Cheap, Chic, and Antiaging: What's Not to Like?

Despite being pretty fanatical about sunscreen (I'm obsessed with Colorescience's powder version, which I use daily and might be my favorite beauty product of all time), after reading the umpteenth article about premature aging I've been thinking I ought to find a hat to wear at the beach. My criteria are that it's inexpensive (I'll only use it at the beach or pool, and I don't go nearly as much as I'd like), packable, and doesn't look too dorky or matronly the way sun hats often do. After striking out in the women's department, I've settled on this crushable Aussie style I spotted in the men's section at llbean.com. It's only $20 and, as the name suggests, it's meant to be taken on the road. In the customer reviews, one guy even said he'd brought one on a trip to Morocco and although he smashed and folded it a million times, it still retained its shape. It's made of breathable, moisture-wicking cloth, so you don't have to worry about overheating, and it looks classic and coolly rugged, in an Indiana Jones-in-the-outback kind of way.