![]() ![]() 5030101090349 Open Road Straw Hat 155.00 ///cdn/shop/products/tsoprdt0526_taupe_1.jpg?v=1590802830 ///cdn/shop/products/tsoprdt0526_taupe_1_large.jpg?v=1590802830 USD InStock straw 2021 Gift Guide All Gifts for Her Gifts for Him Gifts for the Cowgirl Globo basis collection - Do not delete Hats Hats / Collections Hats / Collections / Best Sellers Hats / Collections / Straw Hats / Fedora Hats / Fedora / Straw Hats / Western Hats / Western / Classics Hats / Western / Straw Legendary Denim Open Road Open Road Straw Hats Straw Hats Valentine's Day Gifts The Open Road Straw features a genuine leather sweatband and a 4 ¼” crown outfitted with a satin hat band. Since 1948, it has been finished with a traditional, hand-pressed cattleman crease, and has been worn by modern pioneers and trailblazers ever since, from artists and outlaws to Presidents (including, most notably, LBJ, who was rarely photographed on his Texas ranch without his Open Road). Introduced in 1937, the Open Road was originally sold with an open crown, which could then be creased to the customer’s liking. With its western-style crown and 2 ¾” bound-edge brim, the Open Road Straw easily transitions from country to city to beach-and looks equally sharp on a woman or a man. So I paid $100 all in for the hat, probably another $40 to reblock it, all in the name of the experiment of "can a cattleman's hat be successfully re-shaped into a fedora?" Ain't no way I'm wearing any cattleman's hat here in Washington.Crafted by hand in the U.S.A., the Open Road Straw Hat combines high-quality 100% Shantung straw with a firm finish for the ultimate in warm-weather comfort and style. I intend to have it re-blocked and de-stiffened to the extent possible. But my Open Road is sort of old and I wanted to buy another one, newer so I just bought one on EBay, but it's a stiff cattleman's hat, hasn't arrived yet. The Open Road launched my purchases of a number of other fedora style hats subsequently. Around here all I see are green wool outback hats worn by men in trenchcoats. It seemed to draw a lot of positive attention, largely from women, as in "that's a good-looking hat and it's gutsy to wear one these days." No one else seems to have the nerve to wear fedora hats. I had it re-blocked locally into a fedora style, and it worked great. ![]() It is the flexible style but was unshaped. The Open Road was my first hat bought at a flea market five years ago. ![]()
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