This is a good bowler hat for the $7 I paid for it. It was smushed into the box it came in and the brim is still a little bent, but not noticeably. It fits fine, the material is what you would expect of a costume hat, however I've never owned a "real" bowler hat so I don't know how this material stacks up against one of those. It is actually quite resilient to being crushed and dented which is nice. I should know, I sat on the thing. Not on purpose mind you, but while I was momentarily terrified I was able to pop it back up and the dent disappeared. So you know - it's alright.