Hats Are the Problem, Not Your Head

For most of my life, I felt left out.

Every time I tried on a hat — at the mall, at a ballgame, at a friend’s house — the experience was the same:

too small, too tight, too awkward, too embarrassing.

I’d adjust the snaps of a baseball cap to the very last hole and it still felt like my head was in a vise. I’d pull a beanie down and it would run out of fabric halfway down. I’d squeeze into a fitted cap, and immediately feel my pulse in my forehead.

By the time I was in high school, most hats sat comedically on the top of my head, silently mocking my oversized melon.

If you know, you know.

I didn’t wear hats for twenty years. I assumed this was just my fate: hats just weren’t for me. I pretended I didn’t care…but I did. Hats are an expression of identity. Hats are style. Hats are confidence! But for people with bigger heads, hats are most often a source of frustration and FOMO, not joy.

Then one day, it clicked.

I foolishly tried on a hat at a store – a hat I really loved and was secretly praying would fit – then looked in the mirror. I looked ridiculous. That hat, like so many others throughout my life, perched on my head like a child’s dress-up accessory. But instead of feeling embarrassed, I started to feel annoyed.

Why is no one making hats for people like me?

Why is the entire industry excluding people with larger heads? 

Why am I resigning myself to never being able to wear hats? 

That moment was the spark. I realized the problem wasn’t my head. The problem was the industry.

So I decided to build the hat I could never find — a hat with real proportions, designed for people with bigger heads, deeper crowns, and larger circumferences. A hat that doesn’t cut into your forehead, squeeze, or sit awkwardly high. A hat that feels premium, looks modern, and fits like it was actually made for you.

Made Up Headwear is more than a product.

It’s a correction.

It’s representation.

It’s a love letter to everyone who’s ever felt left out of fashion because of something as simple as head size.

If you’ve ever struggled to find a hat that fits, welcome.

You’re not alone.

And this time, the hat will fit you — not the other way around.