Dress Hat Retail Stores

Formal hats for weddings, race days and evenings out - top hats to cocktail hats

Dress hats are the formal end of headwear: the hats worn with suits, evening dress and occasion outfits rather than with work clothes or sportswear. The stores listed here cover both sides of the category. For men, Menshats.com - a division of Stark & Legum, selling better headwear since 1924 - stocks straw and felt dress hats, while Miller Hats and Quality Hats carry dress styles alongside their western and Panama ranges. For occasion wear, LuLu Hat Company specializes in cocktail hats in classic Thirties and Forties styles, and Top-Hats.com, in business since 1998, focuses on satin and wool felt top hats for formal events, proms and fraternal organizations.

Formal dress hats including top hats and felt fedoras displayed on a polished wood counter in a hat shop

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  Del Mar Hat Company : Casual and designer hats for men and women.  Fabulous hats and much more. They have been selling online since 1996.  Whether you are headed to the beach, packing for a trip, or attending the Kentucky Derby, they have a hat for you!  If you do not find something on their site, or have a special request, they may carry it or be able to locate it for you.


  LuLu Hat Company : LuLu Hat Co. specializing in cocktail hats reminiscent of classic Thirties and Forties styles - excellent for club wear, weddings or standing out in a crowd. Cocktail hats are available in a variety of vintage fabrics including 1940's rayon prints, 1950's novelty cottons, skinner satins and velvets. Cocktail hats are worn at the desired angle with the aid of a matching fabric bandeau.


  Menshats.com : Hat fitter selling better quality hats.  Thei site is a division of Stark & Legum, offers the most extensive collection of better headwear since 1924.  They are not interested in seeing how cheaply a hat or cap can be made, but they want to offer you the best that is available at a reasonable price. The selection consists of straw and felts of various types and colors. The caps are made with fabrics such as poplin and linen in the lighter weight styles, while the heavier ones are made of tweeds, cotton, wool felt, or suede. The hats are made of various straw braids, fur felt, wool felt, and suede.


  Miller Hats : Wide selection of fedoras, western, outback, fur, leather, caps, and berets.  Miller Hats is one of the World's largest online Men's Hat Store, and also offers a tasteful variety of Women's and Children's Hats. They have been in the hat business for over 30 years, are family owned and operated, and committed to providing their customers with quality hats and unsurpassed service. Miller Hats sells only those hats that meet their superior standards; and will therefore provide you, the customer, with years of wearing pleasure. They stock an abundant selection of all your favorite Hat Brands; including Borsalino Hats and Caps, Stetson Hats, Dobbs Hats, Indiana Jones Hats, Kangol Caps and Berets, Charlie 1 Horse and Resistol Cowboy Hats, and Biltmore Hats. Miller Online Hat Store has every imaginable Hat Style and fabric, whether you are shopping for Felt Hats, Straw Hats, Wool or Summer fabric Hats. They offer Dress Hats, Fedoras, Indiana Jones Hats, Safari Outback Hats, Western and Cowboy Hats, Military and Cavalry Hats and Caps, Fur and Leather Hats, Derby and Top Hats, Golf Hats, Panama Hats, Sports Casual Hats, and Ski Hats. Miller Hats offers an extensive selection of Western Hats, whether your first choice is an Open Road, Gambler or Outback Western Hat.


  Quality Hats : Cowboy, dress and panama hats.


  Robley Hats Inc. : Dress hats for men, hats for the outdoors and novelty headwear.


  Top-Hats.com : Offering hats of all sorts. Styles include satin and wool felt top hats.  Top-Hats.com has been in business since 1998. They have over 25 years of experience in the hat industry. Unless otherwise indicated all merchandise is top quality. You will find on their site Satin Collapsible Top Hats, Satin Top Hats, Wool Felt Top Hats for both men and women. We have formal hats for proms and fraternal organizations. You can find hats for the military re-enactor and movie buff. Hats for all types, formal hats, prom hats, fun hats and fez.

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The Main Dress Hat Styles

The top hat is the most formal silhouette - tall, flat-topped and usually satin or wool felt in the versions Top-Hats.com sells for men and women. Below it sit the derby and the fedora, the everyday dress hats of the felt range, and the homburg style often grouped with them. Women's dress hats take a different angle: LuLu Hat Company's cocktail hats are small, decorative pieces in vintage fabrics - 1940s rayon prints, 1950s novelty cottons, satins and velvets - worn tilted at a chosen angle with a matching fabric bandeau. Choosing between them is mostly about the dress code of the event.

Buying Better Dress Hats

Menshats.com states its philosophy plainly: it is interested in offering the best available at a reasonable price rather than the cheapest hat that can be made. That is the right frame for dress hat shopping generally. Better felt, a properly fitted sweatband and a clean finish are what separate a hat that photographs well once from one that serves for years of weddings and race days. Order early for dated events, confirm the store's size guidance - a stiff dress hat cannot be stretched at home - and store the hat on its crown or in a box so the brim keeps its line.

Common Questions

Which store specializes in top hats?

Top-Hats.com focuses on top hats - satin collapsible, satin and wool felt styles for men and women - and has been in business since 1998, with over 25 years of hat industry experience behind it.

What is a cocktail hat?

A small decorative dress hat, here in classic Thirties and Forties styles. LuLu Hat Company makes them in vintage fabrics including 1940s rayon prints and velvets, worn at an angle with the aid of a matching fabric bandeau.

How long has Menshats.com been selling hats?

Menshats.com is a division of Stark & Legum and offers what it describes as the most extensive collection of better headwear since 1924.

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