August 25, 2022 5 min read
How can you have everlasting hat styles when you only have one hat (so far) in your collection?Girl Scout’s honor - it's possible when you have a solid selection of hatbands! We’re letting you in on everything you need to know abouthow to change + choose a hatband.
"Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." — Diane von Furstenberg. Diane, the incredible Belgian designer, is not lyin’ about that! Finding your style can sometimes take you by surprise, you could look amazing in something you’d never think about putting on. So, there’s your first step to choosing a hatband.
Find out which styles + colors of hatbands will look good with the hats you wear. Here are a few tips to help you get started onfinding the right hatband for your hat.
The above tips are made to use as a good starting point, but don’t put a halt to your hatband search yet - there are still a lot more styles to discover, let’s get into more!
You can change your hatband when you’re ready for a new hat look. It’s easy to do - the hatbands we design are all a little different, so take a look at how to change specific hatbands + we’ll tell you how to put a new hatband on…
All the bands you just checked out are removable + just as easy to take off as they were to put on. Some bands, like thevelvet band that comes with your Miller Fedora, are not removable, but layering your hatbands gives you a leg up on your hat-style game.
Gigi Pip's hatbands are made for every woman to be able to wear, no matter her hat size. So, for a lot of our hatbands, it made sense to design them to be worn with specific hat sizes in mind.
Not sure what your hat size is?Take a look at our hat sizing guide for quick + easy help. Certain hatbands will come in the same size category as your hats do.
Other hatbands will come in one size but are adjustable to fit any hat size from xs-xl. So if you have any of the chain bands, don’t worry, they’ll work with your hat no matter what.
It's easy, simply wrangle your hat from its keepsake box + lasso the crown with a hatband… too much? Yeah, you’re right, we’ll dial it back. Okay, seriously though - try pairing your Ezra Western Hat with aCara Loren Bolo Hatband, our white one is made of leather + is braided so it has some texture to it that will complement the look of your hat.
To put the bolo hatband on your cowboy hat, loosen it up by sliding the hardware toward the ends of your band so it can fit around the crown. Then place it so that the hardware is towards the back of your crown, now all you need to do is tighten it so that it doesn’t move around at all.
Discovering your style is the first thing you can do before you choose a hatband. Even if you have your personal style where you want it, you never know what else you might like, so try everything that catches your eye. Now that we told you everything you need to know about hatbands, you can start changing, putting on, + taking off all your hatbands like a pro.