Recommend a Panama ...

[Jedwbpm]

Search for a Dobbs Rosebud Milan straw hat. Under $100 and can be used as dress or casual


http://www.delmonicohatter.com/product/IT552.htm

Jeff

 

[vmtrevino2]

Dobbs Rosebud comes in a variety of colors. I got mine locally from The Hat Store in Houston but did order the Dobbs Dayton from here and was very satisfied with it.

http://www.hats-plus.com/p-553-dobbs-rosebud-milan-straw-fedora.aspx

 

[Ginseng]

Search for a Dobbs Rosebud Milan straw hat. Under $100 and can be used as dress or casual

Looks sharp and sharp on you.

 

[LeBois46]

It has been in the 90's the past couple of days. I pulled out my Panamas to wear. Yesterday wore my BBB Montecristi and today the one from Panama Hat Co. Both were so cool and light. I highly recommend them. Always a shock when I switch to the Panamas from my fur felts. I may just have to put my fur felts away until next fall.

 

[cookie]

I really like Akubra's hemp hats. They're nowhere near as light as panamas, but they're much much sturdier, and water doesn't bother them in the least, and they all come with leather sweatbands. My favorite casual bigger ones are the Reef and Range with 3.25" raw edge brims, which are the same hat except that the Range has a vented crown. Nice casual smaller Akubra hemp hats are the Byron and the Planter with 3.125" bound brims, which are the same hat except that the Planter has a turned up rolled edge brim and a different hatband. For a more formal look, there's the Akubra Balmoral with a 2.75" bound brim, and you can always replace its stock hatband with something dressier.

This my go hat for weekends in summer Down Under. Otherwise to work I wear a vintage Milan and occasionally a Panama.

Any suggestions for what to spray/apply for straw hats that have got a bit floppy from being vintage and steamed a lot?

 

[bartcubb]

Speaking of hemp hats, does anyone know anything about this new hemp milan Stratoliner that JJ Hat Center posted on Instagram?

https://instagram.com/p/2D9Co3QS7-/

I haven't seen anything else about it online so far.

 

[Bob Roberts]

A real "HEMP" Strat and not Shantung? I'd like to know also. PLEASE!

 

[Nyah]

Living in the swamp known as the mid-atlantic area, I leave the traditional panamas and go straight for the semi-calados.

I do wish Akubra offered a vented hemp hat with traditional fedora styling and a brim between 2.5" and 2.75". They seem to offer hemp in only the extreme brim widths, which don't work for me.

 

[JackieMatra]

The Akubra Range hat has a raw edge brim that it should possible to cut down to a smaller size.

 

[RJR]

Those Stetson strats are artificial not real hemp.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Those Stetson strats are artificial not real hemp.

Thank you for the bad news RJR.

 

[FRANKIE]

Those Stetson strats are artificial not real hemp.

Actually, I've seen them, and they're the real deal. They're not the Viscose Milan that you usually see.

 

[RJR]

Should have mentioned;I have one....nice hat but synthetic.

 

[Bob Roberts]

Should have mentioned;I have one....nice hat but synthetic.

I really do appreciate the info! And thanks, (once again) for the bad news.

 

[Nyah]

The Akubra Range hat has a raw edge brim that it should possible to cut down to a smaller size.

Unfortunately though, the Range doesn't look to me like a fedora, due to not having a snap-brim (the quintessential fedora trait, in my opinion).

 

[FRANKIE]

Should have mentioned;I have one....nice hat but synthetic.

Unless you got it in the last couple of days, you have a different hat. The natural hemp ones just got to JJ this week for the first time.

 

[guillaumeb]

I have found that many panama under $100 are called Genuine Panama because they are made of real toquila but are manufactured in Italy. I got one last summer from a hat shop in France. But I Guess you'll find some from the Panama Hat Co.

I personnaly would never put more than $100 in a Panama

 

[Bob Roberts]

Mike at Northwest Hats has some really nice ones as recently seen on his Facebook page.

 

[RBH]

Unless you got it in the last couple of days, you have a different hat. The natural hemp ones just got to JJ this week for the first time.

I would like to see one of these.
While I have a couple of the first milan Stratoliners [and I like them]... a natural one would be nice.

 

[AndyR]

The Asher does show up now at J.J.Hat Center (under new arrivals) and it is indeed listed as '100% natural woven hemp'. I wish it came with a longer brim. I like the idea though. I'll have to see what the Stratoliner looks like.

Andy