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 ...

A deerstalker is a soft tweed cap with a bill at the front and the back and ear flaps that tie over the crown. Here is where it came from, what it is for, and how to wear one without looking like a...

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...

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.