Saw this hat at a vendor at the strawberry festival in Florida. Loved everything about it, but the price. Found it on Amazon for a much better cost so I ordered it quickly before they ran out. I was a little iffy whether to get it since mostly men had left reviews, but I saw several women wearing it at the festival and I had already fell in love with the feel and fit if the hat. I have not yet soaked it, but it shades my forehead, ears and a lot of my neck so thats what counts to me.