Fedora summer and winter hats

Fedora hats have always been considered essential accessories for the male and female wardrobe of any age: with the function of covering from the sun's rays in summer and sheltering from frost and bad weather, the hat has taken on a very important role within the outfit male.

Much sought after by all fashion lovers and fashion bloggers, the hat has begun to be used again by young people too for its extreme ease of making an outfit very simple, something more stylish and elegant by adding just one accessory.

The difference between summer and winter fedora hats is the material they are made of: more or less light fabrics, others water resistant or completely waterproof and finally the most sought after are straw hats.

How to choose the most suitable Fedora hat for you

Choosing the fedora hat for men and women that best suits your needs is a very important phase and must be faced with great attention: thanks to the play on shades of color of the hat and belt, the fedora hat lends itself very well in the case of a ceremony, party or informal occasion; however, it must be perfectly matched and in tune with your outfit. The most used fedoras are certainly the winter ones in classic rabbit felt or, as regards the summer ones, made in the very elegant Panama or braids of Japanese paper or raffia.

Surely the season greatly influences the choice of the hat because according to the period, summer or winter, we will have to opt for a hat more or less heavy and with different characteristics from each other.

The choice of a summer accessory involves lighter materials such as straw hats, panama hats or linen hats; otherwise, or a more winter choice, we will opt for felt hats, rabbit hats or hats in water-resistant or waterproof fabric.

How to Choose the Right Hat Size

Choosing the correct hat size is always a critical moment also because each hat made with craftsmanship and then sold in hats have very different sizes compared to the classic ones to which clothing stores have become accustomed.

The sizes for hats are calculated in centimeters and range from size 55 (the smallest) up to 62 (the largest); to understand which is the most suitable size for us we need to follow an extremely simple and quick procedure.

To calculate your correct hat size, all you need to do is take a tailor's tape measure, measure the circumference of your head keeping the tape measure just one centimeter above your ears, which is the point where your hat will fit perfectly.

If you do not have a tailor's meter, you can calculate the size simply using a piece of string, a string or a lace of your shoes: in the same procedure as before, calculate the circumference with the meter, mark with a pen or a felt-tip pen at the point where the two parts of the lace meet, after which with a ruler or a normal meter measure the lace.

The History of the Hat

Over the years, the Fedora hat has become the classic hat shape for men, the most widely used and known of all.

The peculiarity of this shape is to give the hat elegance and class once worn. Typically Italian, born between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, it was at the dawn of a female hat with a wide wing. However, around 1920, it became a must in the wardrobe of men belonging to the upper class.

Its dome has a truncated cone shape with a central vague and two drafts or pinces on the sides towards the front. The wing can be of different sizes.