Guide

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 bobble hat is a knit cap with a yarn pom-pom on the crown — what most Americans call a pom-pom beanie. Here is where the bobble came from, which wools are worth your money, and how the hat should...

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...

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...