Women's Cowboy Hats

Women's cowboy hats and cowgirl hats in fur felt, wool felt and straw, from Stetson, Resistol, Charlie 1 Horse, Bullhide and Twister. Every hat bought in store is shaped to your head at our Hat Bar in Old Town Scottsdale at no extra charge, and we ship worldwide.

Felt or straw?

Season decides this more than style does.

  • Straw is lighter and vented, so it moves air. It is the Arizona summer hat, and the one most people want for rodeos, concerts and outdoor weddings from spring through early autumn. Note that a straw crown has no shaping wire, so the crown shape it comes with is the shape it keeps.
  • Felt holds a crease, sheds light rain and reads dressier. It is the autumn and winter hat, and the one to buy if you want the crown and brim shaped to you. Felt hats take shaping; straw hats mostly do not.

Felt is also where the X rating appears. It is each brand's own scale and does not translate between brands, so a Stetson number and a Resistol number are not comparable. Our guide to fur felt, wool felt and the X grades explains what the numbers actually tell you — including where beaver comes in, and where it does not.

Getting the size right

Hat sizes run by head circumference, and most heads are an oval rather than a circle, which is why a hat can measure correctly and still pinch. Measure around your head just above the ears and check our size guide. If you are within reach of Scottsdale or Tempe, come in instead; we can block and stretch a felt hat to your head shape, which no online size chart can do.

Bands, feathers and custom work

Most women's hats here can be finished at the Hat Bar with a different band, a feather, a pin or a burn. If you want to start from a blank and build the hat yourself, that is what custom cowboy hats are for.

Where to find us

Try hats on at our Old Town Scottsdale store or in Tempe. Ordering from outside the US? See worldwide shipping. Looking for the full range including men's and unisex shapes? That is all cowboy hats.