Proof that the best bucket hats don’t have to break bank. Gap makes a good go-to bucket in a smooth cotton with a flutter brim—the kind that’s ideal to store anywhere for all-the-time wear.

Once seen as simply a fisherman’s hat used to protect from sun and other elements, the bucket hat is back and ready to make a new statement. “Bucket hats are one of the few hats that pack and ...

What I also did a lot during that decade, apart from lose brain cells, was wear bucket hats. I loved my baby-blue Kangol bucket almost as much as I loved Xena. Now I hear bucket hats are back.