“Thin fabric, funky fit, nice ruby color”

“This hat will not keep my head warm in our freezing New England weather. Its fabric is far too thin for boiled wool. As I understand the concept of boiled wool fabric, it is boiled to tighten its weave sufficiently to shed water and block wind. The fabric in this hat has a large airy weave; thus, it will neither shed rain or block wind. I love its color, although I am not impressed with its quality. Its stitching and construction is average - nothing special or spectacular. Compared to several other Helen Kaminski hats I've purchased from STP, this particular one is unremarkable at best and clearly lacks the quality I've come to expect from this millinery brand. I wear a Small to Medium and this hat fits quite snug; so, for a one-size-fits-all coupled with another reviewer whose head this fits (she wears size Large), its sizing appears to be inconsistent. My hat arrived crushed with deep creases throughout and looks terrible. Despite this, I'm going to keep it for now and use it while driving in my car. I won't be wearing this outside lest my head/ears freeze (literally), although it may provide some warmth-value while driving about in winter weather without making my head sweat with a thicker/heavier wool hat. If I remain unhappy with it after some wear, I will simply take advantage of the STP 100% guarantee and return it for credit or exchange it for another product.”