I want a good quality summer hat for both beach and general wear. I've spent my life in cheap high street/market stall summer hats which have been varying shades of ok, but not great as I have a small head and face.
I've got my eye on a Melissa Odabash hat (good sale price, surprisingly good fit) in a local shop, but am having serious reservations about its packability. It's a soft straw fedora. Would I be mad to buy it without knowing how it will hold up? It needs to go in a suitcase or bag, I can't wear it while travelling for various reasons.
Alternatively I'm looking at rollable panama hats, but I'm not really a polished, beach-glam person, more of a titting about in rock-pools and covered in toddler snot person, so might feel a bit of a fraud.
Any other hat ideas that won't break the bank and will fit in with my slightly crumpled aesthetic?