there’s more than enough brimmed felt to go around. The Monitaly Leisure Hat is foldable, packable and can take a beating. It looks better the more you travel with it and can transition from mountain ...

That might mean leaving with a pastel blue felt hat with dried baby’s breath and your name branded on the crown or a punk-rock black straw decorated with studs and splatter paint.

And yes, it is customary to wear straw hats, which are lighter and breathe better than felt hats, between Easter and Labor Day (the first Monday in September). Felt hats, which keep the noggin ...