This is the coolest hat EVER!!  It covers your face and shoulders.  You can bend it however you want.  I fold up the big brim and fold in the sides and it makes into a fishing hat.  It's colorful and a great beach hat, lawn mowing hat, bicycling hat, anything.  You can even fold it into a cowboy hat!  It's washable and hang dry.  I live in a beach town and it's an asset for fishing and kayaking.  Material seems to be a nice canvas, not wimpy at all, but cool enough for summer.  Think I might get another!