Makins has come up with several attention-getting fedoras, including
The Actor's Studio, a two-tone
Panama hat with a bound edge two-inch brim;
The Carnegie, a Panama hat trimmed with a fancy three pleat silk band;
The Radio City, a
sisal fedora in mint green;
The Schubert, a light and
classy fedora in Japanese Bu with a blue and white nautical striped band; and
The Lyceum, a whisper-light and unlined paribuntal
men's hat with a down turned two inch brim and fancy striped grosgrain trim.
Another New York hat designer, Eugenia Kim, has introduced The Mr. Kim line of
men's hats this season. In fact, one of my top picks is
The Mr. Kim Camel Reid. A soft and multi-textured fedora, this stingy brim has a toyo upturned brim, vented raffia body and toyo crown. Look for the distressed leather band with copper studs and the Mr. K logo stamp. There's also a two tone
toyo fedora called
The Charcoal Craig that features an antique brass buckle on the leather belting trim that really makes this hat pop. Both
Craig hats (in brown and camel) feature antique cat pins on their bands, and the narrow brims are upturned.
Perfect for warm weather wear, Tommy Bahama
fedoras for men include a crocheted raffia ventilated stingy brim fedora called
The Open Weave as well as
The Raffia Fedora, a
summer hat that boasts a broad three inch brim and marlin pin on the multi-colored satin band.
Panama hats from Tommy Bahama are a great choice for summertime, and new this season is
The Punto Negro, a pinch front fedora with ribbon and jute overlay.
The Stratoliner in milan braid is a brand new
fedora from Stetson, and a remake of a famous Stetson hat from decades past. It features a bound 2 1/4 inch brim and narrow grosgrain trim with airplane pin. Also new from Stetson this season is
The Burnaby, a fancy
shantung fedora. Look at the contrast weave pattern on its brim -- you'll like it. Lightweight and luxurious,
The Rantoul is a snap brim fedora made from a tightly woven Japanese Bu Shantung. Stetson made this hat in very limited number, so order yours today to avoid disappointment. Another
Stetson fedora made from a Japanese Bu Shantung woven body is
The Oswego. This Texas-made hat has a "C" crown and pinch front shape with a snap brim and narrow grosgrain trim with bow. Really quite impressive.
Other fedoras that you might wish to consider owning come from
Borsalino.
The Vented Montecristi starts in Ecuador where several hundred hours of weaving work go in to create a hat body with a exceptional linen-like texture.
The Mazzini is new this season, and is my choice for "hat of the season." It's an absolutely stunning open weave Abaca (from the banana family of plants) braid
fedora. The
Borsalino Panama with Fantasy Band is actually a classic
Panama fedora and its "fantasy" band is a grosgrain ribbon that features a dark tinged edge on the natural colored band. There's also
The Elegante,
Panama hat perfection from Christys' London, a safari style hat in a finely woven, bleached Grade 20 Panama straw.
Biltmore comes through with
fedoras that will turn heads too.
The Montecristi Pinch Front has a two inch brim, four inch crown, and grosgrain trim with bow, while
The Panama Excello is a fino grade Panama pinch front fedora with a 2 1/4 inch snap brim. For a new fedora from
Carlos Santana, look to
The Panama Special -- it's
exclusive to HartfordYork.com, and features a finely woven vented body with bound edge, two inch brim, leather and grosgrain trim, and the Santana lion pin.