L.A. Graffiti Black Book Corduroy Bucket Hat
$45.00 at The Getty Museum.
Black corduroy bucket hat featuring embroidered stylized "L.A." graphic, in light-reflecting thread, inspired by the cover of the Getty Graffiti Black Book aka LA Liber Amicorum in the Getty's collection. The elegant L.A. logo was designed and rendered by Prime, a founding father of stylized street-lettering unique to the City of Angels. Born Jose Reza in L.A.’s Pico-Union district, Prime’s early geometric ‘calligraffiti’ was known locally as Cholo script and soon became associated with tagging one’s turf…
