This hat arrived a little bit crushed because Amazon ships it in one of their boxes with little respect for the hat. It should come with it's own well fitted box to keep it in shape as it travels! Other than that, the hat looks just like the image once it had time to decompress from the box. Contrary to what some other reviews have said, the shape of the brim looks exactly line the image. It is held in shape by a tempered wire in the edge of the brim. It can't be reshaped because it is tempered. But my hat is perfectly shaped, I love it! It also fits perfectly if you take the time to measure your head size rather than just guessing. The metal wire will set off airport metal detectors so keep that in mind. With all that said, this is not a 'crushable' hat so it won't likely be easy to take on a trip unless you wear it on the plane. The plastic mesh on the top section will stay crinkled if it is crushed too much. I hope this review was useful, I tried to be very thorough!