The John B. Stetson Company was launched in 1865 by a man, John B. Stetson, who had an idea to mass market a sturdy, durable cowboy hat for Americans.

The top hat: A chapeau needs a brim and it needs character Whether they look like 10-gallon Stetsons or Thin White Duke-era David Bowie fedoras, big hats are simply huge By Special to National Post ...

Via RememberMyJourney Stetson returned east in 1865 penniless but determined to make money off the hat he’d created. He borrowed $60 from his sister Louisa, rented a small workshop in ...

2. Stetson Cromwell Crushable Fedora RUNNER UP Stetson has been the maker of quality hats since the late 1800s (!), so they know a thing or two crafting a suitable wide-brim fedora hat. The Cromwell ...

The company, founded in 1865 by John B. Stetson, only recently moved to Garland, Texas. In 1870, Stetson opened a factory outside of Philadelphia, which would subsequently become the largest hat ...

By 1849, they started mixing it up by wearing bowler hats, aka derby hats. Designed in England by Thomas and William Bowler for hatters Lock & Co Hatters, they were “the thing” until a ...

Pam Fields, chief executive officer of Stetson Worldwide, wears hats three or four times a week. After all, she has access to what she calls "the greatest lending library of hats"—the showroom ...

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But hats aren't just for men. Women can wear them, too — from a fedora to a Panama hat. It’s all about the wearer’s personality. “Your personality is what makes the hat,” Laurie Towers said.

“I got a chance to grow up seeing people wearing hats going to the clubs.” In the Chicago steppin' scene, Towers said most men sported Dobbs or Stetson fedoras.

Stetson's lawyers noted the 1987 license made no mention of internet sales of the hats since "the Internet was not at that time a channel of commerce," according to the 21-page complaint.