Hats like this - ok or hideously frumpy?

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I'm in my 50s but don't want to look too frumpy. However I would like a waterproof hat, rather than always having an umbrella or a hood.

These hats suit me but I've always thought of them as being grumpy.

What's your verdict, Vipers?

https://stormafit.co.uk/product/ladies-skye-wax-hat/

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Frumpy!
Get a hat with a brim like an Australian outback one where rain funnels off
Much better 👍

Ummm definitely frumpy, sorry 😬 bucket hat style is pretty cool but it's that corduroy trim that pushes it over the edge IMO...

Depends on the rest of your outfit. I like it. I also like cloche hats, though I’ve never worn one.

Ok for the country but not for town

I find those hats a bit gloomy—they just say "ugh Winter is shite"—and the crumpled folds get water stuck in them anyway.

I agree with a pp that a wide, stiff-brimmed hat—like a waxed outback or fedora—keeps the rain off better and looks more stylish and fun.

I really don't like hoods, much prefer a hat in the rain but it is hard to find one that doesn't look frumpy.

Sorry it is not a good looking hat.

But I thought that the website was called stoma fit which would have been perfect looking at that hat.

As long as you arent wearing a plastic headscarf to protect your shampoo and set then I think you are fine!

(sometimes I think 'frumpy' can be a look anyways....if you have a unique enough style then you can usually turn it into 'quirky').😎

The granny-core thing only looks stylish and quirky on winsome, willowy twenty-somethings, not anyone who is actually old enough to be a granny.

I don't think it's that "frumpy" I have a similar sunhat but it has a wider brim and it suits me. The problem with buying hats online is you don't know how they'll fit and look. Tiny head here.

Frumpy! And useless!
The brim is too narrow to be used as a sunhat
The brim is too wide to be a warm, beanie type winter hat
The whole thing isn't fashionable as a trendy hat that doesn't have a specific purpose.
Sorry, but I associate them with someone rummaging through bins or the homeless bird woman from Home Alone.

Sorry, but I'd say it's frumpy. I go for a raincoat like Protected Species which has a hood that zips into the neck and doesn't look like a hooded raincoat. Or a waxed fedora?? https://www.hicksandbrown.com/products/the-darsham-wax-fedora-in-olive?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgfm3BhBeEiwAFfxrGzedwV4VethIrvg2KbLGjFRufPPR75qdLoBVw-kSa9gP2_QwZkY_HhoCBDEQAvD_BwE&variant=40168231993426

I think you'd need Miss Marple vibes to pull that one off. Or as someone else said, be very young and stylish. If you are neither end of the spectrum, I'd avoid I'm afraid!

I've got this one from Barbour. Also a waxed baseball cap i sometimes wear instead.

Thanks, everyone's pretty much echoing what I thought.

I think I could have pulled it off 30 years ago, but you do have to be wary of "granny" styles when you're older.

I've got one of the outback type hats, but that's something I'd wear more for walking in the countryside rather than with a mac in town.

Would love a standard bucket hat but they don't suit me at all.

I might give a waterproof fedora a go though.

Any other recommendations gratefully received!

I don't think bucket hats flatter anyone of any age. Go for a waxed Fedora. Something like this, in navy or olive:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123904639306

Frumpy - and scary! All the women I’ve seen wearing those are either grumpy or very fierce - or both!

It’s a bit Brenda Blethyn as Vera. Love that fedora though.

It’s frumpy and then some.

It does look like the hat Vera wears.

It's a bit Vera

I knew exactly what style hat it was going to be before I clicked on the link. Absolutely hideous I'm afraid 😀

Much prefer the Barbour one that a PP suggested. The fedora is great too although perhaps harder to style?

I wear a leather cowboy hat in rain or sun. LOLs great with a pair of shades and a bit of lipstick!

Check out the Jack Murphy Boston wool felt water resistant hat.
It's great.