I am using the hat in my role as the Worshipful Master in my Masonic Lodge. The Lodge room get's a bit steamy in the Florida summer and this straw top hat is light and airy yet exudes quality and looks formal. It's perfect for the purpose I intended.

This is a high qualiity hat and I am very pleased with it. It arrived on time and in good condition.

AWESOME hat!!! JUST what we wanted!! Good workmanship!! And JUST as pictured and as sized! Thanks much!!

size lg natural hat fit perfect , so i ordered the black too.. highly recommend.. -d

I have a number of round hats (toppers) and prefer fur felt. As such, I'm not too keen on straw hats, but wanted something for the warmer weather. I couldn't be more pleased with this hat. It is, quite simply, the completest thing -- well done!

I've been looking for a black straw topper and this is the one. I have to natural version and wanted the black version. That's s was a great price.

This Topper is Just perfect in every way great styling Comfy to wear in any weather although it's a spring summer look. Very Sturdy and The Ladies Love it! What more do you need to complete any wardrobe.

This hat is awsome!!! Sturdy yet light weight, perfect hat for warm climates. The first day I wore it I paired it with the wasteland black eyewear and an Armani trench coat. I felt like people wanted to get my autograph. Worth every penny I paid!!!

Nothing like 19th Century elegance. This smoker's cap has made me very happy. I like old stuff. Thank You for offering said cap. Great work Historical Emporium.

This is a nice addition to smoking jacket. Well made.

Excellent material, well crafted, I needed a vintage smoking cap for a formal party and this was perfect!

I bought this to wear when smoking my pipe in my study. I love it. It's a very well made hat, quite comfortable. Everyone who has seen it has complimented me on it. Highly recommended.

A perfect addition to my hat collection.

Husband loved this. Great!

The quality is very high. Very nice velvet and tassel and the fit is excellent. I recommend this very highly.

I love it...my wife hates it. But it keeps my bald head warm in the house.

Love everything I've ever gotten from Gentlemen's Emporium. This hat is well made, high-end materials and fits my largish head well. Planning to wear in place of mortar board for commencement regalia

I'd got the Black Velvet "plain" Vintage Quilted Smoking Cap ("plain" meaning no embroidery on the side) because I wanted a warm cap to wear "indoors" during winter. I wear sweaters and turtlenecks indoors so that I can keep the thermostat turned down, reducing my heating bill. However, I still suffered from a cold head! I had pull-overs, toques, knit stocking caps, and a bunch of other, regular, outdoors winter-wear lids. But I had nothing even remotely "Ritzy" to wear indoors. The other stuff made it look like I'd just come in from checking he mail, or something--- not like something I had intentionally worn indoors! The smoking cap's ideal! It's also a good bit like Dumbledore's "casual cap," (which I'd also considered; rejecting it because it was made too small for me!) but less "ornate." The Vintage Quilted Smoking Cap also special in that the "XL" version fits me; and I usually take a 7-7/8 or "XXL" hat or cap! I like the Harry Potter series; but being in my 60s, it behooves me to avoid dressing exactly like Dumbledore! (Yea, sure; the kids & grand-kids would love it, but it might cause talk!) So I split the difference, buying a cap that only slightly resembles a "wizard's cap." I'm happy, the kids are happy, and the rest can hop it! However--- I hope that the Historical Emporium has an ample supply of these, as they're great for "customizing" into fancier versions with glued-on trim & piping, braid & brooches, for the costumes of "Dumbledore Wannabes!" The...

During this past summer, I was fortunate enough to work as an actor on season 2 of the hit Taylor Sheridan TV show 1923. Wardrobe had put me a period 3-piece wool suit and topped it off with a brown Derby/ Bowler hat. My wife saw the wardrobe picture and commented on how good it looked on me, then for my recent birthday, bought this Derby for me. The size is perfect and adds authenticity to future characters that I will portray. Hats off and bravo to the great people at Historical Emporium!

I wondered how this would look. In a word Amazing!

Quality lid! Love it!

I am a musician and wear the hat at gigs. It gets a lot of compliments.

I like the quality of the hat. It is quite stiff which I think is appropriate. The XL fits my large head very well!

Made a quick purchase for a brown bowler hat. Great fit and sturdy make. Turned out exceptionally well; top notch quality and cut. Perfectly formed rim and dome. Packaging was simple, no extra fluff. Arrived intact and no dings. It's been added to the collection and has taken the place of my fave haberdashery. Shipping turnaround was surprisingly swift. Highly recommended for the common man, seal of approval from the Rudeboy.

Very nice bowler, better than I expected, and worth twice the price! I am very pleased that I bought two...black and brown!

Because it's not where you're from it's where your hat. Seriously, I really like this hat. Was afraid it would not fit right but was not disappointed.

It was great to finally find this hat , I have had these hats many times in my life

Great functional hat. The fit, lines, color, felt material, detail, are all superb. A joy to shop at Historical Emporium!

Great soft wool felt hat! H.E never disappoints with their products! Easy to reshape the crown with some steam to suit your crown style!

6 planets!

Great fedora. It came just as described. The size is right It arrived pretty quickly Thank you.

