Guide

Snug all the way around the inner band, level on your head, with the brim a finger's width above your eyebrows and no gap behind your ears. A New York hatter's guide to flat cap fit, cap sizes in i...

Fur felt, finished Panama, summer cloth and the coppola: a New York hatter sorts the types of Italian hats, explains what makes Italian felt different, and converts Italian sizes to American ones.

What premium wool winter hats actually cost in the US — knit hats, flat caps, newsboy caps, earflap caps and wool felt — and what you are paying for at each price.

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...

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.

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 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...