won't buy them all, but you're allowed to drool. Like other hat styles, pork pies are offered as dress hats (see the sublime, hand-blocked Montecristi Pork Pie from Brent Black for example) and as slightly more casual hats (like The Downer, from Henschel or Stacy Adams' truly fine matte raffia creation, The Washington).
In the creation of their great pork pie summer hat, Borsalino uses Baku straw (from the Caspian Sea area) which gives the hat a lightweight feel and airy texture. The weave is intricate, alternating a pattern of diamonds, and highlighted by a two tone grosgrain band with the Borsalino name stitched in gold. Trust Makins to come up with a Panama Pork Pie. Called The Open Weave, it's in a rich two-tone interweave of patterns, with a two-inch brim and crown that's slightly higher in the front. Their Knickerbocker is yet another delight of a men's hat, designed as it is from baby blue braid with a stingy brim off-setting the big, round crown perfectly.
Biltmore makes choosing your straw pork pie hat pretty tough: they've got The Club Time in Milan braid as well as the self-named Milan (available in Mint or Natural, depending on the hat size) plus there's The Night Out, a hat offered only in Grey and one that's brimming with understated elegance. For classic two-tone flash, The Ponies at the Gate is a Milan braid offered in your choice of Natural with Cocoa or Natural with Mint. Either way, you'll attract all eyes (and compliments).