Whats your favorite Hat for warm weather

froguy · Aug 6, 2013

My "favorite" warm weather hat is an italian Parabuntal with a wide brim and moderate crown which is old enough to have developed a warm burnished tone. Not for every day, but my favorite nonetheless. Otherwise I rotate through a number of Panamas and Milans depending on what I'm wearing. Sort of sad each year to put them to sleep for the winter.

John J · Aug 6, 2013

Wolfwood said:
You missed hemp braid, as in Akubra Balmoral...

Hi Wolfwood hemp braid would fall under natural straw I would say. actually hemp is a nice material.

I should have said milan/real straw meaning anything than wasn't synthetic.

"J"

memphislawyer · Aug 6, 2013

Mine is the Major Mike Parbuntal he did up for me with two ribbons I can swap out.

By the way, difference between a Milan and a Panama?

1961MJS · Aug 6, 2013

KingAndrew said:
KyleK-

I've always wanted pith helmet! I'll bet it not only looks cool--but IS cool.

Hi

If you have a chance, try before you buy. I ordered one from Village hat shop. I wore it less than 30 seconds because I thought I resembled a mushroom with it on. It sat in the basement for a few years until I gave it to a hatter to sell at a music festival...

later

Dick Ireland · Aug 6, 2013

I usually wear a vented wide-brim straw fedora in a gray color, but my favorite is my vintage boater. I won't wear it to work, though so it only comes out on Sundays usually.

wine65 · Aug 6, 2013

Panama semi- calado or milan for warm weather wear.

Steve

tealseal · Aug 7, 2013

Felt, but during the summer away go the greens and grays, and out come the natural and dyed silverbellies.

g.durand · Aug 7, 2013

It stays pretty cool here in northern coastal California so I wear felts pretty much year round. Nights and mornings are in the 50s and afternoons can be warm depending on how close you are to the water. So I generally wear any felt except the really dark ones, and often switch to a lighter weight in the afternoon after work. If it gets above 80 I put on a straw.

Nyah · Sep 12, 2013

A.C. Lyles said:

That's a great hat. Care to share what it is? I love that it has so much ventilation.

Nyah · Sep 12, 2013

I wear the fedora I started out with, a cheap chinese straw-paper braid by Broner, with a 2" snap brim. Actually, for work on the farm, I've been wearing a really cheap chinese hat with 4" flat brim, that I got from the gardening department of a home improvement store. Too big to wear in public though.

I'd like to get a milan fedora with a 2.5" snap brim and plenty of ventilation on the vertical side of the crown. I don't want to go narrower than 2.5", which is why I haven't gone with the hemp Akubra Capricorn.

Looking at the Akubra summer hats, I notice the Planter has thin ribbon, allowing mucho ventilation in the crown. I wonder if their other straw hats could get the same benefit from a thin ribbon.

WesternHatWearer · Jan 16, 2015

I have a hard time wearing shantung or toyo, not because they cause me any physical problems but because of how I came to own one. I went in search of a straw western, I was not a member here yet, sought the advice of an individual selling hats and ended up with a shantung western. Being the nerd that I am, I researched every number, name and word written inside the hat I purchased. I came across shantung, it just struck me as being of Asian origins and that is where I learned about paper straw made in a factory laboratory. Since then I just do not care for such hats. I will pay more and wait longer for hat that I know is not made of such material. Therefore I have chosen Panama as my favorite.

Zombie_61 · Jan 16, 2015

I don't own any straw hats, so...felt.

I began wearing hats regularly after a minor bout with skin cancer two years ago, and felt hats provide better sun protection than straw hats; it's much easier to wipe away a little perspiration than it is to have a doctor cut skin off of you.

1mach1 · Jan 16, 2015

I wear felt year round. I have a straw, but rarely wear it.

T Jones · Jan 16, 2015

Dang! Favorite hat for warm weather? It's freezing outside! How about a favorite hat for "freeze your a** off " weather!

I usually wear felts all year 'round. But for cold weather I noticed my 4X Stagecoach Indyesque conversion keeps my head warmer than most hats I have....

My "go to" hat for warmer weather...

GregNYC · Jan 16, 2015

Panamas and Milans.

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Bushman · Jan 16, 2015

My Outback Canvas River Guide. It's got a nice sweatband, and vents on it to keep my head cool.

MCrider · Jan 17, 2015

Personally, I go for one of my Akubra Capricorns. I tried a straw hat but got caught in a sudden downpour and it turned into a wavey mess. My Capricorn on the other hand got blown off my head and landed into a pool of water. I picked it up, shook off the water and put it back on, no worse for wear.

tropicalbob · Jan 17, 2015

Last year I decided to splurge on a VS Milan and must say it was one of the best decisions I could have made. The golden color of the true Milan straw is just beautiful in the bright sunshine. I've always avoided the standard Panamas because, I don't know, they're just too common down here and not my style, anyway. Art really floored me with the job he did.

Joao Encarnado · Jan 17, 2015

1mach1 said:
I wear felt year round. I have a straw, but rarely wear it.

+1

tuco1963 · Jan 17, 2015

i have a coconut straw stetson i wore last summer but i have an akubra cattleman in sand on the way
i wore my akubra slouch for four days at the nascar brickyard race last july and it was comfortable im ready to try my cattleman full time this year

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