The Stratoliner Hemp Fedorais $155 and comes in Black, a rich Brown, Natural, Navy, and Sage. A blue Stratoliner in hemp Hemp Stratoliner If you wanted to wear a Stratoliner to the beach or the pool, this is the one. Depending on what they are actually made of, this is a fair price for a fair weather hat that will stand up to seasons of wear and casual use. It has a cowhide sweatband which is durable and functional. These hats come in Cognac, Beige (that is very light, nearly white), Sand (that looks closer to what I would call beige), and Gray. Evidently, there is a region in China still producing them in the original way at lower price points. Stetson does not overtly say what their Milan is made from. Most modern Milans use hemp or synthetic fibers of some mix of both. This is made of what they call Florentine Milan straw, a very durable material that was originally made from hand-braided wheat in a process that is now very costly. The Stratoliner Milan Fedora at $95 is not an entry level hat. Let’s begin at the least expensive option and work our way up. It is a hat for a nice dinner, for the office, for sophisticated travel.Įach Stratoliner comes with a metal pin of the airplane affixed to the ribbon and all are made by hand in Garland, Texas. It is near identical to the one on an Open Road, but this hat carries none of the Open Road’s Western aspirations. It’s this ribbon that really makes a Stratoliner. All Stratoliners have interior sweatbands and grosgrain narrow ribbons. The Stetson Stratoliner comes in a wide variety of colors and materials for whatever weather or situation you face in life. It both shields and compliments my face, resting lightly just above my meaty ears with a brim large enough to shield them from rain and a crown that acts as ballast to my knobby chin. There is far less headroom in a Tesla than a vintage Packard.įor my 7⅜ head, the Stratoliner is incredibly balanced. This design and these dimensions work well in our modern world. This was originally so that it was easier to wear traveling: going from taxi to train to plane to car. (In comparison, Indiana Jones’ hat was 5½.) This makes the Stratoliner much more balanced and modern, since modern hats tend to have lower crown heights. Perfection.Ī 4½ crown is considered a fairly low crown height. The brim is a rakish 2½ inches, not narrow and not a bush hat either. The top of the crown is styled in a tear drop shape, which is very flattering to a variety of head shapes. It was named after a Boeing 307 Stratoliner aircraft, a state of the art plane from 1940, and each hat is shipped with a pin of the plane on its narrow ribbon that circles its 4½ inch crown. It’s proportions, materials, and colors have been refined down through the ages in a perfect adaptation to the urban landscape and are now firmly ensconced in our minds as the Platonic ideal of a fedora. The Stetson Stratoliner is a classic design and there are many reasons for this. Latest posts by Timothy Steiner (see all).
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