Fashion Bonnets for outdoor wear had small brims that revealed the face. The hats worn featured much broader brims and higher crowns. Earlier bonnets of the decade had lower brims. Men wore top hats, with wide brims in sunny weather. Soft-crowned hats, some with wide brims, were worn for country pursuits. Stalked caps remained popular and small hats with close, turned up brims emerged. In hot, sunny climates hats evolved to have wide brims, which provided shade. These lightweight, waterproof hats were natural in color, with four-inch crowns and brims. In England, post-Brummel dandies went in for flared crowns and swooping brims. These light-weight, waterproof hats were natural in color, with four-inch crowns and brims. There are two types of hats&colon; with brims and without. Lamanai Belize jungle brims with exotic birds and hydrophilic iguanas. The style of a sun hat can range from small to large brims. He did this over several issues, one of which was hat brims. I usually had wider brims than those afterwards.