Bought the New Yorker 12 years ago - have worn it death. Spoke to Oska and decided on the Fino New Yorker - it is the most gorgeous hat ever! Thanks
Delivered as promised. Fits perfectly. Great communication as well.
I had been doing a lot of research to find this exact hat. The Australian is not your traditional Panama hat, However, it is a true Ecuadorian hand made hat, the style fits me well, and it’s exactly what I was looking for.
I contacted Truffaux with questions and the responses were such that I felt I couldn’t go wrong ordering from this business. They pride themselves in making sure you get the correct fit, tell you what to expect, and make sure your hat stays looking good for a long time.
The box this hat was sent in was sturdy and protected it well, however, because the brim of the hat is arched, the way it laid in the box it flattened the brim and messed up the overall appearance. I believe it will straighten out but I’ll need to work with it to make sure of that.
I would have loved to have this hat in a finer weave but Truffaux assured me this weave is best for this hat.
I’m looking for to wearing this hat for a long time.
Top quality hat and very comfortable to wear! Super quick delivery half way across the world.
The hat is beautiful; well made, well styled, looks great on me. I'm very happy that I found Truffaux.
Oska was super helpful, too, in ensuring that I received the hat in good nick. I live in rural Mexico and some standard shipping methods don't work for me. After explaining this to Oska, he was more than helpful, working with me to find a method that ensured I received the parcel. Do take Oska's sizing advice. While his recommendation was for a size larger than what I normally would wear, I didn't regret taking the advice. The hat fits really well. Thanks again to Oska for your help.
Many thanks to Oska.
Oska was great at suggesting hats for me from photos I sent and ultimately I chose the Golden Traveller. More emails went back and forth over sizing and then a very well packed hat travelled halfway round the world to me, arriving completely unscathed by it's trip. I'm delighted with it and with the service I received from Truffaux and would recommend them to anyone looking for a new hat.
It is really a great hat. After consulting Oska what might fit me well, I decided to go along with his recommendation and it does fit perfectly. Just a handsome great hat. Thanks alot Oska.
The New Yorker is a gorgeous and fantastic hat, don't hesitate! It makes you feel fabulous but its not too posh. It cools your head down, is very confortable to wear, the straw absorbs the sweat. Perfect!
The great interaction with Oksa helped the decission, shipping (around the world) was no problem, the hat arrived in perfect condition. I am very happy!
Handsome hat in just the right size and light as a feather. It arrived halfway across the globe quickly and well packed. Good experience all around.
I got the best Panama hat I have ever had from Truffaux. It exceeds my high expectations. And that is not the only reason I am writing this review. I am pretty fussy, and what I truly appreciated was Oska Truffaux's obvious personal concern that it be the right hat in the right size for me. I picked Truffaux because their web site is impressive about hat making and sizing. And I was right!!
Oksa was very helpful in answering my questions about selecting a panama and sizing. I went with the Cuban at his recommendation and man, it is an amazing hat! It suits my head shape perfectly, I've received lots of compliments on it, but most importantly, it is very light and cools my head astonishingly well. Just the slightest breeze and I've got instant a/c. Thanks Oksa!
I love a panama hat, and have many I rotate through, but don't like travelling with them because they get bent out of shape so easily.
A YouTube search on how to travel with hats led me to Oska's shop and my purchase of The Traveller, which arrived just in time for a 2 week trip to Japan and France.
The hat looks great, fits well (thanks to Oska's email assistance) and handles the rigours of travel better than I thought it would, springing back to shape from all manner of mis-treatment.
Great value for the price, I thoroughly recommend Oska and his hats, especially The Traveller.
The buying process was unbelievable. Placed an order and rapidly received a personal response asking if I had ordered the correct size. Sent in my measurements and it turned out I needed a size larger than what I had ordered. Who knew that hats shrink!
A week or so later the hat was in my hands. Quick considering that it had to make it from Australia to the United States. Tried it on, too big! My wife handed me an envelope which contained foam shims. Three of these and a perfect fit which will allow for shrinkage (hat, not my brain).
Wore it today for the first time other than trying it on. Hardly noticed it was there. Super comfortable. Looks good too!
If you want a piece of garbage with no customer service I guess there is Amazon.
If you want a great hat that will fit, you are in the right place!
Just arrived - absolutely amazing hat! And, I can’t say enough about how helpful Oska was in finding me the right hat, and his customer service is extraordinary. I’ll be buying more.
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The Great sunscreen illusion
For millions of years, all the creatures on Earth have not needed sunscreen. Since the widespread use of sunscreen in the 1970s, deaths from skin cancer & melanoma have sky-rocketed by at least 150%. We have slathered ourselves in sunscreen, thinking we are caring for our skin, but are we?
In Australia, 70% of people are diagnosed with skin cancer. In my childhood family, I am the only one who hasn't had skin cancer removed. Sure, we are pasty white people in a land of harsh sunshine, but this didn't happen to my grandparents, and they all worked in the sun all day.
Let's take a stroll down the story of the sunscreen illusion. It is controversial but true.
Your skin, the largest organ of our body, absorbs everything you put on it. The question is, what exactly are you absorbing?
You wouldn't eat any of your sunscreens, they taste disgusting, but it all goes into your body. When your sunscreen stops working after a while, it's not because it has washed off; it has absorbed into you.
There has been an enormous amount of research into the dangerous effects of oxybenzone, methylisothiazoline, retinyl palmitate and the hundreds of other ingredients. None of which have been appropriately tested. To make matters worse, these inorganic chemicals breakdown and change when you introduce chemicals like sweat, salt and chlorine.
Wearing sunscreen and swimming in the ocean & pool, or getting sweaty, creates a dramatic chemical transformation. This alchemical change then goes on to affect all your body, especially your kidneys and liver. They call it disinfection by-products, (DPB's) and they are as nasty as they sound.
The world is slowly starting to recognise that there is something astray.
In Hawaii, they have banned inorganic sunscreens because they are killing the coral reefs and sea life. Globally people are realising the ancient belief in the profound healing benefits of our Sun, and that we can enjoy it much more than we thought. Health authorities are now recommending avoiding sunscreen where possible. Using a mineral based natural sunscreen is definately better, but that is controversial too.
There are better ways to protect your skin, and wearing a hat is my favourite.
Now it's not easy to get people to wear hats. As kids, you are bossed into wearing them, and they are usually ugly and uncomfortable. That feeling lingers for a lot of people.
When you finally decide you need a hat, you buy a $50 cheapie from the pharmacy or surf shop. Not surprisingly, they don't get a lot of good feedback, and the hat goes in the back of the cupboard. Sometimes you are shamed and ridiculed, and often for good reason. Either way, you go back to drenching yourself in sunscreen.
So what does a rational person do?
90% of aging is caused by our Sun and no-one wants to get cancer and look old. But there absolutely no doubt, that caking yourself with sunscreen does not work. I know it's easy, but it is an illusion.
The only good solution is wearing a great hat - that's it.
This is what people have done, all over the world for thousands of years without any problems.
It's an old trick.
A hat trick.
Love
Truffaux
p.s. It helps when you know the Secret Art of Wearing Hats