Evansville Wool | Western Hat

Wide brim, wide open skies

There’s a reason the western hat has never really gone away. It’s not nostalgia — it’s just a genuinely brilliant design: a wide brim that keeps the sun off your face and the rain off your collar, a structured crown that holds its shape through whatever the day throws at it, and enough presence to make every other hat in the room feel a bit underdressed. The Evansville is Stetson doing what they’ve done better than anyone since 1865 — taking a classic silhouette and building it from materials that actually justify the price tag. The outer is an 86% wool felt treated with Asahi Guard water repellency, with a fine cashmere content that gives it that supple, almost buttery feel you don’t expect from something this robust. A narrow leather trim strap runs the crown, the leather sweatband moulds comfortably to your head over time, and the mulesing-free wool means you can wear it with a clear conscience. This is a hat for the moors, the market town and everywhere in between.

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• • 86% wool felt outer with Asahi Guard water-repellent treatment
  • 14% cashmere content for a supple, premium feel
  • Narrow leather trim strap to the crown
  • Leather lining band for a comfortable, moulding fit
  • Mulesing-free wool
• • Outer: 86% wool felt, 14% wool (cashmere)
  • Lining band: 100% leather

• Head circumference	56-57 cm	58-59 cm
  Size	M	L

• • Do not wash
  • Do not bleach
  • Do not tumble dry
  • Do not iron
  • Do not dry clean

• Jacuzzi, Jetski, Hoover, Stetson When a brand name gets to be shorthand for the product itself, you know its achieved icon status. Since John B Stetson began selling his famous Boss of the Plains hat in 1865, everyone whos anyone has topped themselves off with a Stetson.

  Take the famous Ten-Gallon Hat made famous by silver screen star Tom Mix or the Skyline model worn by Kevin Costner in TVs Yellowstone. President Lyndon B Johnsons distinctive Open Road became so entwined with his public persona that its still sometimes called an LBJ, and rumour has it that Colonel Custer rode to his doom at Little Big Horn in a Stetson.

  For 160 years, Stetson hats have been emblems of their era. Post-war ad men cut deals in their Stratoliner fedoras, jazz cats and members of the Rat Pack sported a Whippet trilby tipped back on their head, and pictures of Lee Harvey Oswalds assassination show rangy US Marshals all wearing their Open Roads..

  As hat-wearing tastes have changed, Stetson have moved with the times. Sure, they still do the classic fedoras and cattleman crowns, but their modern range includes everything from trappers and truckers to beanies and ball caps all manufactured in accordance with John B Stetsons motto, none but sterling quality.