The Best Designer Bucket Hats
For A Shady 2024

With 360-degree protection, these designer bucket hats balance utility and luxury style in the face of warming weather.

    Bucket hats have long been favored by those who plan to spend all day in the sun: hikers, fishermen, and sunbathing tourists alike. Why? Because of all the headwear on offer, nothing can match the protection offered by a bucket hat; with a 360-degree brim, the bucket covers all angles. Taking that practicality and injecting it with luxe materials and coveted logos, luxury fashion has successfully ushered in the age of the designer bucket hat.

    Designer bucket hats are available from all sides of the fashion landscape, whether it’s raw-hemmed nonchalance from JACQUEMUS, clinically clean GORE-TEX versions from Veilance, or woven straw iterations from Valentino. But while crochet bucket hats have experienced a few seasons of big popularity, this list keeps things strictly sun-suitable. Lightweight, protective, and chic, there’s little question that SS24 is another season for designer bucket hats.

    Featured In This Image: JACQUEMUS hat

    After another wildly successful show for the brand’s Les Sculptures collection, JACQUEMUS is at the peak of its powers; its powers being luxurious yet highly versatile ready-to-wear that appeals almost universally. This pure cotton bucket hat features an adjustable strap to hold it in place.

    Featured In This Image: Veilance hat

    Featuring a turned-down brim, this waterproof bucket hat from Arc’teryx sublabel Veilance may be better suited to spring showers than summer heatwaves, but the super lightweight and breathable nylon build makes it a fine fit for both.

    Featured In This Image: Valentino Garavani hat

    The world of designer bucket hats is extensive, with designs crossing all shapes and fabrics, from classic cotton pieces to woven straw hats. This straw hat is nothing like the traditional ones, though, and is finished with a luxe cotton lining and Valentino branding front and center.

    Featured In This Image: ZEGNA hat

    Whether it’s luxury tailoring or bucket hats, every ZEGNA product is underpinned by an uncompromising level of craftsmanship and quality materials. Cut from a cotton and wool blend, this neutral bucket hat is streamlined, with minimal logo detailing above the brim.

    Featured In This Image: JW Anderson hat

    Jonathan Anderson’s ability to subvert classic items and make them his own is second to none. A returning example of this is the designer’s asymmetrical hats. Combining two unmatched halves, this women’s bucket hat gets a fresh twist made unmistakably JW Anderson by the signature anchor logo front and center.

    Featured In This Image: Lacoste hat

    Built on a legacy that originated on the tennis court, much of Lacoste’s modern-day appeal stems from its clean white staples that, as it happens, would pass Wimbledon sartorial regulations. This pared-back bucket hat is made from pure organic cotton and features the label’s iconic crocodile imprint.

    Featured In This Image: A.P.C. hat

    A.P.C. is among the most loved denim purveyors in contemporary fashion. Known for its staple cuts and high-end raw denim, it’s somewhat of a specialist in the field. So much so that its use of the fabric extends to all facets of the collection.

    Featured In This Image: Thom Browne hat

    Hickory stripes alternate across the panels on this Thom Browne bucket hat. The effect is a playful, pastel finish to a very preppy accessory.

    Featured In This Image: Courrèges hat

    Often, the best bucket hats are the simplest. This iteration from Courrèges is testament to that rule, with a soft cotton construction in black interrupted only by a contrasting white logo embroidered to the front.

    Featured In This Image: UNDERCOVER hat

    Undercover’s faux-leather bucket hat is perfectly in keeping with the brand’s rebellious edge. In black, the grained texture of the material comes into focus, bringing character to the otherwise detail-free accessory.

    • Date: February 16, 2024