Guide

A bowler hat is a hard, round-crowned felt hat with a short curled brim — created in London in 1849 and known in America as a derby. Here is how it is built, how it should fit, and who still wears ...

Sweat stains are salt and body oil left behind when perspiration evaporates — so the fix depends entirely on the material. Here is the right method for cotton caps, felt and wool hats, and straw, p...

The brim is the shelf of material that runs around a hat below the crown — and the one feature that decides how a hat shades you, how formal it looks and how it suits your face. Here is what brims ...

A top hat is a tall, flat-crowned formal hat with a narrow, curled brim — and the only hat traditionally worn with white tie. Here is what it is made of, which types exist, and when one is actually...

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.