While Detroit Free Press Travel Writer Ellen Creager is away, here is one of her reader-favorite columns from 2012. Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man.

Adding a hat to one’s outfit is a sure-fire way to add more than a dash of fashion. But when the hat you add is from Tilley, you are adding as much function as fashion. And with winter just now about ...

His obsessive quest to devise the perfect headgear for sailing led him to establish an enduring Canadian brand, which grew to ...

Our neighbors to the north know a thing or two about winter – and about hats. Handcrafted in Toronto, The Tilley Winter Hat ($95) from Tilley Endurables is as stylish as it is warm. That could mean it ...

Air Canada teams up with Canadian brand for 'bucket list' collaboration - and more fashionable crossovers. Find out more ...

Alex Tilley, maker of the world “not-quite-so-famous” hats and otheroutdoor clothing under the Tilley Endurable label, once told me about a yachtsman who lost his Tilley hat over the side during a ...

Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry in February when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man. “Our friend had on his Tilley hat,” she recalls. “Then a man walked up to him and said, ‘Has anyone ever ...

Hilco Capital has acquired Canadian travel hat designer and manufacturer, Tilley Endurables, for an undisclosed sum. The company, which was founded by entrepreneur Alex Tilley in 1980, is famous ...

Alex Tilley, the man who created one of Canada's most-prized outdoor-wear companies, says it would be foolish to take the manufacturing of Tilley hats outside Canada. But once he sells the business, ...

Alex Tilley, the man who created one of Canada's most-prized outdoor wear companies, says it would be foolish to take the manufacturing of Tilley hats outside Canada. But it's a decision that is ...

TORONTO - Tilley Endurables, the Toronto company behind the iconic Tilley hat, now has a British overlord but its signature line is still as Canadian as maple syrup, says president and CEO Mary Coleen ...

TORONTO – Alex Tilley, the man who created one of Canada’s most-prized outdoor wear companies, says it would be foolish to take the manufacturing of Tilley hats outside Canada. But it’s a decision ...