Big Men's Hats - London - Tomorrow. Help!

[NotQuiteCockney]

I want to go get DH some sort of sun hat, tomorrow, in London. He has a giant head. A cricket hat would be ideal, but an aussie stylee hat would be fine, too.

Any suggestions? Normal-sized men's hats really don't work.

[MrsBadger]

where in London?
the outdoorsy/trekking shops round covent gdn might be a good place to start

[NotQuiteCockney]

Don't really care where. Outdoorsy might be a good option, will try ringing one to see ... I was thinking Lillywhites, too, as a choice.

[NotQuiteCockney]

I could cope with one of those Oasis stylee hats, too. Just not a baseball cap. No bloody way.

[bundle]

lillywhite's has gone a bit weird - lots of shellsuits and fur-encrusted leggings from what I can remember. i'd look in the trekky shops

[NotQuiteCockney]

The size thing is a real issue, though. He has a stupidly big hat, and we have bought him lots of hats that were sort of ok, and they're not really comfortable and he doesn't wear them (can't blame him!).

[NotQuiteCockney]

I'll measure his head tonight, to be safe, and also get him to try on a hat that fits me, and see how it fits him, to see how much of a difference there is.

[bundle]

have youmeasured his head? round the crown, in cm

[NotQuiteCockney]

I will. But I can guarantee it's huge. I normally struggle to find men's hats that fit me, and his head is bigger. (And I wonder why I had two CSes )

[bundle]

if he has a hat that fits, try it on you, put hands in either side to see what "fit" is like on you (in loosest sense of word )

[NotQuiteCockney]

He has no hats that fit, other than ones I've knitted (e.g. stretchy ones).

I'll use measurements, and take a tape measure.

I've found two hiking stores that aren't far away, and an army surplus store even nearer.

[NotQuiteCockney]

Woo hoo! The army surplus store has lots of hats with sizes! And not just S/M M/L or (more helpfully) just medium , but actual sizes with numbers! Or S, M, L, XL, which gives me hope. And I'm sure DH wouldn't mind wearing a DP hat, although I'd be less than thrilled.

And risibly, the army surplus store is like 15 minutes from my house, on foot. And it's not a branch, this is the main store, so I expect that whatever's on the website is in the store. So, hopefully, this is sorted.