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Pork Pie Hats Darron by Bailey Hats

Yes, every since Buster Keaton and Lester Young sported this unconventional fedora, it’s been an icon of American culture.   Gene Hackman made it more famous in the movie The French Connection and more recently it was featured on the TV show Breaking Bad. The crown  crease is called a telescope crease since it looks like Read More

The Colver Bailey Hats Melrose Los Angeles

Bailey Hats started a hundred years ago in downtown Los Angeles.  You can still see the original builinding on Spring St. with the side of the wall painted with their name.  It’s very cool that Holllywood Hatters in Los Angeles is now the biggest vendor of Bailey Hats in the city.  Fashion hats, Western Hats Read More

Bailey hats in Los Angeles

After a very long hiatus, Bailey Hats of Hollywood have returned to the shelves of Hollywood Hatters. Beautiful felts are stocked on your shelves in all colors and styles. Casual and fashion, crushable and firm, dress and cowboy. The Lang is a beautiful fashion hat made of fine firm wool felt. We have many more Read More

Nash by Larry Mahan Hats Hollywood Hatters

At long last, we recieved the Nash by Larry Mahan.  This beauty is made of fine 100% fur felt in Texas.  It has a perfect teardrop crown, a 4 inch flat brim with a small pencil curl edge.  It has both a grosgrain ribbon and leather belt trim as a hat band.  It has a Read More

Plantation Style Hat by Dobbs The San Juan

The San Juan has been a staple in the Dobbs spring collection for many years and for good reason.  The style, called Plantation, is a bit of Americana and a part of any well dressed man’s collection.  It’s made with very fine, durable Shantung straw that will never break, comes with a large 3 1/2″ Read More

Parker by Dobbs

The classic Parker by Dobbs has been part of their collection for decades.  It’s made with their Florentine Milan straw weave, comes with only a center crease crown which gives it a 60’s vintage vibe. The brim is 1 7/8″, the hat band is a wrap around grosgrain ribbon and has a bonded leather sweatband.  Read More

Made in Europe Fine Felt Fedora Chester by Stefeno

Only at Hollywood Hatters in Los Angeles will you find this fine felt Fedora made in Spain.  Our unique Chester fedora is made in Spain and is a unique wool/fur felt blend. it has a nice large snap down brim at 2 3/4″ with a ribbon bidding.  The hat band matches the binding.  The crown Read More

Dillinger by Bailey Hats

Bailey Hats has a very long tradition when in comes to Western fashion, having originated in California.  The Dillinger is a unique creation that combines Old West with Formal Fashion.  It’s a Top Hat crown at 5″ high and a gambler style  raw edge brim at 3 1/2 “.   It’s made of 100% fine wool Read More

Oceanus by Stetson

The Stetson Hat Company continues to impress us with their Seeker Collection.  The Oceanus is a light gray wool felt creation with a 4″ pencil curl brim with a raw edge.  The trim is a grosgrain ribbon with a multicolor combination of leather and cotton.   Check it out at hollywoodhatters.com  or come by our store, Read More

Santa Fe by Stetson

The Santa Fe by Stetson is back in stock, in black and driftwood.  It’s a star of the Stetson Outdoor Collection.  It’s  made with soft, crushable wool felt and is water repellant.  It has a sort of outback style with a 3 1/8″ brim and has a stampede strap/chin strap.   Made in Texas USA. Available Read More

Pork Pie Hat by Mayser

Check out our beautiful new Neo pork pie fedora hat made my Mayser in  the EU.  It’s fine soft wool felt that’s packable and water repellant .  It has a fancy band and we sell with an extra black pleated hook on hat band so you get two looks.  Three colors and three sizes. Available Read More

Gibson by Larry Mahan Milano

Not to be out done, Larry Mahan Milano has delivered the Gibson.  It has a flat 4″ brim with a raw edge , a 4″ crown with a center dent crease.  The trim consists of a grosgrain ribbon and a leather belt with a 3 piece buckle.  It’s a 5X fur felt, currently only color Read More

Tri City by Stetson

All Stetson hats are scarce.  It seems they are five months behind in production due to Covid.   Luckily we started to receive shipments .  The first installment was the classic Stetson Tri-City in their Royal Deluxe fur felt . It has a  perfect short 4″ crown and a 3 3/4″ flat brim with a bound Read More

Ted Lasso star Brendan Hunt sports classic Morning Suit and Top Hat

I got several calls from a Hollywood stylist asking about top hats. Seems a client wanted to wear one at the Emmy Award Show. They mentioned he was wearing a Morning Suit. She sent an assistant and she picked up three different styles in black. The show aired but unfortunately I didn’t watch it. My Read More

Ultralight Stratoliner Fur Felt Fedora by Stetson

We all are familiar with the classic fur felt Stratoliner fedora warn and named for Howard Hughes.  This Ultralight version is the same shape but with a very soft and light FUR felt that makes it ultra comfortable and packable.  As the original, it’s a 2 1/2″ bound edge brim, a teardrop crown but because Read More