every documented partnership, what it was, when it ran, and what it meant, in one place.
A collaboration is the brand borrowing an institution's gravity and lending its own, and the list below reads like a map of where the brand wanted to stand: a cap manufacturer, a league, a football club, a hometown store.
New Era, the manufacturing partnership
The foundation rather than a drop. Paper Planes structured headwear is built on New Era silhouettes, the 9Fifty snapback and the 59Fifty fitted, which means the caps come out of the same construction standard as on-field professional headwear. Ongoing, and the reason the fitted line exists at all. The full story of the partnership.
Lids, the Crown Fitted (October 2020)
The crossing into national retail. Lids became the first national retailer to carry Paper Planes headwear, launching the Crown Fitted, the brand's spin on the New Era 59Fifty, at $60 in six colorways, finished with the logo and the brand's signature pin. Beyond the product, this is the partnership that put the brand within driving distance of most of the country. Which chains carry the brand today.
AC Milan (December 2020)
The most unexpected entry, and the most telling. A seven-piece capsule with the Serie A club, tee, hoodie, jacket, track suit, socks and a snapback, released December 11, 2020, priced from $18 to $415, and sold through the club's channels and stores in Milan as well as the brand's. Two institutions trading on a shared idea of style capitals. It was AC Milan's first venture of this kind into fashion.
The NFL and MLB licensed lines
League licenses put the plane next to team marks, fitted and snapback programs carrying both logos. These are licensed lines rather than one-off capsules, which makes them the collaborations most people actually encounter: a team cap with the plane on it, found on a Lids wall or a stockist's shelf. Team-by-team product changes season to season, so this archive records the programs rather than chasing every SKU.
TMC, The Marathon Clothing
A collaboration with Nipsey Hussle's The Marathon Clothing, two brands built on ownership and process meeting in one release. Documented in the retail record; the archive records it as part of the brand's history of building with founder-led labels.
The Fine Artist Collaboration Series
The in-store series. Releases land at the SoHo flagship rather than online, artists' work on the brand's canvas, and they are among the strongest reasons the flagship is worth the trip rather than the tab.
JAŸ-Z30
The collection tied to a thirtieth anniversary, the brand reaching back into its founder's own timeline for material. Part of the archive because it shows the other direction collaborations run: not outward to institutions, inward to the catalogue of the man who co-founded it.
Where to find collaboration pieces now
Capsules sell through and licensed lines rotate, so availability is a moving target. The reliable route is physical: the flagship for current in-store releases, the national chains for the licensed sports lines, and the independent stockists, where past-season colorways have a way of surfacing long after they left everywhere else.
FAQ
What collaborations has Paper Planes done?
The documented partnerships: the New Era manufacturing partnership, the Lids Crown Fitted, licensed NFL and MLB lines, the AC Milan capsule, a TMC collaboration, the in-store Fine Artist Collaboration Series and the JAŸ-Z30 collection.
When did Paper Planes collaborate with AC Milan?
December 2020. A seven-piece capsule released December 11, priced $18 to $415, AC Milan's first fashion collaboration of its kind.
What was the Paper Planes x Lids collaboration?
The Crown Fitted, launched October 2020: the brand's take on the New Era 59Fifty, $60 at launch, six colorways, the first time a national retailer carried Paper Planes headwear.
Does Paper Planes make team hats?
Yes, through licensed NFL and MLB lines that pair team marks with the plane logo. Availability varies by team and season; the chains carry the deepest stock.