Welcome to the Milano Hat Company. We are a family operated business with over 70+ years combined experience in real cowboy hat manufacturing and retailing. Direct daily involvement of the Milano family in the operation of our business ensures that our commitments to style, quality and value are upheld.

Our purpose on this site is to give you a better idea of who we are, what we do, and why we make the best western hats available. Whether you are familiar with our Milano Hat Company product or not, after touring our site, you will know what it takes to make the authentic cowboy hats you see at your local western store.

So, we invite you to visit "Our Story" for more information about us. The "How We Make Hats" pages are a tour of our factory and explain the production processes used to make our high quality felt and straw cowboy hats. The FAQ page answers the questions we are commonly asked about hats in general and our hats in particular. Finally, we include information on Larry Mahan and other folks who wear our real cowboy hats, and some of the ways we get involved in our community.

We're glad you dropped by and hope you enjoy our site.

This classic style cowboy hat, part of our Larry Mahan Hat Collection, is a 500X Milano Especial in our color “Belly”. It is made from 100% Beaver fur felt that is finished to Milano Hat Company's high quality standards. This genuine cowboy hat has a 4” brim in a Cattleman crease and is trimmed inside with a genuine leather sweatband, full satin lining with a color photograph of Larry Mahan astride one of his 100+ horses on his Texas ranch. The outside of this hat is trimmed with a matching color 100% Beaver felt band that has a jewelry quality 3-piece gold and silver buckle set with red stones. This hat is individually boxed in our exclusive Milano Hat Company, Larry Mahan Hat Collection octagon box with Larry Mahan on the lid and some of his horses running around the outside of the box. The style of this cowboy hat is #MF7065. Any Larry Mahan hat dealer can order it for you in this color, black or natural in any size. All of our 100% Beaver hats are special because they are not common. Because Beaver is a very durable raw material, with reasonable care this hat may very well survive you and still be in great shape. And we wish you a very long life! For a lot of the people that have bought one of these hats, it is the cornerstone of their Larry Mahan hat collection.