Starter jackets are jackets made by the Starter Clothing Line that were a fad in the early 1990s. Starter jackets were typically designed to show allegiance to a particular professional or college sports team, and prominently featured both the team's logo and colors. There were widespread robberies of the jackets as they became a larger status symbol that were well covered by the media. A cheaper product was the Starter Cap, and was also similarly designed for a particular team. These too were a fad in the early 1990's popularized by Hip-Hop artists. An example can be seen in the 'Hood' movie 'Boyz N' the Hood' directed by John Singleton starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube and Laurence Fishburne.
