Sun hats that don’t look silly

To cover my baldy heid and fair skin in this blistering 17deg heat, can anyone recommend a decent sun hat that doesn’t look, well, silly? I need a full brim hat that will preferably cover my neck. Maybe they’ll all feel silly, I just feel like something out of a 1920’s desert archaeology dig.

Sombrero, obvs.

Baldy ginge here – either use a decathlon cap or a hemp tilley hat. I am fully aware I look a plonker in both. Better than a burnt napper though!

Tilley.

a cap

Sombrero, obvs.

This. We’re laughing with you, not at you.

Honest.

panama.

Leather Bush hat

Trilby sunhat or just go brimfree with some artful buff folding.

Cap and sunblock is the only answer to this.

Stetson

can anyone recommend a decent sun hat that doesn’t look, well, silly?

It all depends. Try lots of different ones on.

Some people are natural hat people. Others are not.

Hat people will recognise their own hats. It’s like magic.

I, for example, in the winter, will rock a six panel duckbill cap and it’s been acknowledged that it looks good on me. Put me in a Peaky Blinders bunnet which is only subtly different and I look ridiculous. You need to find the style that suits your face.

Sombrero, obvs

Style it out.

(Tilley here)

Pith Helmet. Rock that safari/Hunter/colonial vibe!

Tilley owner here. Top quality hat, I really like it, it keep the sun off everything AND as a bonus I look like a plonker. Wife will not allow me to wear it when out with her.
I suspect LimboJimbo has the correct answer; a cap for the top of your dome and forehead, and sunblock on neck and sides of face.

You’ve made me wonder, do toupées come with a SPF rating?

perchy’s right (obvs, always) – I have a straw fedora-style sunhat I bought in Greece that just suits me. Plus, I get to pretend that I’m Indiana Jones on holiday.

Always been a fan of the leather bush hat myself. Sure, they make me look like I should be living on a barge in a Deep South bayou but they are also quite comfy.

Another Tilley hat fan.

Mine is over 20 years old and is still going strong.

Tarphat. Been riding in mine today.

Blue disposable face mask on top of the head, elastics under your ears.

It will be this year’s summer fashion. Guaranteed

Bucket hats are also pretty good for casual wear

Stetson. Obvs. Dead animal on the front of it, optional

And a big tash to accessorise

eddiebaby
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Tarphat. Been riding in mine today.

Just came to post that. Bought one a couple of weeks ago on the suggestion of an old thread on here, love it.

My new gardening/dog walking/cider drinking hat. Don’t care what I look like, it’s purely functional, keeps the sun and the rain off me melon.

HERE

Thanks for the suggestions. I like the tarphat, this.

https://www.tarphat.co.uk/products/6/Floppy-Canvas-Hats/20/Floppy-Tarp-Canvas-Hat—Original

Matches my equally shabby, 12 year old cap.. Ordering

Straw fedora from the Indiana Jones ride at EuroDisney. Surprisingly good quality, still going strong.

Knotted hankie ?.

Tanktop and braces optional.

Never liked the Tilley myself – check out Barmah for some alternatives.

I was sporting my blue England cricket hat in the pub this lunchtime. Looks ok according to Mrs S.

That vented tarp looks good.

I was Tilley but now liking a 5.11 Tactical Boonie Hat. Give it a Google. The do sizes which most don’t which was great for my big head.

Got a 20 year old standard Tilley hat, that I’ve tended to use in rain rather than sun, but the lockdown #2 all over has revealed the extent of my retreating hairline so interested in other suggestions.

Wondered if one of those roll up Panama hats would fit in a frame bag for the pub/cafe stops…..

Tarphat ok but don’t fold or go flat easily. Tilley is easier to pop in a bag or travel with. Tarphat good in rain though.

https://www.military1st.co.uk/10713w-gi-ripstop-bush-hat-6-desert.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4ImEBhDFARIsAGOTMj_gK06K7jRPrqVFJPCKQmrF6s9ABd7DP-uvwEVLgri6JAv5gCErlhkaAoT_EALw_wcB

Microfibre Tilly. They reissued it. Much lighter than the standard one. Had mine ten years.

Sick trucker

We sell these in our shop. I know it’s supposedly a ladies hat but it looks good on me. Never had a burnt head, the wind blows through it ,they squash flat and you can breath through it if you put it over your face for a nap.
https://www.powder-uk.com/item/955/Hats/Natalie-Hat.html

I wear either a six-panel duckbill, or a straw trilby or Panama. At work I wear a baseball cap, either a Bike Magazine (US), or a RaceFace, which shade my face well, as I’m outdoors all day – the problem with those is my ears need factor 50 sunscreen to stop them burning, a real issue at the moment! Going without a hat is not an option, I was pretty thin on top anyway, but the stubble that now passes for hair means total sunburn and peeling, uncomfortable and not a good look!

Outdoor research sombrolet.. nice and light weight, well vented.. lots of colours to choose from

Have you considered paint?

I have a leather bush hat which I’m still convinced makes me look like a rugged frontier cowboy, even though it blatantly makes me look like one of the village people. I like it, a lot, it’s good in the rain too, the only downside is it doesn’t stow that well compared to a cloth hat.