Most days at lunchtime over the past couple of years, I’ve walked on my way to and from the pub past a tiny shop that specialises in gentlemen’s hats. It’s in an alleyway off the High Street and I’ve ...

Look around the Loop and the neighborhoods of Chicago this year, and you'll see men wearing hats everywhere—porkpies, homburgs, all manner of fedoras and even the odd bowler. LaSalle Street might pass ...