A cowboy hat originally had a circular tall crown as well as a wide and flat brim, usually made of straw, felt, and even leather. The hat insides were fitted with a sweatband to balance the extreme heat when worn. The personalization of the cowboy hat starts with the introduction of the creases of the hat crown and the rolling of the hat brim.
According to an article published in Vogue, the most fashionable hat on Instagram is the simple cowboy hat. Today, modern hats are usually embellished with buckles or bows fitted to the left side of a cowboy hat. The contemporary cowboy hat transformed from practicality and functionality to also a style statement.
The Pinch Crease
Cowboy hats with a pinch crease include two standard-style crowns. One is the diamond crown and the other tear-drop. You will find these styles on Fedora hats, outback style hats, and trilby. The pinch front has a typical big brim and flaunts the conventional cowboy style. A few pinch fronts look like the typical outback style. The outback and the western hat have now become a single style.
Women like to wear the pinch front hats and not the conventional cattleman crease variety. When it comes to the pinch-front hats, they highlight more fragile and slimmer jaw lines, making your face look thinner.
The Stampede Black Stained hat with a chain is the best example of a pinch-front hat with a crease. This variety comes with a pinch-front crown as well the brim upturned, made of lightweight straw.
The Telescope Crease
This hat is also called the Gambler Cowboy Hat, its lower crown height preventing hot air from collecting making the product cooler. It also features a wide and flat brim to ensure maximum protection from the sun. It’s one of the cowboy hat styles that are alike to what you call the Bolero and is usually made of wool felt or fur. Other varied styles came up from the telescope cease style hats. The most popular one is the Porkpie which became famous in the hit TV series Breaking Bad, featuring Brian Cranston.
As far as the Telescope Gambler is concerned, it’s almost crease-free because the crown has a fully rounded look at the top with a little circular hollow in the center of what you call the crown. It looks somewhat like a telescope lens. The hat’s functionality overshadowed its style because it was designed for hard toil under the sun. For example, the wool felt – Olive and Pique, the best example of a conventional Gambler Crease hat.
The Open Crown Hat with a Crease
This hat just has a formal name because the crown is round-shaped and without a crease. When it comes to the crown, it resembles a sombrero and is popularly called a 10-gallon hat. This variety has a big enough crown to accommodate 10 hatbands. Hatbands mean gallons in the Spanish language. The brim flaunts the conventional sombrero with a little half upturn.
Conclusion
Choose from these cowboy hat styles that best fit your personality and style statement. Also, consider functionality.
