The annual summer hat thread

Looking for a summer hat , brim and ventilation required . I’ve got a Tilley which is fine for autumn winter but way too hot for summer .
Needs too be semi presentable as some of the gardens I work in are open to the public .

Lightweight vented Tilley obvz

Just visit village hats and take your pick. Best hat site around. I’m not affiliated with them, just a bald bloke who understands the need for a good hat.

Panama.

As a baldy, with an easily sunburnt bonce, I have a huge array of hats. However, the big orange burny thing came out when we were off out walking in’t Lakes, and I’d forgotten one. So I just popped in Sports Direct and got one of These

Cheap as chips, very comfy, and my head didn’t end up looking like an angry tomato 🙂

CFH is right – but a proper folder please not a straw fake one

Anyone who wears a Panama hat ought to be thrashed, As well to have tattooed on your forehead the words ‘I am a fatuous ****’ as to wear a Panama.

party like it’s 1999

My white tilley wasn’t too hot for summer in Japan and some time in the USA, can’t imagine having a problem with it here.

Bandana….

Very useful 🙂

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What a panama hat wearer thinks he looks like

The reality

DD, to be fair, they both look like dicks.

Yeah, I could have done better with the first one, but I think he looks ok in a Richard Gere-ish kind of way. 😉

EDIT: I struggled to find some wearing a Panama Hat with clumpy shoes…basically. 😀

but I think he looks ok in a Richard Gere-ish kind of way

He’s wearing beads and a silk scarf.
Nothing about that is “ok” 😉

White Rock Outback. Bought after being recommended on here, can’t fault it. linky
I got mine from Cotswold Outdoor

Take one used white hankie. Tie a small knot in each corner. Place on head.
Job done
Cool and sophisticated.
Ready to hit the fun fair at the beach…….don’t take a camera 😯

Nothing about that is “ok”

and yet; Tilley hats are a thing

He’s wearing beads and a silk scarf.

Belt loops and clip on braces as well!

Just googled Tilley hats

You lot have got too much money! 😯

I could never spend that on a hat as, along with sunglasses, they will inevitably be left in a pub somewhere

Needs too be semi presentable as some of the gardens I work in are open to the public

Are these the gardens where you wear nothing but your hat?
If so I recon you could adapt this to fit the old lad. 😉

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/at/lowe-alpine-mens-brimmed-hat-a3412026

I have one of these. Perfect for summer.

A decent Panama, not a crappy straw hat from a beach stall, with a brim width to suit your height/build and height to suit the length of your face.
You can pay thousands but £80-£120 gets you a true Panama but it will probably be blocked and finished in Europe at that price (not a bad thing in itself)
If it’s graded then that refers to threads per inch, the higher the number the finer the weave.

A decent Panama is incredibly light, if you get one that fits well you hardly know you are wearing it.

binners – Member
Just googled Tilley hats

You lot have got too much money!

I could never spend that on a hat as, along with sunglasses, they will inevitably be left in a pub somewhere
Yeah, well, that says far more about you than it does about those who wear Tilley hats!
I’ve got two, a waxed cotton one and a Canadian Winter one, in the summer I just wear my now very faded six-panel duckbill hat, which serves to stop the top of my head burning and peeling, and keeps both sun and rain out of my eyes and off my glasses/sunglasses.
You can put your name and phone number inside a Tilley hat, and register against loss on their website.

Sod this Panama malarkey, get yourself a Pith Helmet for the true old timey look

sorted

Binners great work 😀
Kayak , surly that a bikepacking hat .
Stu , all ready got one .
😆