# Good hat stores in Seattle **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226 "2007-11-04T23:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/1 "2007-11-04T23:40:59Z")
Or between Seattle and Vancouver, BC. I was wearing my fedora the other day, and I thought I’d like to get a new one. Only instead of wool I’d like 4X (at least) beaver. Where can I get one? ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/2 "2007-11-04T23:43:19Z")
Bernie Utz, 310 Union Street, (206)-623-0233 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/3 "2007-11-04T23:47:48Z")
[QUOTE=E. Thorp] Bernie Utz, 310 Union Street, (206)-623-0233 [/QUOTE] About half a mile from the office. Cool. Grazie! ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/4 "2007-11-05T04:00:13Z")
That’s the place I was going to recommend. They’ve been a Seattle institution for at least 40 or 50 years. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/5 "2007-11-05T05:09:36Z")
In that cool Market in Seattle I found a spiffy vintage Fedora. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/6 "2007-11-05T14:03:09Z")
The Filson store down by the stadiums has a nice but pricy selection of hats. Filson Flagship Store 1555 4th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/7 "2007-11-06T22:44:30Z")
I went to Byrnie Utz at lunch today and picked up a Stetson. I think it’s called ‘The Temple’, and is brown rabbit fur. (A Stetson beaver fedora cost $350, and a Borsalino one was $460.) Too bad I didn’t wear an A-2 jacket today. With that, the hat, a pencil moustache, and gobs of money I could pretend I’m Howard Hugues! ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/8 "2007-11-07T12:38:13Z")
Glad you found a hat, **Johnny**. Too few folks wear hats, especially fedoras. I might also suggest, for those who may still be looking for a source of hats in the PNW, [David Morgan](http://www.davidmorgan.com/retailstore.html). I’ve not visited the retail store, but I did order an [Akubra](http://www.davidmorgan.com/index.php?cPath=2_22), of which I am most fond, through their Web site about six years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-hat-stores-in-seattle/425226/9 "2007-11-07T16:45:13Z")
[QUOTE=Gordon Urquhart] Too few folks wear hats, especially fedoras. [/QUOTE] I can’t read a statement like that without thinking of _The Meaning Of Life_. But yeah, it might be a more interesting place if more people wore hats. For me, it’s making a fashion statement: ‘Look at me! I’m wearing a hat!’ But seriously, it keeps my head warm when I don’t want to wear my bright red tuque and it keeps the rain off. Wearing my cheap grey wool fedora today. > [@Gordon Urquhart](#): > > but I did order an [Akubra](http://www.davidmorgan.com/index.php?cPath=2_22), of which I am most fond… I like the Traveller. The Sydney is nice as well.