Guide

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...

Stetson, Lierys and Mayser are the brands behind the high-end lumberjack hats with ear flaps we carry — and the term covers three different builds. A New York hatter's guide to choosing, fitting an...

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...

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...