Guide

Panamas, narrow-brimmed straw trilbies, linen coppolas and the occasional boater: what Italian men actually wear from June to September, and how to pick a hat that works the same way in an American...

A rain hat sheds water through its material and the shape of its brim, not by luck. Here is what separates a true rain hat from a hat that simply gets wet — materials, styles, sizing and care, from...

Where the docker cap came from, what separates it from a beanie, and how to choose, size, and wear one — a New York hatter's guide to docker hats.

Page boy, newsboy, paperboy, baker boy: one paneled cap, many names. A New York hatter explains how it is built, how it should fit and which cloth belongs to which season.

A hat box keeps the shape a hatter blocked into your hat. Here is what one is, how to size it, and how to store a felt, straw, or western hat so it lasts.

Knit, felt, or tailored — each wool hat is cleaned a different way, and only one of them can be washed. Here is the method for all three, from a New York hat shop that has kept wool hats alive sinc...

A hatter's checklist for judging a trapper hat: the shell that matches your weather, a lining dense enough to hold heat, a brim with a spine, earflaps that seal, and a fit taken with the flaps down.

A flat cap lies low and lean over a one-piece crown; a newsboy builds volume from eight panels and a covered button. Here is how the two Stetson shapes differ in construction, fabric, fit and styli...

A Borsalino is an Italian fur felt hat made in Alessandria since 1857 — usually a fedora. Here is what the name actually stands for, how the hats are built, what they cost, and how to size and care...