Zephyr Hats: Penn State Edition

This is a continuance of a team-oriented series that included: Auburn, BYU, CU, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Gators, Georgia Tech, and Hawaii, Iowa, the "J" Edition, Kentucky, and Kansas, Louisville, Michigan, North Carolina, and Oregon. This week is dedicated to Penn State.

First, this Penn State Shadow Script snapback. The slanting cursive script was made with raised embroidery, as well as the school logo placed below it. This two tone snapback also features contrast button and eyelets, a square brim with green under-brim, and a navy-colored snap in the back. The reason behind the name of this snapback style is obvious: the cursive script is accompanied by a lingering shadow. This picture does a really good job of capturing the colors and the three-dimension embroidery.


The Penn State Upshot, left, and the Penn State White Upshot, right, are examples of two out three styles of Upshots. The third, the UpShock, will be available in early 2013, and is the ultimate attention-grabber with it's bright neon colors.

Above, and right, are two colorways of the Superstar snapback made by Zephyr for Penn State. Zephyr's Superstar snapback design were made with round brims for a while; however, in the middle of 2011, they transitioned to square brims, and now over 90% of their snapbacks are made with square brims. Retailers such as Lids still order round-brimmed snapbacks (like this one) for some reason. The Superstar design is one of the most popular Zephyr snapbacks.

One of the first snapback designs that Zephyr did, and one of their most unique snapback designs, was the Flashback. This Penn State Flashback snapback does not have a "Z" embroidered on the side of the crown, but placed on a tag near the snap in the back. While there is not any raised embroidery, the detail of the stitching is incredibly fine. Other stitching on the crown includes a Penn State alternate logo on the side, and the words "Nittany Lions" above the snap. This design had round brims with green under-brims.

Here are two versions of the Headliner snapback for Penn State. Raised cursive embroidery at its finest; you can see more details of the PSU Black Headliner, above, and the PSU Original Headliner, right, on eBay.

The Original Blockbuster, right, and the Blockbuster 2, left, are two of my favorite snapback designs from Zephyr. Main difference: the Original has round brims, and transparent script; the 2nd version does not.

These last two Penn State hats are the Razzle snapback (left) and the Xline Refresh snapback (below). The Razzle was made a raise-embroidered font that swivels down the crown. Also raise-embroidered is a Penn State logo on the side opposite the "z." All the Razzle snapbacks were made with dual-colored snaps and square brims with green under-brims.

The Xline Refresh snapback below features Zephyr's Exclusive graphics, which are far more extraordinary than Penn State's common Nittany Lion logo. One can decipher from the picture below most details of this hat; the words "Penn State" on the back have been raise embroidered, as well as the logo on the front. Zephyr has done exclusive graphics for a number of Refresh snapbacks.

Other Penn State snapback designs that I did not include were: The Swoop, The X-Ray, The Supersonic, and probably more; be sure to check out Hatmonster's Penn State section for other hats! Check out our website, follow us on Pinterest, and read other blog posts!