Everything worth knowing about Trendy Hats for Women 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. 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: Kulani Kinis's Hibiscus Cap - Crystal Tides at $13, and Anine Bing's Nicks Bucket Hat - Ink Blue at $85. 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, aninebing.com's Jeremy Baseball Cap Los Angeles University - Washed Grey ($70) 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 11 brands, $13 to $201, all in stock when this was written. We would not buy all of them, and neither should you. Kulani Kinis's Hibiscus Cap - Crystal Tides at $13 is the low-risk way in, and elvdenim.com's Reversible Denim Bucket Hat Mid Light Blue at $201 only makes sense if this is a category you already use constantly. On trendy hats for women specifically: the difference between the top and the bottom of this list is real but smaller than the price gap suggests. 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.