Everything worth knowing about Pretty Much Broke Hat is below, starting with the part that changes what you buy. Hat sizing is a circumference in centimetres. Measure once and you never guess again. Worth saying plainly: our partner brands do not stock pretty much broke hat itself, so what follows is the hats we would actually put with it rather than links we cannot stand behind. The groups below run from the decision that matters most to the ones you make afterwards.

What decides this is crown depth, brim width and circumference. Everything else is preference. Two from the first group show the range: Boden's Fair Isle Beret-Mink Melange at $29, and ohpolly.com's Faux-Fur Trapper Hat in Black at $38. The first is the easy entry point; the second is where the money goes. Hat sizing is a circumference in centimetres. Measure once and you never guess again. A higher price mostly buys materials and finishing, and occasionally it buys nothing at all.

A hat commits the whole outfit. Keep the rest simple. From the second group, 12thtribe.com's Elias Gold Crochet Cap ($44) is the one that earns its place, because it works in more than one context without being restyled. The third group is smaller and deliberately narrower, hats, for the decisions you make after the main one. None of this needs the whole group. One piece from each is usually enough.

There are 20 hats here from 13 brands, $13 to $110, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. spiritualgangster.com's Shimmer Beanie at $13 is the low-risk way in, and Nana Jacqueline's Gracie Logo Black Cap at $110 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. To be straight about it, if you came here only for pretty much broke hat, this page will not solve that. It will solve what goes around it. Nothing here is included because it is famous, and price is not used as a proxy for quality anywhere on this page. If you take one thing away: the piece you reach for on a rushed morning is the one that was worth the money.