Happy Straw Hat Day from the next generation of hat suppliers

Happy Straw Hat Day, Everybody!

What? You’ve never heard of Straw Hat Day and think we’re just conjuring up this post in order to bring more people to this site searching for wholesale straw hats?

No way! Straw Hat Day is very real! The site “Days of the Year” even says so. Check it out – www.daysoftheyear.com/days/strawhatday

But to be honest, even though we are hat suppliers and specialize in straw hats, we hadn’t heard of Straw Hat Day until a few weeks ago.

So what is Straw Hat Day? It’s similar to the first day of spring. It signifies a change in the fashion season, where men stop wearing their winter hats – felt hats, wool hats, etc. – and start wearing their summer straw hats.

Where the heck did Straw Hat Day come from? Historically, it seems Straw Hat Day was celebrated by at least one town in America – Ames, Iowa.

In the 1950s, the good folks in Ames felt like they wanted a concrete date for fashionable men to know for certain when they could wear their straw hats. And so they picked a day – May 15th – and christened it Straw Hat Day.

At least, that’s according to the Ames Historical Society and their article The History of Straw Hat Day.

Since that time, it seems Straw Hat Day seems to have been mostly forgotten about. (Had you heard about it before this post? Be honest!)

Well, we’re bringing it back! Of course, since we sell so many straw hats – in wholesale and bulk quantities – it is certainly in our best interest for Straw Hat Day to catch on!

But truth be told, isn’t it great to have a day to know for certain when it’s OK to put your winter hat in the closet and take out those straw fedoras, porkpies, bowlers, and safari hats!

And so, in honor of Straw Hat Day, we’ve picked out our ten best men’s straw hats, available here on our site to retailers and wholesalers.

Click on any of the pictures to be taken to a product page to see all the colors of each style, and to order!