Adding a hat to one’s outfit is a sure-fire way to add more than a dash of fashion. But when the hat you add is from Tilley, you are adding as much function as fashion. And with winter just now about ...

While Detroit Free Press Travel Writer Ellen Creager is away, here is one of her reader-favorite columns from 2012. Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man.

Tip your hat to Alex Tilley. The avid sailor was frustrated by an inability to find a hat to protect his face and head from sun, wind and spray. After tinkering with materials and designs, he came up ...