For a city not known for glaring sunshine, Portland has a surprisingly robust hat culture, with milliners applying the same dedication others do to craft beer and roast coffee beans.

Fur is prominent in the “boom boom” fashion trend, which emphasises excess and “male-coded values”. It has been described by ...

Longenecker’s hats are far from that price, but they are not cheap, either, ranging from about $250 for a simple felt hat to about $400 for one made from beaver fur.

Josie Francis, 29, collected the fur her pet rabbit Phoebe shed for a year and had it turned into yarn, which an artisan then knitted into a beanie hat. She was so pleased with the results that ...

While picking up a few things at Target last night, Rihanna wore a furry hat, leather jacket, graphic tee and blue jeans.

A Soviet zoologist with a passion for long-extinct mammals set out to reinvigorate the landscape of the Caucasus in the 20th Century. Azerbaijan still bears the scars of his ambition.

Style & Design Your Next Cowboy Hat Might Be Made of Swamp Rat As beaver becomes harder to come by, suppliers and hatters are exploring a more sustainable (but less cute) option: nutria.

Because you’ll go through a wool hat that will break down in a year or so, where a rabbit or beaver fur hat can be scrubbed and dry cleaned in solvent time and time again.” There’s a measure on Denver ...

Felt Cowboy Hats: Banned The felt hats are most commonly made with beaver, rabbit or hare fur. All such hats would be prohibited under the ban.

While some products would be exempted, like leather, sheepskin and wool, as well as secondhand fur items, the ban would apply to beaver fur. “Very few cowboy hats actually use fur.

The Denver Fur Ban that’s on the ballot sounds simple enough, but opponents point to potential unintended consequences for fly-fishing shops, hat makers and Native American traditions.