Sun hats for men

[Orang Utan]

Are there any that don't make you look like a twat? I'm getting to the point where the hair on top of my head is thin enough to let rays through, but too thick to apply sunblock, so I need a hat to wear on glorious British summer days (lol). Any recommendations?

 

[Pickman's model]

Go to a hat shop and try a range of hats to see which is least embarrassing

 

[klang]

 

[Steel Icarus]

Bucket hats are back in fashion

 

[Orang Utan]

Go to a hat shop and try a range of hats to see which is least embarrassing

I don't think they exist much. I've only ever seen one hat shop and that was in Walworth - Rimworld

 

[Orang Utan]

Bucket hats are back in fashion

A bucket for a hat?
eta: think I know them as fishing hats

 

[JimW]

I've got a broad brimmed floppy hat had for years since I used to do a lot of field work, really need it in the sun here. Never a hat wearer but necessity somehow made it alright and actively like it now. Rohan, Sunday supplement walking clothes brand.

 

[Steel Icarus]

A bucket for a hat?
eta: think I know them as fishing hats

Or a Reni hat

 

[Pickman's model]

I don't think they exist much. I've only ever seen one hat shop and that was in Walworth - Rimworld

Try here For Him maybe a nice Panama would suit you.

 

[Brainaddict]

I can see you carrying off a big straw hat OU. On a more low key note I wear caps like these: Travel Trekking Cap Travel 500

 

[gentlegreen]

Bush hats FTW - rotate when the sweat band gets moist - and they even tolerate a bit of drizzle or light rain.
Put them over your eyes when sitting or lying down and it's a bit like being in a tent.

 

[Pickman's model]

I've got a broad brimmed floppy hat had for years since I used to do a lot of field work, really need it in the sun here. Never a hat wearer but necessity somehow made it alright and actively like it now. Rohan, Sunday supplement walking clothes brand.

Is it a broad black brimmer?

 

[Orang Utan]

I can see you carrying off a big straw hat OU. On a more low key note I wear caps like these: Travel Trekking Cap Travel 500

wouldn't work for me - my head is massive and a big hat would highlight this. Like that cap though

 

[DotCommunist]

Flatcap has a little bit at the front that keeps the glare out of your eyes as well. or just a little fez for the bald patch

 

[Pickman's model]

Flatcap has a little bit at the front that keeps the glare out of your eyes as well. or just a little fez for the bald patch

Oh yes, I think a fez would suit ou

 

[killer b]

Are there any that don't make you look like a twat?

I've got some great news for you here: unless you're donning something really outlandish like a top hat or a tricorn, no-one will give a shit what hat you wear, so the only real obstacle you have to get past is your own self-doubt. Anything new will feel odd at first though IME.

I mostly wear a cap simular to this in the summer (I have a few different models and colours, but they all have an open weave to let the air through) - I think something along these lines might suit?

Kangol Tropic 504 Ventair Flat Cap - Beige

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[Orang Utan]

Flatcap has a little bit at the front that keeps the glare out of your eyes as well. or just a little fez for the bald patch

it's not a bald patch yet, I'm hoping it'll never get to that - it'd didn't get that far on my grandfather and I inherited his hirsuteness

 

[Orang Utan]

I've got some great news for you here: unless you're donning something really outlandish like a top hat or a tricorn, no-one will give a shit what hat you wear, so the only real obstacle you have to get past is your own self-doubt. Anything new will feel odd at first though IME.

If I cared what other people thought, I wouldn't dress as I do, I just want to look in the mirror and like what I see on my head

 

[Pickman's model]

If I cared what other people thought, I wouldn't dress as I do, I just want to look in the mirror and like what I see on my head

Try a Panama from the Leeds shop I linked to. But you'll have to find out what size you'd take

 

[Spymaster]

I reckon you're a Panama man, OU

 

[Orang Utan]

Bush hats FTW - rotate when the sweat band gets moist - and they even tolerate a bit of drizzle or light rain.
Put them over your eyes when sitting or lying down and it's a bit like being in a tent.

they just make me think of I'm A Celebrity - wearing one would probably give me the urge to eat a kangaroo's ballsack

 

[Spymaster]

Try a Panama from the Leeds shop I linked to. But you'll have to find out what size you'd take

Haha!

 

[Orang Utan]

I reckon you're a Panama man, OU

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bit limited with what you wear it with though - you'd have to be smart

 

[A380]

I’ve got a wide brimmed hat, like a bush hat but made out of mesh material which is great for keeping the sun off whilst keeping your head from getting hot.

Plus a wide brimmed hat made of waxed cotton, line a Barbour coat ( but not made by then) which is great in the rain…

 

[platinumsage]

Cricket hats are good, but the downside is you can't fold them up: cricket hat kookaburra - Google Search

 

[Numbers]

I’ve become accustomed to a Pork Pie - works for my big fat round head too.

 

[JimW]

Is it a broad black brimmer?

Sandy yellow cloth thing bit like cricketers wear.

 

[Pickman's model]

Sandy yellow cloth thing bit like cricketers wear.

Ah

 

[Orang Utan]

I’ve become accustomed to a Pork Pie - works for my big fat round head too.

good call

 

[killer b]

If I cared what other people thought, I wouldn't dress as I do, I just want to look in the mirror and like what I see on my head

Sure, but I think we're quite unused to seeing our heads in hats, and almost anything looks a bit twattish at first.

I have a green straw pork pie hat which I bought experimentally a few years ago and at first I found it very difficult to wear - it just looked ridiculous to my mind. Then the second summer it saw a lot of wear, and now its in the general rotation for hot weather. It just takes a bit of time for a hat you aren't used to to bed in, and for you to work out what clothes they go with.

I think a wide brim hat is more difficult to come to terms with, so a pork pie or a trilby are probably the best place to start if you want to move away from caps: something like this?

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