A stingy brim hat -- whether it's the elegance of the fully lined, 100% beaver fur felt Borsalino Stingy Ultimo or the even stingier savoir-faire of The Sorrento from the Scala Collection (a mere 1 3/4 inch snap front affair with a suede finish) -- I say, a stingy brim hat is just what the name implies. It's a men's hat with a stingy, narrow brim. Dress hats have stingy brims, whether they're fedoras like the satin-lined Allesandro (with its mischievous alternating green and yellow striped trim) or the The Scala Sicily, a fur felt center dent fedora. Walking hats (and I'm thinking here of The Jonathan Richard Original Irish Walking Hat made of an exceptional Irish tweed and sewn to perfection in Dublin) can also have brims of two inches or less -- in other words, stingy brims; and so can trilby hats such as those worn by the well-heeled and fashion conscious, like The Rod Keenan Bow Tie fur felt fedora, and that long hair beaver dress hat named after our beloved President, The JFK, (not to mention The Sedgewick, Keenan's fedora with an elongated silhouette). If there's no brim at all, however, you've been had. [more]