Q: I’ve been wearing a Stetson Open Road hat for at least fifteen years now, but recently it’s just been hanging on a hook inside my front door. I hardly ever wear it these days. The reason is ...

It was a Stetson “Open Road” hat. My dad had worked for a while as a ranch hand, and his “Open Road” was a remnant of those days. I marveled at the rugged but classy Western look of the ha ...

The hat as a nearly-required bit of male fashion largely declined in the 1960s as hair got longer and styles changed. Texas icon Lyndon B. Johnson wore a Stetson “Open Road” hat while in ...