Conner Hats offers handcrafted men's hats made from sustainable materials including organic cotton, hemp, recycled polyester, and natural leather. Founded by the Conner family in 1969, each hat combines 50+ years of Australian hatmaking tradition with modern eco-conscious design.
Material decides where a hat earns its keep.
Wool felt is the year-round workhorse. Conner's felt is 100% Australian wool, cruelty-free and certified non-mulesed — matted and compressed into a structured, water-resistant shell that holds roughly 70% of its warmth even when damp. It's the pick for cold weather and dressier western looks, and most styles crush down for travel and spring back into shape. Browse felt cowboy hats.
Straw is built for heat. Conner weaves organic raffia — a tough, biodegradable palm fiber — alongside toyo (light, packable rice-paper straw) and paper straw. The open weave moves air and blocks up to 98% of UV, which is the difference between enjoying a long day outside and cutting it short. Browse straw hats.
Leather — full-grain cowhide — is the rugged one, made for real outdoor wear and only looking better as it ages. Browse leather cowboy hats.
Across all three, Conner also works in organic hemp, organic cotton, and recycled plastic bottles, so choosing sustainably never costs you durability.
These keep the classic Western silhouette — a shaped crown and a curved, upturned brim — in cattleman and traditional shapes, with brims from about 2 to 4 inches. Because every hat is hand-shaped, you can steam and reshape the brim to sit exactly how you want it. They're made for the men who actually wear the look: riders, ranchers, and anyone heading to a country music festival or out on a Friday night. (Prefer a flat brim and telescope crown? That's gambler and outback territory, kept separate from the cowboy shape.)
Start with fit — because men hit a specific problem here. The average man's head measures about 23.25 inches (a size 7⅜), and mass-market "one-size-fits-most" hats top out near 23 inches, so plenty of guys end up in a hat that perches too high and pinches the temples. Conner sizes from S to XXXL, with 45 cowboy and outback styles running up to 25.6 inches (XXXL), deeper crowns, and drawstrings or sizing foam to fine-tune the fit. See big-sized hats.
To find your size, wrap a soft tape around your head about half an inch above your ears and brow, measure twice, and if you land between sizes, go up — foam can shim a loose hat, but nothing saves one that's too tight.
Then match material to use: straw for summer heat and long sun exposure, wool felt for cold, wet, and dress occasions, leather for hard outdoor wear. Every hat is traced farm-to-factory, made in a 100% solar-powered facility, shipped in biodegradable packaging instead of single-use plastic, and backed by a lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects.
The average man's head is about 23.25 inches (size 7⅜), but sizes vary widely, so measure rather than guess. Wrap a soft tape about half an inch above your ears and eyebrows, measure twice, and match it to the size chart. If you're between sizes, go up. Conner carries S through XXXL (up to 25.6").
It should sit level, about half an inch to an inch above your eyebrows and ears, with a light, even grip. A good fit stays put when you tilt your head but never pinches or leaves a red mark. Too loose and it wobbles or blows off; too tight and it gives you a headache.
It comes down to season and use. Straw is the warm-weather choice: breathable, lightweight, and it blocks up to 98% of UV for long days in the sun. Wool felt suits cold, wet, and dressier occasions — it's water-resistant and holds warmth even when damp. Full-grain leather is best for rugged outdoor wear.
Yes. Standard hats stop around 23 inches, which leaves many men out. Conner offers 45 styles in XXL and XXXL — up to 25.6 inches (65cm) — built with deeper crowns, wider circumferences, and adjustable drawstrings or sizing foam so a large head gets a proper, comfortable fit rather than a squeeze.
