I wear an all black Balmoral in cooler weather; I don't like the way dicing looks, personally. My Balmoral is not what you'd call "too formal", being it's been worn since before my (married) daughter was born. (One of these days I'm really going to take it to the drycleaners, honest.) "Grungy" is the term my wife prefers. I have another one in much better shape for more formal occasions.

In summer here in the desert I wear a twenty-year old Tilley hat that started its life as white.

Will Pratt