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The Original Crown Buyer's Guide

The Original Crown is the Paper Planes hat: the plane stitched under the word CROWN, the pin on the side, the piece the whole brand grew out of.

Decision one: the fit

The Crown comes in the brand's core silhouettes, and the differences are practical, not cosmetic. The snapback. Adjustable, flat brim, high structured crown, built on the New Era 9Fifty.

Decision two: the colorway

Here is how Crown colorways actually work, and why the answer to "which colorways exist" changes depending on where you stand.

Decision three: the size

Snapback and A-Frame: adjustable, skip ahead. Fitted: measure, do not guess. Wrap a soft tape just above the ears and brow, take centimeters, and use the sizing guide to land the 59Fifty size.

Where to buy one

Three doors, in order of what they are best at: The SoHo flagship, 252 Lafayette Street, for the full range and the in-store releases.

The full story has the receipts

Every shop, address and detail is in the full guide, and the store map covers 21 states.

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