Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry in February when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man. “Our friend had on his Tilley hat,” she recalls. “Then a man walked up to him and said, ‘Has anyone ever ...

While Detroit Free Press Travel Writer Ellen Creager is away, here is one of her reader-favorite columns from 2012. Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man.

Our neighbors to the north know a thing or two about winter – and about hats. Handcrafted in Toronto, The Tilley Winter Hat ($95) from Tilley Endurables is as stylish as it is warm. That could mean it ...

The Tilley hat first came to my notice in Egypt a couple of years ago. Broad-brimmed, brass-studded and made of sturdy canvas, it sat squarely on the head of a fellow American traveler and pyramid ...

What it is: a lightweight hat made of 98 percent organic cotton and 2 percent Spandex. Like all Tilley hats, the fabric has a UPF 50+ rating and is certified to shield wearers from 98 percent of ...

Forget Kate Spade bags and Jackie O oversized sunglasses. One of this summer’s fashion accessories is a wide-brimmed khaki hat — complete with chin strap — that looks like it would be more at home on ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. The fate of the Tilley hat is in limbo, as the inventor, Alex Tilley, has announced he’s retiring at ...

Hilco Capital has acquired Canadian travel hat designer and manufacturer, Tilley Endurables, for an undisclosed sum. The company, which was founded by entrepreneur Alex Tilley in 1980, is famous ...

U.K. private equity firm Hilco Capital has sold Tilley Endurables Inc, a Toronto-based hat and apparel designer and manufacturer, to Gibraltar & Co. No financial terms were disclosed. Tilley, founded ...