Commemorate Kobe Bryant with some very, very expensive hats
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Kobe Bryant only has four games left in the NBA and retailers are clamoring to commemorate the legend’s career in creative ways, including a set of very, very expensive hats.
New Era crafted two ultra luxury caps to go on sale on Thursday. One is made of lambs leather and accented by an 18k gold "24" on the front and sells for $38,024, while the other is made of purple cashmere and gold snakeskin for a more modest $24,008 from Lakersstore.com.
The hats are so fancy they even got first class seats on a cross country flight from New York to L.A. courtesy of Delta, so now you can spend the rest of the day knowing a box of hats has a better life than you.
In addition to the ludicrously expensive headgear, of which only eight were made, the hat company has some less pricey, but still expensive, hats in the same line, including a Swarovski crystal-covered piece for $248.24, and a liquid metal cap coming in at $72.48.
– Brendan Maloy
