Panama Hats (although I'd admit to some surprise if you told me you'd found your men's hat of choice hidden within Straw Women's Hats). Regardless of whether you find your straw hat in Women's Hats or Men's Hats, I've still got some hats in this section you may wish to contemplate.
If you're the type of hat wearer who chooses his hat by event, then evenings at the beachside cabana might call for a Panama hat from Bailey, or this Scala raffia and ribbon weave (called The Grady Cap), while summer in the city is well served with Borsalino straws, such as The Baku Pork Pie Hat, The Sicilian Fedora, (known affectionately as our hemp hat), and of course, The Baku Fedora. If you're anything like me, your casual straw hats take a beating: they're rolled up, they're packed and unpacked, and once in a while even stomped on. You can enjoy all that and still look great in crushable raffia hats like The Joshua, a crocheted outback hat in organic raffia (the weed's naturally harvested from Madagascar) or the Scala gambler, another organic raffia sun hat with a generous three-inch brim. It should be noted that although you may be wearing crushable weed on your head, you will still be quite presentable in your straw hat. In fact, with touches like the big brim of The Lifeguard, and a very sharp braided raffia hatband dressing up The Raffia Summer Hat, even your most casual look is sophisticated. Please note, however, that it is highly unlikely that the hard lacquer-finished straw of The Boater, will be quite as forgiving as the hand-crocheted raffia -- in other words, I wouldn't sit on the skimmer.
What's considered informal to some may be haute to others, but I'll put out pieces of our stunning collection of panama straw hats for your consideration nonetheless. The Montecristi hats take some study to appreciate how much effort goes into creating the Brent Black fedoras like The Classic One. Let me toss another your way -- The Optimo is a panama hat from none other than The Panama Hat Company. This hat is again the real McCoy, woven in Ecuador, where they call it 'the Natural'.
I hate to see grown men cry but I've got more hard choices for you, starting with The Elegante, a Grade 20 Panama hat from Christys'. Not to be ignored, of course, is another outstanding men's straw hat: it's a Stacy Adams fedora, cool in unlined straw, named The Lafayette. The Raffia Fedora, a Borsalino gem, may take a deeper pocket, but given the Italian origin this woven summer hat (with just a hint of two-tone and available in taupe or charcoal), it's one heck of a bargain. More Borsalino beauts come your way with the handwoven Panama Fino and Fino Turndown, the latter featuring a down-turned brim, natch!
Milano Hats gallops into the straw hat picture with westerns and cowboy hats for men. They've got El Jefe (which means "The Boss"), The Riviera (that's the one for the rancher with everything, except obviously a hat), The Straw Casablanca (a western hat this side of perfection) and The Cowboy (named thusly to prove its western authenticity, or simply because they ran out of names).
I could go on, you know. But since I'm hitting the open road in (what else?) my Open Road straw western hat from Stetson, I'll save it.
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