Reply To: Why do people still wear black hats?

I think it is Borsalino that makes a straw hat which looks almost exactly like the regular yeshivish hats but is much more comfortable and weather resistant. My friend has one – he probably bought it in EY but I am sure that the usual stores in NY have it as well. He’s had it for over a year and it hardly shows any wear. I’d get one myself but I wear a “kasket” during the week as was the minhag here in Ukraine and I live so close to shul now that wearing my regular hat on Shabbos hardly bothers me.