The bucket hat is back. Browse your favorite bucket hats here!

Whether you love it or you hate it, the bucket hat is one of those iconic pieces that just keeps coming back for more. If you’re sitting there filled with dreaded visions of your early 2000s bucket hat phase, wondering why to God we’re professing the bucket hat the go-to of the style savvy elite you wouldn’t be the only one. Here at Idle HQ, when we found out that bucket hats are back we were a little apprehensive to say the least.

Nevertheless, the bucket hat has been doing the rounds for a few years now at festivals and on the UK music scene. Before that britpop made it cool, and before that hip hop made it even cooler. For those of you looking to incorporate the bucket hat into your casual day wear, you’ll be pleased to know there are a load of ways to do it. If you want to play it safe, stick to a plain design, but you can definitely get away with subtle patterns too if you’re feeling bold; think checks, stripes or tonal prints.

This application carries a wide range of fashion & sport bucket hats; choose from a great selection of buckets from great brands like Nike bucket hats and Kangol bucket hats. From white bucket hats to black bucket hats and even floral bucket hats, these hats are the perfect headwear staple.

A bucket hat (also known as a session hat, fisherman's hat, Reni hat, Idiotka, ispoti, panamka, sombrero Piluso, Reni hat or Irish country hat ) is a headwear design with a wide and downwards sloping brim. Typically, the hat is made from heavy-duty cotton fabric such as denim or canvas, with two metal eyelets placed on each side of the hat for ventilation. The bucket hat was adapted as a ladies' fashion item, in common with the pillbox baker boy and cloche styles, suiting the fashion for more bouffant hair.

The classic way to wear this iconic piece of head wear is to opt for a street inspired look. When you’re wearing a bucket hat as part of a street look there really are no rules. Forget all the rules about modest colors and simple pieces. Opt for interesting prints and colors, and why not incorporate an element of sports luxe. If the bucket hat is the statement piece of your outfit, really go for it and make it stand out; you don’t even have to match it with anything you’re wearing.

Bucket hats are a hot topic. They rank right up there with polarizing accessories like gladiator sandals and clogs, but today we're here to defend this unusual topper! Click through today's slideshow for a brief glance at its style evolution, and if you become smitten with the bucket hat, we've culled a few of our favorites for you

To prove we’ll all be trading in our wide-brimmed hats for bucket styles next spring.

take a look at the gallery—that also includes some cool styles to shop if you’re itching to start experimenting right now.