5 Tips to Change the Look of a Straw Hat

When you wear hats a lot like me, you want to change the look of a hat to keep it looking fresh and stylish. Here are 5 how-to hat tips to change the look of a straw hat to make it look like a new hat without having to own a ton of hats.

If you follow me on Instagram, you probably know how much I love hats. I wear them a lot! Hats are a stylish way of protecting your skin from the sun and they add a chic element to any outfit. They’re also invaluable on bad hair days! Anyone else who has weather affected hair like mine knows what I’m talking about.

Since I wear hats a lot, I like to change them up a bit. Therefore, I’m sharing 5 easy ways to temporarily change the look of a summer hat. I say temporarily because any of these can be removed when you want without ruining the hat. There are more permanent ways of changing the look of a hat by gluing on embellishments or bands. I like to change the look often, so the temporary ways work better for me.

What type of hat can you apply these style tips? 

Any fully brimmed hat with little to no embellishment. If a hat has a band, you can accessorized over the band. Straw hats are perfect for accessorizing. You can also change the look of hats make of felt, wool, polyester, cotton and bamboo. However, these tips don’t work well on hats with only a front brim like baseball caps or baker boy caps. And most of these tips don’t work work well on hats with no brim like berets. The exception is adding a pin to a beret is very doable. 

Change to Look of a Hat With These 5 Tips

1. Add elasticized necklaces. 

I like 2 or 3 or more, but you could add just one if you prefer. The reason the necklaces should be elasticized is if you bend over the necklaces won’t slip off your hat. They should fit snugly around your hat. I added a set of 4 as you can see in the photo. These necklaces are 16”.

2. Tie a Scarf Around It

This is very simple. You can use various lengths of scarves. The longer ones you can wrap around twice. The way I tie them is a square knot in the back. A square knot is right over left and left over right. Then, I tuck the tails under the scarf. If you prefer you can tie a bow instead of a square knot.

3. Add a Pin

You can either pin to a band that’s already on the hat or you can put the pin through the holes of a straw hat.

4. Add a Hair Clip

You can clip an alligator clip over a band on a hat. Try a rhinestone clip for some pretty bling.

5. Fasten a Belt Around

A belt can look good wrapped around a hat. Chain belts work well. Just be careful when you bend over because if the belt isn’t tight, it could fall off.

Here are a few straw summer hats if you’re looking to add one to your wardrobe.