Article: Baseball caps top summer sales. (men's clothing accessories)

BASEBALL CAPS TOP SUMMER SALES

NEW YORK -- Young men's wear retailers agree that during the dog days of summer excitement sells -- and this season's excitement was topped off by baseball caps.

This spring, during a season that should really have been billed Summer 1, "seasonless neckwear" sold while novelty boxer shorts, which have been in an upswing for several seasons, experienced some very mixed reactions.

But as the temperatures climbed up to the 90-degree mark, business in baseball caps sizzled.

Here's how Northeast specialty stores and chains capsulized the season in accessories:

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