Green Alpine Fedora – by Faustmann

About the Green Alpine Fedora

This green alpine fedora is the hat for someone who wants the alpine tradition in a shape they can wear every day. Where the tall-crowned Trachtenhut is unmistakably festival dress, the fedora silhouette — a neat center crease, gentle side pinches, and a snap brim — reads as a proper hat you could pair with a coat on any ordinary morning. Faustmann makes it in the traditional loden green, so it keeps its alpine character, but the familiar fedora form makes it far easier to reach for than a full Trachtenhut.

Part of what makes this one so wearable is the weight. It sits in the middle of the range — heavier and more substantial than a thin dress hat, but lighter than the dense, deeply insulating wool of the classic alpine hats. That middle ground is the sweet spot for year-round wear: enough body to feel well made and hold its shape, without the warmth that makes a heavier hat a cold-weather-only piece. It’s the alpine hat you don’t have to put away when the season turns.

The detailing is where its heritage shows. A slim twisted green cord wraps the base — finer than the thick cord bands on the traditional hats, in keeping with the trimmer fedora lines — and a traditional feather sits tucked in at the side (feather colors and styles may vary). That feather is permanently set into the band, so the hat arrives complete and ready to wear the moment it’s out of the box, with nothing to add and nothing to arrange. It’s a small thing, but it’s the difference between a hat you have to finish yourself and one that’s already exactly right.

Made by Faustmann, one of the last true Bavarian hat makers still shaping wool the traditional way, this fedora carries the same honest construction as the rest of our German hats — simply in the most versatile, everyday form the alpine style takes.

Features

• Authentic alpine fedora, made by Faustmann of Bavaria
• Traditional loden green wool in a medium weight
• Creased crown with side pinches and a snap brim
• Slim twisted green cord band
• Traditional feather permanently attached at the side
• Unisex — worn by men and women alike
• Dry clean only
• Available in sizes 54–61 cm

Fit & Sizing

Alpine hats are sized by head circumference in centimeters, and this fedora is offered from 54 to 61 cm. To find your size, run a soft tape measure around your head just above the ears and across the middle of your forehead, where the hat will sit, and match that to the size in centimeters. If you land between sizes, the wool has a little natural give and will settle comfortably with wear, so most people choose the nearer measurement.

These hats are unisex, sized purely by head measurement rather than by men’s or women’s sizing, so anyone can wear them — just match your measurement to the centimeter size.

Size Chart

Our hats are sized by head circumference in centimeters. To find your size, wrap a soft tape measure around your head about 1 cm above your eyebrows and over your ears, and match the measurement to the cm size below. If you fall between two sizes, choose the larger.

See the size dropdown above for the sizes available in this hat.

Care

This hat is dry clean only — never wash it in water, which will distort the wool and ruin the shape. For everyday upkeep, brush the wool lightly with a soft hat brush or nail brush, always in one direction. To lift lint or dust, wrap a piece of tape around your hand, sticky side out, and pat it gently over the surface — it clears away what a brush leaves behind. Take a little extra care around the feather when you brush. If the hat catches rain, let it dry naturally on its crown or a hook rather than the brim so it holds its shape, and store it somewhere cool and dry, away from direct heat. Treated this way, it will keep its form for many years.

Perfect For

• Everyday wear when you want alpine style in an easy, familiar shape
• Year-round use, thanks to its medium weight
• Anyone who wants a finished hat that needs nothing added
• Pairing with a coat or casual outfit, not only traditional Tracht
• A ready-to-wear gift for someone with alpine or Bavarian heritage

Authentic German Craftsmanship

The alpine hat is one of the oldest living pieces of German and Austrian folk dress, and over the years its traditional loden green and feathered band have found their way onto more than one silhouette. The fedora shape you see here takes that heritage and puts it in a form worn far beyond the festival grounds — a little dressier, a little easier, but every bit as genuine. Faustmann has kept making it the old way while most of the trade moved on.

If you’d like to understand where these hats come from and how the styles differ, our guide to traditional German hats traces their history and what sets an authentic piece apart. You’ll find the rest of what we carry in our full German hats collection, and our brand page on Faustmann tells the story of the family workshop behind them — every hat chosen the same way, for being the genuine article.