Comments on: Summer Hat Guide: Classic Men’s Hats for Warm & Hot Weather

By: Miles R.

Miles R. — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 17:19:23 +0000

About paper hats: I got a stingy-brim fedora of such material from a street vendor in Manhattan once for $10. Without looking at the label you would have thought it was woven of straw or palm leaf. It was nice-looking, comfortable, and surprisingly durable. Even when it eventually exhibited discoloration from sweat stains, I had no complaints about what I had gotten for my money.

BUT . . .

One of the important virtues of a summer hat, at least for wearers like me who don’t have enough hair on the tops of their heads to protect their cranial skin from solar radiation, is that they should block out direct sunlight, and so reduce the risk of skin cancer. This was one of the considerations that first got me wearing a hat in the summer in the first place. At some point it occurred to me to compare the paper hat with one of my Panamas for sun-blocking power by holding each up against the sun. It was plain to see that the paper hat did very little in this regard. At that point, I ceased to wear it.

By: Harry from Margate

Harry from Margate — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:12:44 +0000

The handkerchief with a knot in each corner is much more traditonal than many of your suggestions

By: Skimbeman

Skimbeman — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:25:50 +0000

In my opinion, straw hats always give the impression of a rural traveling salesman who sells wooden ladles from the trunk of a van.

By: Luke Brown

Luke Brown — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:33:30 +0000

Very informative, but missing one key hat for some of us. I know, this might sound crazy, but the majority of people where I live where cowboy hats. I love the shape, feel, and style of the cowboy hat, but it can really only be pulled off around here where we are actually cowboys and not actors or wearing a costume. It’s good to find one with small vents in the top to keep cool. Black felt is always great for the winter. You don’t even need anything to cover your ears because your head stays so warm.

Great guide though, I’ve definitely always been a fan of the more subtle straw fedora in areas where my cowboy hat gets me a LOT of strange looks…

By: Falkon Nightsdale

Falkon Nightsdale — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:06:52 +0000

I prefer hat’s with wider brim, in which I’m not looking like egg-headed monster (that’s how I look in fedora).
And partly due to patriotic reasons, partly because of availiability, I buy hats only from Tonak.

By: Howard Browne

Howard Browne — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:32:12 +0000

I resent the common (in all sense of the word) use of “Baseball Cap” to describe what is universal headgear today.

A baseball cap is made of felt, comes in sizes and has an unbroken band. What is mistaken for one is a tractor cap. It is made of various materials including mesh, and has an “idiot loop for sizing.

John Deere, like Levi Strauss, has a lot to answer for.