50 Excellent Sun Hats
Including the 100 percent cotton bucket hat that five Strategist editors own.
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The best sun hats can make you look glamorous or cool and adventurous while protecting your face and neck from harmful UV rays. If you’re planning on gardening or hiking, you’ll probably also want a sun hat that’s durable, breathable, maybe even machine washable, and unlikely to fly away every time there’s a strong breeze. And if you plan to take your hat on vacation with you, it’s ideal to find one that’s packable either by rolling it up or squashing it down.
I scoured our deep archive of recommendations for the summer essential, polled my fellow Strategist staffers, and went window-shopping online to find 50 of the best sun hats to buy right now, from the 100 percent cotton bucket hat that five of us own to the extra-wide-brimmed straw hat that one of us has been wearing since 2017.
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The packable cotton hat beloved by filmmaker Durga Chew-Bose and multiple Strategist staffers.
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Terrain's version of the packable cotton Scala, recommended by Kim France.
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Strategist sleep writer Amelia Jerden's vented hiking hat.
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From the Strategist Summer 100: Outdoor Research's UPF 50+ hat in cheery dandelion yellow.
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Spiral-patterned crochet that packs flat.
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Chloe Fineman's favorite hat for the pool.
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"Lightweight and funky-looking," with strong Hogwarts Sorting Hat energy.
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Wide-brimmed cotton canvas with a removable chin strap.
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Sailor hat in blue-on-darker-blue waxed cotton (a 'Secret Strategist' find).
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Cotton hat with hand-painted ocean waves.
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’90s-inspired Marimekko with embroidered flower.
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Gardening hat that can be worn two ways depending on the position of the sun.
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Roll-up visor that comes in lots of colors.
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Sporty yellow hat with a convertible neck skirt.
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Hat that says "I recently watched 'Under the Tuscan Sun.'"
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Black-and-tan-striped straw hat.
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Two-tone UPF hat with a nice wide brim.
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Rag & Bone’s popular trompe l’oeil denim as a hat.
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The hat senior editor Winnie Yang has been wearing for almost ten years.
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