| Technically speaking, all Stetson Company hats | | | | might just be branded as a fashion flop if you do |
| can be branded as a Stetson. However, American | | | | so. |
| popular culture has created for us the image of a | | | | Okay you got your hat and you know how to |
| Stetson hat as the classic cowboy hat. Cowboy | | | | wear one, but still, it's not enough to project a |
| hats are distinguished as having wide brims and | | | | cowboy image. Cowboys follow certain etiquette |
| high, distinctly-shaped crowns. Straw, fur, and | | | | when wearing hats, and you would do yourself a |
| wool felt are the common materials used for | | | | good deed to do as they do. Cowboy hats are |
| making these hats. Straw, aside from being | | | | not worn indoors except in public places that are |
| cheaper, is the best hat for during hot weather. | | | | enclosed and large (malls, square dance halls). Like |
| However, age and long wear might cause it to | | | | all other hats, take it off when seated at a table, |
| become brittle. For durability, fur felt hats of | | | | especially during meals. Wearing it while dining |
| either beaver or rabbit are best though more | | | | gives the impolite impression that you're in a hurry |
| expensive. If you think that you can put on any | | | | to finish eating and leave. A big no is wearing it |
| cowboy hat and it will do, you might be surprised | | | | inside Churches. If you feel like wearing it in a |
| that there are fashion do's and dont's when it | | | | church, by all means attend service at a Cowboy |
| comes to wearing one. | | | | Church. |
| Banish the thought that real cowboys only wear | | | | Cowboys pay respect to ladies. Doff your hat to |
| one hat. Real cowboys have several cowboy hats | | | | passing ladies by way of greeting and respect. |
| and other than function, they have other reasons. | | | | Don't exclude men in uniform either. Church |
| First, straw and hats of light color are fashionable | | | | officials are also rendered the same courtesy. To |
| and must be worn only in the summer or dry | | | | do this properly, bow your head slightly at an |
| seasons. This is because they are airy, breathable, | | | | angle and hold your hat by its crown. Lift it slightly |
| and as your science teacher always says, light | | | | as if taking it off, pause, and place it back. During |
| colors absorb less heat. Second, the season for | | | | services that require standing for a period of time |
| dark colored and felt hat is during the colder | | | | (flag ceremonies, mass) hold your hat by its |
| months. Aside from protecting the head against | | | | crown at chest level as if in a semi-hug. Now that |
| the bitter weather, these hats also absorb more | | | | you've learned your hat basics and etiquette, |
| heat, thereby keeping the cowboy warm. Though | | | | brush your cowboy hats and head out. The town |
| no clear reason is given why, white hats are | | | | needs you partner. |
| no-no after the celebration of Labor day. You | | | | |