Hanna Hats Style Guide

Looking for the perfect tweed hat or cap to suit your style but don't know where to start? Well, we're here to help. In this blog post we highlight some of our top selling styles and detail how they compare to each other. Our hats and caps are suitable for all genders and ages and make the perfect addition to any outfit. We hope this guide will help you find the perfect Hanna Hat to suit your style.

The Vintage Cap Tweed was first designed back in the 1960's and is still one of our most popular styles today. It is a quintessential, traditional flat cap. It has a wide body across the middle of the cap, giving fullness, and a flat peak with a stud fastener. This style is a timeless piece and is an iconic Irish style. It is available in plain and patchwork tweed and linen. 

Now, let's compare our Vintage cap to our Donegal Touring Cap Tweed. If you look closely, you'll notice our DTC has a slimmer body than our Vintage Cap. Our Donegal Touring Cap Tweed is a streamlined, tailored fit flat cap, ideal for those who prefer a slimmer silhouette. This style features an integrated, curved stitched-down peak and a deep back for a secure fit. This cap has a much more tailored look, fitting closer to the head. You could say it's a modern take on the original tweed flat cap. It adds modernity and elegance to an outfit which makes it ideal for wear at more formal occasions, as well as everyday use. The Donegal Touring Cap is available in plain and patchwork tweed and linen.

For reference the diameter of the Vintage Cap is 23cm/9 inches while the diameter of the Donegal Touring Cap is 21cm/8 1/4 inches (approximately- based on a size Medium).

Our Erin Cap Tweed is a six-panel duckbill style cap. The Erin Cap Tweed, with its tailored fit, is expertly crafted from six individual panels of rich tweed, capturing a fusion of traditional charm and contemporary design. Its design boasts a seamlessly integrated peak, reminiscent of a duck’s bill, highlighting not only a snug fit but also a classic allure. The Erin Cap has a diameter of 19cm/7 1/2 inches (approximately- based on a size Medium).

In the below video, John Patrick Hanna, third generation of the Hanna family, showcases and compares these three styles. 

If a flat cap isn't your style, then one of our newsboy caps might be more up your street. Going for that Peaky Blinders inspired look? Look no further; than these three options, the Eight Piece Cap, JP Cap and Connery Cap.

Our Eight Piece Cap is our fullest-body cap style in the Newsboy Collection. The voluminous style is comprised of 8 panels or pieces which symbolise a spinning wheel wheel traditionally used to make fleece into yarn. The Eight Piece Cap has a full body with a flat peak with a stud fastener. With the extra material in the body of the cap, the wearer can style the cap to their liking- as is, or lean it to one side. This style is the most similar to the style worn by Thomas Shelby in The Peaky Blinders. The Eight Piece Cap is available plain and patchwork tweed.

Created in 2018, the JP Cap is a baker boy style cap which is made up of eight panels, with a neat body and a longer curved peak with stud fastener. The JP Cap is perfect for keeping the sun, rain or snow out of your eyes. The JP Cap is available in tweed and linen.

If you'd like a hybrid of these two newsboy caps, then our Connery Cap Tweed might be the ideal cap for you. The Connery Cap Tweed has the same neat body as the JP Cap Tweed but features a flat peak with stud fastener like the Eight Piece. The Connery Cap is available in tweed and linen.

For reference, the Eight Piece Cap has a diameter of 28cm/11 inches, the JP Cap and Connery Cap have a diameter of 24cm/9 1/2 inches (approximately- based on a size Medium).

In the video below. John Patrick compares and contrasts the three newsboy styles. 

So now that we have compared our top selling caps, but what about our hats? When our founding father David Hanna established the company, hats were the mainstay of the collections, hence our company name. The cap, in all its forms, is the most popular headwear style today but the hat still holds its own and is very dear to us.

Firstly, let's talk about our Walking Hat Tweed. This tweed walking hat is the most popular hat in our collection. It has a solid, structured body and brim. The brim protects the face from the elements, the body stands tall and you will walk tall when wearing this eye-catching style. The body is 4.5 inches (11.5cm) tall and the brim is 1.75 inches (4.5cm) (approximately- based on a size Medium).

The Eske Travel Hat Tweed is a tweed bucket hat that has a soft brim and body. This makes it the ideal hat for those on the go. It can be folded in your bag or coat pocket and will instantly bounce back into shape when it is worn. Our Wee Thatch Hat Tweed is also a good option if you're looking for a bucket hat. This style has an oblong shape with a plain brim. 

The Eske Travel Hat Tweed has a 4.12 inches (10.5cm) tall body and 2 inches (5.2cm) brim, while the Wee Thatch Hat Tweed has a 3 ¼ inch (8cm) tall body and a 2 ½ inch (6cm) brim(approximately- based on a size Medium).

We often get asked which styles are suitable for women, and the answer is all our styles are suitable for all genders except a few that are specifically for women which include the Slieve League Hat Tweed, Eleanor Hat Tweed and Glenveagh Cap Tweed.

Our Slieve League Hat Tweed is a feminine style with a round paneled body and tapered brim creating a chic 1920’s silhouette. Our Eleanor Hat Tweed  is the ultimate ladies bucket hat. This round, foldable, fully lined hat is the perfect winter accessory. The soft construction of both of these styles make them an ideal travelling companion as they bounce back into shape easily.

We also have a few mariner-style caps in our collection including our Skipper Cap Tweed and Fisher Cap Tweed. Our Skipper Cap Tweed is a full-bodied fit mariner style cap with generous flat peak and our Fisher Cap Tweed has a spherical body, a neat crown that features a narrow centre band providing a secure fit, and a flat peak which shields the face from the sun, rain and the wind.

The Skipper Cap Tweed has a body depth of 7cm/2 ¾ inches and band of 3.5cm/1 3/8 inches while the Fisher Cap Tweed has a body depth of 5.5cm/2 inches and a band of 2cm/ ¾ inches (approximately- based on a size Medium).

We hope this guide gave you more insight into some of our collection and that it will help you decide which Hanna Hat style or styles will suit your style- after all there's no limit on the looks that can be elevated by a Hanna Hat. You can see our complete collection here.

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