Headgear functions are taken into consideration by the good people at Scala, presumably so you can get on with wearing your hat. On one hand, Scala offers something as useful as The Travel Roll-up Rain Hat in 100% fully water repellent cotton; on the other, they've got the special-occasion only Mad Hatter, a formal top hat, dignified in wool felt and available in Black or Grey.

Even when it comes to using the same material for different toppers, Scala's ingenuity is admirable. Not only can you enjoy the look and feel of wool felt with The Mad Hatter, but also in the crushable snap brimmed Roadmaster Wool Felt Fedora, with its 2 1/2" bound edge brim and slim 6 ligne grosgrain band. The difference between the two is not just the obvious hat styles themselves, but also the stiffness of the material. In other words, you can squish your Roadmaster, then shake it out and wear it; however, except for the squish, the same cannot be said for the Mad Hatter wool felt.

Truth be told, the same no-squish rule applies to the very sleek, very smooth Scala Jazz Porkpie (it too a wool felt creation); but if you inadvertently sit on your New Yorker, life as you know it does not have to end. Your feather may break, and your 16-ligne grosgrain band and double bow might crinkle, but your snap brim fedora in wool felt will shake it off in the end.

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