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Anyone have a suggestion for a good, innocuous summer straw hat? The sun's been murder the last day and a half...
I would recommend JJ for your first hat. You can be properly fitted and try on dozens of styles/colors to find what best suits you. BTW, pork pies don't offer very much protection from the sun.
See Will's post on Kelly Christy, which likely would be a good option for a more fashion forward hat like that.
I like the hat in the blog post by Kelly Christy a lot actually. Im gooing to hae to give her a visit when im in NYC
I bought a bowler and plan on getting a pork pie from here: http://villagehatshop.com/ They ship out. The hats are nice enough for the price from what I can tell.
Expect to pay $300 at the low end (of price, not necessarily quality) for a custom hat. Optimo and Christy will run more than that. You should get very high quality from all of them, though. And with custom, you can get exactly what you want.
I bought several custom hats from Baron's California Hats in Burbank about six years ago for around $150 apiece. These were fedoras. Homburgs were $180. No doubt prices are up, but I doubt if they have more than doubled. These were for rabbit fur hats. Beaver or beaver-rabbit blends are, of course, more expensive. The hats I bought have given me excellent service and have held up well over much use since then.