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My experience buying a first hat in decades (3-4 yrs. ago) was with a custom hatter because I wanted some advice, and wanted to be certain it fit. Art Fawcett sent his conformator, and they always fit like a glove. My first one was very conservative, stodgy steel. Start with a mainstay gray color like that unless you wear a lot of browns, IMO.