John Brady has been making hats for over twenty-five years. John's personal hat history has taken him around the world learning, developing and creating the methods used today to create the distinctive Shady Brady hat line. 

Since their invention, hats have come and gone as status symbols, uniforms and fashion statements as well as being functional sports and protective headgear.  When Julia Roberts put on a Shady Brady hat in the movie "Runaway Bride", the world also discovered the great styling that true hat afficianados have appreciated for decades.

These hats have been designed to keep up with people with active lifestyles who are serious about their work and play and demand a lot from their tools and recreational equipment. Sun and glare protection, offered by a dependable straw hat, can be an essential item for anyone spending long hours under the sun. Constructed from unbreakable raffia straw that will not crack, split or break. Sturdy and durable wire-reinforced brims that will not flop down and block your view at the most inopportune times. A baked-on water-resistant coating that helps maintain the hat's shape in moist environments.

Shady Brady Hats have spent years designing the process now used to make their handcrafted hats. They start with only the finest materials allowing them to be able to guarantee the hats for a full year, something not often found in the hat industry. Rustic, handmade hatband styles, unbreakable raffia straw, shapeable wire reinforced brims, water resistant coating. Light or dark straw, vented or non-vented. Truly something for everybody. They also place on every hat a "How to keep your hat good" card along with warranty information, care and feeding, like how to reshape your hat if you wanted to and so on.

Shady Brady Hats- Designed to protect, built to last, styled to please.