How to wear a hat with long hair guys

A Longhair’s Most Versatile Tool

If you're not rocking a hat with your mane, we urge you to start. Hats are a multi-functional tool for guys with flow, offering fast and reliable solutions to common longhair problems.

For starters, wearing a hat is the go-to move when you’re not sure what to do with your hair, or for days when you don’t feel like messing with it.

Hats keep annoying loose hair out of your face, and provide critical wind blockage when you’re driving with the windows down.

Perhaps most thankfully, hats are perfect for dealing with awkward stage hair.

Wearing a Hat With Long Hair

Any way you wear it, hats with long hair just look badass.

Perhaps man’s most versatile apparel choice, here we’ve dramatically illustrated 16 ways to wear a hat with long hair—with a video on how to execute them.

We also tackle common hat/hair questions, and finally we consider what makes the best hats for men with long hair. If it’s not abundantly clear, this is the ultimate post on how to wear a hat with long hair.

How to Wear a Hat With Long Hair

Here we demonstrate the most requested styles from how to wear a hat with long hair.

Dope Hat Styles for Long Hair

It can be easy to get into a routine of wearing your hair under a hat the same way every time. Just throw on the ‘ol lid and you’re on your way.

Think of these styles as an opportunity to break that routine. You have the hair, why not try some different styles? Hopefully these will inspire you to get creative and have some fun with your long hair and a hat.

Here are 16 of our best hat styles for guys with long hair.

The Righty

A slouchy style for right-handed hackers out there.

The Fold Through

A clever take on The Foldover, where you pull your hair through the hole in the cap. Used effectively by women for decades.

The Braided Hombre

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High profile gives your locks room to breathe, adjustable snapback closure to accommodate your ever-lengthening flow, and a flat brim suitable for subtle shaping...these hats are made for men with hair.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

The Sloppy Bob

The Tuck

A reliable go-to for many guys, where the hair is tucked behind the ears.
*Can be misconstrued for a mullet.

The Prairie Dog

The Undercover

A tricky style for infiltrating shorthair meetings, where you stuff hair into the back of your hat. Easier to pull off with medium hair.

The Shaded Snake

A shady take on the snake, perfect for a fisherman on sizzling summer days.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Sheath Your Mane

Hats constructed with quality materials, designed and embroidered in the USA, these lids look great and make a statement, fending off naysayers, shears and cutting implements. Think of them as a sheath for your locks.

The Drape

Another go-to style where the hair drapes over the ears, rather than tucked behind. Great option for winter.

The Over Under

Using a headwrap beneath your hat, reversed and cocked with a dash of skater swag.

The Lefty

The Horsetail

Another variation of pulling it through the hole in your hat. Keeps the hair off your neck and swats flys. Great for curly hair.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Rock it Proudly

Fly the longhair flag and rep the bound shears with a thick dose of hard swag. Whether you’re a guy in the awkward stage, a longhair veteran, an advocate or supporter, now you can rock it. Proudly.

The Willy

A casual, hipster version of The Braided Hombre when you can’t be bothered to braid your hair.

The Standard

Innovative implementation of The Menstail. Great for shorter and medium hair.

The Rally Cap

When your team’s down and you need a score big time. Most effective paired with aggressive bellowing.

The Silent Bob

Classic. Casual. Timeless. Sshhh...

Common Questions With Hats and Long Hair

Is it bad for your hair to wear a hat?
No, but also not good to wear a hat all day, every day.

How do you wear a hat without messing up your hair?
The styles listed here won’t mess up your hair.

Is it rude to wear a hat indoors?
It’s generally considered bad manners to wear a hat indoors, especially at the dinner table.

Does wearing a hat slow down hair growth?
No, but wearing a hat constantly won’t help it grow faster.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

The Best Hats For Guys With Long Hair

What makes a great hat for guys with long hair?

Being hat guys, we’ve worn a lot of hats. As our hair grew long long for the first time we had a chance to see how our hats fit and performed in the process.

After six decades of combined research, we’ve concluded the following characteristics make the best hats for guys with long hair.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

High Profile

Important because a high profile creates vertical space for your hair, while lower profile hats deliver a “mashed” appearance.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Structured Crown

The crown provides structure for a higher profile, where an unstructured crown tends to give you a pancake head. A high profile with an unstructured crown would be tall but saggy.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Six Panel

Six panel construction offers a wider shape at the top, where the high profile and structured crown meet, creating open space within the cap. Fewer panels join closer together at the top, making you look like a conehead. These can also prevent the hat from resting upon the ears, allowing flyaways to escape below the hat rim. Not acceptable.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Snapback

As our hair grew longer, we found our fitted hats would no longer fit, where snapbacks can be re-adjusted to the changing dimensions of our locks with accurate, repeatable sizing.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

Flat(ter) Brim

Stylistically, a flatter brim tends to harmonize with the previous desirable hat characteristics, which is not to say completely flat, but suitable for subtle curvature.

Wait, Who Are You Guys?

And why do you know all this?

We’re The Longhairs, and we’re not hat salesmen. We do actually sell hats but that’s not the point of this.

How to wear a hat with long hair guys

This is a Place For Guys With Long Hair

If you’re one of them, you’re one of us.

We’re guys with long hair. We advocate, educate and celebrate men’s long manes with hair whips and high fives.

We invite you to join the community. You’ll get our best content, connect with other longhairs—we’ll even show you the secret handshake. Just for joining we’ll juice you up with a coupon for 20% off your entire first purchase—including hats and beanies.

That’s a great deal, but far more important is the fact you’ve found The Longhairs.

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Do hats look better with long hair?

Most hats compliment long hairstyles. It's easy to throw on a hat + make it look effortless. One of the best ways to wear a hat- if you have long hair- is to keep it down! For the best look, make sure you choose a hat that fits you well.