How to wear hats: For men

I know that it’s midsummer and most suggestions for summer come out sometime in December. But who remembers the sun and sand when they’re hunkered down under layers of wool? I say midsummer is the perfect time to start making suggestions.

As Glenn O’Brien says in the latest 10 Essentials, caps are for boys – men must wear hats. And the perfect summer hat is a straw or paper fedora. If it surprises you to learn that the stuff you doodle on during meetings can also make a serviceable hat, I’d wager it has been far too long since you went to your local millinery=. Goorin makes a lovely one out of toyo straw.

There’s no point in tightening up your look with better shoes and slimmer polos (as I assume you’ve been doing) if you ruin it all with a well broken-in baseball cap.

- TheSundayBest