Straw hat day?

[budward]

My sense is that straw hat day meant that you left your felts behind and donned your boater. Which means the switch really mattered to a time when boaters were prevalent, which was (historians correct me) more of the early 20th century and not the 30s, 40s & 50s. If that's true, what kind of hat did a man in, say, the 30s or 40s reach for in the summer?

 

[Art Fawcett]

Actually Bud, the boater was the hat of choice for the '30s also. Only WWII changed that with relaxed attitudes of our returning vets changed it to the Panama. Milan straw was available in the 40s, but not popular till the late 50's and all of the 60's.

BTW nice avatar

 

[budward]

Thanks, Art. I need a hat history book. And I agree re the avatar. I figured I'd use my favorite for that.

Bud