Just what I wanted. Quality hats like this are hard to find!

This is a great unlined Fedora. The price is really good, the best I found, and the size was absolutely accurate. Thankyou, you never let me down

Heavens to Murgatroid this is a fine hat! So well done, love it to death.

This is a very nice quality hat. Would not Hesitate to buy from again.

This is one of those items that brings out the compulsive in me and makes me want to order two! Great fit (I wear a lrg), great looking and comfortable. I usually doubt straw hats at this price but this hat is well constructed and I am choosing it often to wear outside during the summer days. I will order another one as I fear I might wear this one out. Just love this hat.

Fits fantasticly! It is light weight, and breezy! Just what I wanted!

This hat is very well made and has a nice flair to it. I was searching for a straw top hat, like you do, and really lucked out finding Historical Emporium.

The straw is tightly and finely hand woven Panama Hat from Ecuador. The price is very reasonable. I have a Panama Fedora for which I paid over $200 six years ago and this is comparable in quality. I'll be using it for my musical stage performances in Columbia, CA this next month and for years to come. For the hot weather you can't beat a Panama. With moderate care, they last forever. I wanted a topper that was a little lower in height and this fits the bill perfectly. I really like this hat!

My favorite hat ever! I saw this hat on the head of one of the Carnival kings for 2017 last week on the New Orleans local news!

Hat is perfect. Just what I wanted for summer.

Was very pleased with my purchase, also seen another one i want to buy in the near future

a brown shaded outfit. I always wear hats when I go out. The Brown Homberg co-ordinates well with brown lounge suits and brown Norfolk jackets.

No occasion. Was just looking for a new hat for my collection. This is a very nice hat!!

This hat is beautifully made with fine materials. It fits and looks great.

Excellent product

What a beautiful hat. My wife commented immediately on the nice colour. I appreciate your customer service and helping me order the correct size. I will continue to recommend your fine quality products to family and friends. Most assuredly I will be a return Customer. Thanks again.

Nice quality Homburg hat in a dark brown color. Fit was true to size. Fast safe shipping. Very happy with the purchase.

This is a fantastic style and material of hat. I used to own this exact one several years ago but wore it out. I’m very happy to have bought it again. As with all new hats it’s very stiff and hard all over. So use it a lot to get a well used comfortable feeling later on.

I love this style of cap, and this one is made beautifully with heavy velvet with quilting. I could not be any happier and i am glad i choose the right seller

I love my smoking hat. I bought it to go with my 1983 Mercedes 240D that is the same car used in Marrakesh for taxis. It's perfect for keeping my head warm while looking cool, and won't blow off if I roll the window down. It's a much nicer quality than I had imagined. It arrived in 2 days which surprised me, so fast!

Handsome in an Edwardian sort of way.

Fits perfectly and is very comfortable and warm. NOT the usual felt wrapped cardboard you get when looking for a hat like this.

I really enjoy this hat to help me stay warm on colder nights before retiring to bed. A cup of tea, a good book, or a classic TV show, the hat is stylish for any occasion. I have worn it to parties and received many compliments about it.

We keep our house at 60 degrees during the winter and it can feel pretty chilly at times. My older husband has lost a lot of hair and had been wearing a winter knitted cap in the house. I just couldn't stand looking at the dopey thing anymore. Pirates of Penzance is one of my favorite movies and I remembered the Major General wearing that smoking cap & robe so I went looking online. I found this smoking cap at the Historical Emporium, got his approval and ordered the purple one. It took him a couple days to get used to wearing it (he felt silly) but I liked it right away. Later, a met a male friend of mine for lunch and he was wearing a hat. He said he'd just gotten a haircut and his head was cold so I told him about the smoking cap. He immediately asked if it was the kind with the tassel...like Groucho Marx! So, there are probably a lot of guys out there with cold heads who would be interested if they weren't afraid of looking silly. I hope you can start a trend with this practical solution for those saving a little money on the heating bill!

Halloween

This hat was perfect for a costume based on Bram Stoker's Dracula. Although I look nothing like Gary Oldman, my costume did and that made me perfectly recognizable to most at our annual Halloween bash. Only those who were too young or hadn't seen the movie had no clue. And, even if I hadn't gone that direction, the classic costume, including the Victorian Top Hat were amazing. (classic costume not included)

Ordered these for costumes for Victorian Carolers. They just looked wonderful and the gray really popped from the background. Highly recommended, the quality was fantastic and fit well. Just terrific.

Very elegant and lightweight. Great topper for a couple of fabulous suits from Historical Emporium

Now I can smoke without looking silly.

Top notch!

Fit as advertised. Looks even better than the picture. I have the red plush lounging/ smoking jacket already and this is a perfect mate to it.

Loved The Look Of The Hat ... May Not Be The Most Hansom Man In The Room , But I Can Feel Like One ...

This is the second derby hat I've purchased from Historical Emporium. I'm very pleased with the quality and the fit. Would recommend to a friend. I'm planning to purchase other items in the near future.

This hat will do eaqually well in an 1880's Western Impression or with a light earth-tone suit. It is made by Scala, which is a recognized name-brand Hatter. I like mine a lot! ERSJR, Hanover, Virginia