Western Fashion Review: 6 Important Types of Cowboy Hats

Wearing a cowboy hat is considered as an important part of cultural identity of America. Americans proudly sport a cowboy hat during national festivities and special occasions. Cowboy hats like rugged Western style leather hats continues to be the symbol of American culture and history to this day. You can find out about the different types of cowboy hats if you keep reading this article.

Gangster Fedora

These hats were worn by the gangsters in the 1930s. They carried out different crimes wearing fedoras. They wore them in different colors like almond green, petrol blue, dove, lilac, gray etc. Today you can see models wearing fedora on fashion runways and it has become a popular fashion accessory which you can team up with your outfits.

Panama Hat

These are summer straw hats which worn by the former US President Theodore Roosevelt who made it popular by wearing it on public occasions. And since then peopled started wearing the hat. Panama hat are popular than derby hats and people love the big rim of the hat which protects their faces from the sun.

Derby and Newsboy Cap

The derby hat was actually worn during horse riding. It was designed by a hatter from London named William Bowler.

You can have seen newsboy cap in all the classic movies and TV shows where young boys sold newspaper wearing a cap. The cap looks very unique and looks sporty with the brim and the crown.

Fur Hats

Fur Hats were in use long before the other types of hats. Around 1600 men wore beaver hats which had crown of seven inches.

Boaters

These are straw hats which were worn by the middle class and the working class in the early 1900s. This type of had was made from stiff straw and it had a flat crown. The crown was rimmed with a petersham ribbon. Men and women both wore boaters during summer they used to play tennis or went for a picnic.

Stetson

Stetson cowboy hat was made by son of a hatter, named John Batterson Stetson from New Jersey. He started making hats for westerners, like the rail style hats, the boss of the plains hat, the Alaska hat, the Columbia hat and the Dakota hat. Stetson hats rock!

Today the fashion designers take inspiration from these hats and try to churn out new designs for the masses. Add some to your wardrobe and have some Western fun!