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