Sometimes a dark hat is just perfect. The Ironside combines the lightweight coolness of Panama straw, with the satisfaction of a steel grey hat. With the brim down it feels like inner-city Melbourne in the 1940s. With the brim snapped up, it is a rockin' festival hat for magical adventures. Snapping the brim down all round is glamorous runway.

This is my favourite dark hat. In Melbourne, it makes perfect sense.

• genuine handwoven Panama hat
• every hat supports traditional Ecuadorian families
• eco-friendly, organic, biodegradable Toquilla straw
• 7cm brim - sewn & wired to always be perfect.
• handwoven Cuenca weave in grade 2
• 9cm diamond crown
  
• steel gray colour.
  
• black full bow 33mm grosgrain ribbon
• truffaux baked enamel badge
• suits both men and women