JelordJelord Women Vintage Boater Straw Hat Wide Brim Flat Top Floppy Derby Straw Hat Beach Sun Hats with Chin Strap Brim

My wide-brimmed hat, which I ordered with the 12 cm brim (almost 5 inches) and the black ribbon in January 2025, arrived perfectly intact and flat inside a protective, plastic bubble! Amazingly, after a long journey from China, my hat made it to me safe and sound.The pictures show the hat just as it appeared after I removed it from its protective, plastic bubble and placed it on my head. After the first photo, I folded the ribbon in half to make it look thinner because I wanted the crown to appear shallower.I measured the 12 cm brim hat and found its total diameter to be 17.5 inches, with a 7.5 inch diameter crown and 5 inch brim. The height of the crown is 2 inches. My head circumference is 22 inches, and the hat easily perches upon my head.I was seeking an inexpensive straw hat for my 18th Century Georgian Era outfit, and this straw hat will do quite well. I wish the company would make some straw hats with smaller crowns (6 inches wide) that only project upwards 1 inch, rather than 2 inches, because that would look more like the bergere straw hats popular in the late 1700s, but I am pleased with my new straw hat. I appreciate that the company must have looked at complaints about hats arriving crumpled and found a way to ship the hats in plastic bubbles so that they would arrive flat...no need to spray the hat with water mist and flatten under books!I chose the 12 cm brim hat because I wanted the hat to hold its shape rather than be floppy...and it is holding its shape just fine. I feel it is a cute and attractive hat! I am glad I purchased it....and I am thankful that people halfway around the world took their time and effort to weave, stitch, and mail the straw hat so that I can wear it.

I loved the picture of the Hat planned on wearing it to our Annual Mother’s Day Tea Party. I was excited about my order. When received totally bent and tore in 3 places..tried straightening and glueing to no avail.I did not want to return it.. I ended up getting frustrated and throwing it in the trash … but I give the picture as advertised 10 points! I really wanted to wear the hat!

Okay, the hat arrived with the brim bent in all sorts of weird places BUT this hat can be salvaged! I had to spray the brim generously with water and weigh it down with some old textbooks to get it to straighten. I would imagine the process would be much faster with an iron or steamer.I found the brim size to be cartoonishly large and I wasn’t able to straighten the end of the brim the way I wanted it to. I read from one reviewer that they trimmed off a couple of inches of the brim so I decided to trim off around 2” and it was able to straighten just fine. Granted, I could’ve trimmed it more for a cleaner cut but it was at the back of the hat so it’s not as noticeable from the front.I own a lot of hats, and even though the quality is not the best, this hat turned out to be one of my favorites. Can’t wait to wear it out for the summer!

I was doubting this hat before I bought it because of some of the other reviews, but it is actually AMAZING! I got the 18cm brim and it is massive - think car tire. It arrived with 4 corners bent, but I’m not sure why everyone had trouble fixing this. I immediately, upon the hat’s arrival, took a spray bottle filled with water and sprayed the whole brim area of the hat on both sides - top and bottom - just until it was slightly moist to the touch. I then laid it on our washing machine flat with 4 textbooks on top of each bend in the brim. After about an hour and a half (maybe 2?), the hat dried completely and the bends were completely gone. Not even a crease was left. I placed the books back on for another few hours to be sure, and as of the next day it is PERFECT! The hat is stiff enough to keep its shape, but flexible enough that it will bend when laid down on an uneven surface. Love this hat and I’m buying all the other sizes now! I would love to paint some of these, in fact, and probably will! SIDE NOTE: I did find the huge size of the 18cm hat to be too much to tie at a side tilt, so it will simply be worn full on my head or to the back a bit. The smaller ones will probably be perfect for wearing at an angle as all the chic boater hat wearers do in their Sunday best, but not this one as it bends away from the head when worn sideways.

I ordered. When it arrived, it was the wrong brim size.Well made and attractive, though. But not what I wanted.Re-ordered.It arrived -- still wrong brim size.I was given a prompt refund, so I can't complain there, but I really needed a wide brimmed hat,Oh well.So, great customer service, but either they don't actually make the wider brim sizes, or they can't figure out which are which.

Authentic style, solid workmanship. Great shipping protection. I could literally smell fresh straw when I unpacked!

I loved the look of this vintage hat but it is really large and doesn't fit at all.

The crown of this hat is very wide and tall, making it VERY loose on the top of my head. I wanted it for a craft hat project that needed a low crown (18th C bergere) but it won’t work. If you have a lot of hair, and wear it up, this might work for you.