The company was founded by John B. Stetson in 1865 during the Gold Rush and by 1900, he had the largest hat factory in the world with a school, a gym and on-site doctor.

Those days are long past, but the hat -- and the iconic Stetson -- is starting to make a comeback. On the big screen, John Wayne and James Dean embodied the spirit of the American West.

The quintessential Western brand was founded in 1865 by John B. Stetson, who hailed from a hat-making family in New Jersey. When he was 20 years old, Stetson came down with tuberculosis and headed ...

Just when you had consigned cowboy hat to annals of history, the humble Stetson is making a comeback as the nation's oldest hat maker celebrates its 150th anniversary.

WASHINGTON, APRIL 1, 2011 -- In a fingertip-to-the-brim nod to its American frontier history, the Army is changing hats again - returning to the tumultuous days of the horse Cavalry in the wild ...

Inside the Stetson factory in Texas, where the magic happens. Stetson has been crafting cowboy hats for over a century, and each year, they produce more than half a million hats. But the process ...

A ten-gallon Stetson hat is as integral to the classic cowboy uniform as a pair of shit-kicking boots, steely spurs, and fluttering chaps. But thanks to a new collaboration with multidisciplinary ...

On the 10th floor of a building in New York’s Garment District, above fabric shops that peddle rolls of silk and Spandex, Izumi Kajimoto is looking at a wall of 40 hats that make up her company ...

Iconic designs: The Stetson Cowboy Hat Broadcast Fri 14 Feb 2020 at 10:55pm Friday 14 Feb 2020 at 10:55pm Fri 14 Feb 2020 at 10:55pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to ...

There are a lot of brands that boast about their American heritage, even if they’re only a few decades old. Then there’s Stetson. The quintessential Western brand was founded in 1865 by John B ...