Why do you love hats?

http://www.villagehatshop.com/

A natural-colored Panama (straw) fedora could work. Should be something pretty plain and a little casual for a first hat, probably. Something that makes it look like no matter how battered it gets, you'll wear it exactly the same. And then when it IS really battered, it'll look awesome.

http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/thumbsup.php?image=bailey_owen_lrg.jpg&width=375

http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/thumbsup.php?image=jaxon_bao-safari-fedora_lrg.jpg&width=375

http://www.bluntinstrument.org.uk/englishman/handkerchief.jpg

Will be big this year.

http://www.villagehatshop.com/jaxon_panama_hats_outback.html

ururgh.

http://www.villagehatshop.com/media/thumbsup.php?image=jaxon_mj-outback_lrg.jpg&width=375

Laurel always comes through on this stuff. Thanks!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kelly__m/380205294/

huh

ok, how about

http://bp2.blogger.com/_eTd7pI_dkPM/RklH4T1KyjI/AAAAAAAAA80/I7dKL5I2l6s/s1600-h/lindsay_lohan%5B1%5D.JPG

nope

glamorous hats

that go unseen

hay i found these great garments to complete yr outfit!

http://www.pennersinc.com/stores/penners/catalog/121whitelinen.jpg
http://www.pennersinc.com/stores/penners/catalog/Creekwood%20CW5521%2089-Khaki.JPG
http://earthskyknitter.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/crocs.jpg

First of all I quite like those Cuban shirts. The rest of it is just unimaginative on your part.

o come on u luv this image zing!

Yah, the shirt is nice. The shoes make me cry for America.

i could see my dad turning up to some family function in one of those cuban shirts thinking he was all "cool" in his new "shirt"

xxp Not as much as you love indie fuxor tote bags.

lol i dont really luv tote bags ;)

What a coincidence! I don't really love img zings.

ha!

There are also a bunch of cloth hats, made of canvas or waxed cotton, that have the advantage of being washable and are a bit more on the err "rugged" side but unless you are ACTUALLY some kind of outdoorsman I think they look even more aspirational than straw hats. At least the only thing required to wear a straw hat is that it be hot out.

these hats are nice in linen for summer, quite manly as long as they are not huge and clowny, but not washable
https://www.millerhats.com/productimages/986.jpg

A lot of hat acceptability comes down to location. In Texas a cowboy hat is always ok.

The bigger the better!

http://www.utpb.edu/sandstorm/images/ss2003/siestaenelsombrero.jpg

sombrero notquite= cowboy hat, of course, but you're mostly concerned with hat-as-portable-shade, right? Basically you're trying to avoid a parasol, which is even more risky, fashionwise.

hats are tough - i cant even imagine a summer hat id enjoy wearing

I was somewhere with no shade all day Sunday and I'm going to need a summer hat -- no matter how much water I drink or how much sunblock I wear, the beating-down-on-head for hours is just not going to work.

gising hat is pretty amusing!

these r some good hats:

http://i26.tinypic.com/w00q43.jpg
this one unfolds into a fan for which to cool yrself!

http://www.stampedevenues.com/index_files/hat.jpg
sublime! anyone who could rock this right is operating ina rarefied style realm.

http://www.rivalfish.com/rivalroom/uploaded_images/mariners-hat-1-logo-763237.JPG
not a big baseball cap fan but this lil guy shows tremendous charm.