Goorin Bros.

I’d been looking for one good hat for some time now and never really sure if I was willing to pull the trigger on a Goorin hat. I had stopped in before and looked but never felt like I found the right one. After looking for months just trying on hats as I saw fit, I still never found the right one. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago when I stopped into Goorin while killing time with a friend. After talking with the hat experts, we found a couple that I really liked, but didn’t want to buy on impulse. The salesman wasn’t overly pushy, but there was a sale going on for two more days and obviously he was suggesting I take advantage.
He was convinced I wouldn’t be back the next day as his hat heart has likely been scorn one time too many. I told him I just needed to sleep on it and that if I was going to buy it, it would be tomorrow. From the moment I left, I just kept thinking, I need to go back and buy that hat. After finishing up an event, I braved my way over to Second Sunday. I had been thinking about the hat since I left the shop and that’s normally a good sign that there will be no buyers remorse. The same guy wasn’t there, but if you’re reading this, I came back! Moral of the story is… just buy the damn hat!

After going to this shop in New Orleans, we were glad to see they had a store located in Charleston. Saw so many great hats and the customer service was awesome. Steven helped my fiancé and I, offering different hats that would look great on us.

Went in looking for something stylish to add to my wardrobe. Zack was extremely helpful and spent a lot of time showing us different options. We ended up buying 3 hats based in the recommendations he made.
We were very happy with the entire experience.

We recently vacationed on Charleston, S.C. Walking on King Street we stumbled upon Goorin Bros. and I insisted that we at least ‘try’ to find a hat that would fit my husband, (as he has an unusually shaped and large head).
The store was busy, but a salesman immediately came out of nowhere and asked if he could help us. We explained my husbands problem of never finding a hat that fits. The salesman began to ask questions about where he would be wearing it?, how often?, did he perspire a great deal?, did he burn easily when in the sun?.
He asked many questions before even trying to sell us anything. Then with that information, he said he was going to grab 2 hats to just see where he needed to go with size and style to give him the best fit.
After only 3 or 4 hats for sizing, he brought my husband only 3 hats. He said ‘you will find your perfect hat in one of these 3′. So the salesman fit each on my husbands head. My husband said for the first time in 65 years, he finally knew what it felt like to have a hat that fit! Not only that– but because it fit so well, it looked amazing!
So now he had 3 hats that looked and felt great. All he had to do was choose the one he liked the best. After a very long deliberation we walked away with THE
perfect hat.
We sure wish there was a store in Memphis or Birmingham as that would be 10 hours closer than Charleston, but the next time we are shopping for a hat for either of us– we would walk to Alaska if that’s where the closest Goorin Brothers was located. Haha

Helpful and knowledgeable salesman, found perfect, affordably-​priced hats for my husband and 7-​year old, who now has a small stylish fedora with a hand-​picked feather. Smiles all down the streets of Charleston.

The guys working here are incredibly knowledgable but also passionate about hats. They were patient and totally interested in creating satisfied customers. A real pleasure to shop here.

Clerks in here are idiots! I asked for a fedora with a long oval block, and clerk had no idea what I was talking about. Then he proceeded to tell me I didn’t know what I was talking about. Very rude! I have been buying fedora’s for 40 yrs & know what I’m buying. These are basically cheap, mass produced hats, sold by 20 something Idiots with attitude. If you think this is a good hat shop, then you will fit right in with this crew. I have moved on!

It’s a hat store. What’s so great about a hat store? It sells hats. Just go to Lidz in the mall or something, right? Wrong. The beauty of this place is that it takes selling something as seemingly straightforward as a hat and turns it into a science. I came in here with my wife, and we didn’t leave for an hour, and tried on maybe 3 dozen hats. Our salesman was amazing– patient, smart and knowledgeable. His passion for hats makes you passionate about them as well, which to me is the highest compliment for a retail establishment.
Not to mention– a very decent bourbon selection! I could not have been more impressed and happy with the 2 hats I bought.

I visited Goorin Bros. in Charleston for the first time today and absolutely loved it. The staff was very knowledgable and extremely friendly. Amazing customer service.

I popped in to buy a hat to protect against the sweltering southern sun. The two people who helped me were wonderful — very knowledgable, attentive, and friendly. There weren’t many hats in the style I was looking for and there weren’t any smalls in the style I liked, so they sewed some padding in the liner to make sure it fit. A much more pleasant experience than I was expecting for just buying a hat!

It’s been a long time since I’ve stepped foot inside a Goorin Bros. Correction: It’s been a long time since I’ve stepped for inside THE Goorin Bros. Yup, when I first discovered this great hat shop, there was only one location, and it was in LA. They’ve expanded quite a bit since then, I guess.
I noticed they recently opened one up in Las Vegas, so when I was in Charleston and walked by a store, I figured I’d walk in and check it out and show my friend Tim. The hats are still great and so is the customer service, but it feels like prices have gone up. Hard to find anything under $ 100, and I seem to remember buying hats for ~$ 40 back in the day.

Utterly fantastic company. This is the fourth Goorin site I’ve visited and EVERY SINGLE TIME I get nothing but amazing service from knowledgeable, helpful employees who honestly care more about the way their customers look and feel when leaving their store than how much money they can take from them. Brian and Chris were nothing short of incredible in their attentiveness to my selections, making relevant suggestions and allowing a wide variety of choices to suit my taste.
I preach to anyone who comments on my hats about this company, and am very happy to add Charleston to the list of fine stores with customer service that harkens back to a day where making the customer happy was what retail experiences was all about. Cheers!

It’s become a thing now that we purchase hats on every trip we go on. While Charleston offers lots of hat stores, Goorin’s takes the cake. You won’t find a more knowledgeable or friendly staff. They went to great lengths to satisfy our discriminating tastes — we settled on two very dapper, very dashing pork-​pie hats.

Absolutely fabulous place! Love the format, love the crew and especially love the hats. I could say I’m a believer now that I own 9 Goorin Bros hats. Not your typical hat shop, nor are they your typical hats.
This is a must check out whether on vacation or you live in Charleston.
Secret — go on a Thursday night 5−8pm — trust me.

I’ve been in 5 or 6 Gorwin shops, and this one has the most knowledgable and helpful staff of them all. Thanks Stephen!

You know those gorgeous Saint Laurent hats, with the glamorous pinch and the great big brim that goes all the way out to your shoulders? No?
Well, I’ve been wanting one. When we ducked into Goorin Brothers on King Street, as we sometimes do on Thursdays, when they have free tipple for friendly perusers, I was glancing around at the stacks of hats for that particular silhouette.
It’s a cozy little store, and you might think you’d feel self conscious hat shopping in there, as looking for just the right hat can be kind of an intimate thing. Most people don’t think they look good in hats, and aren’t comfortable trying them on in front of an audience. But the Goorin staff is great; they never crowd you, and yet, at the moment they can tell that you want assistance or are just ready to yack about hats, they materialize. They also flit around ‘dunking’ their guests in hats they can tell will look good on them, which is a lot of fun.
At any rate, I told one of them exactly what I was looking for, and in a few moments he came back with a wonderfully dramatic black felt hat– tall crown, glamorous pinch, great big brim. Not quite all the way out to my shoulders, but big just the same. And damn if it didn’t look awesome. What’s more, he gave me a quick tutorial on the best hat shapes for my face. Good to know.
Now, on Thursdays, not only do they have free booze (this particular week it was Larceny bourbon: delicious!) they also offer a varying discount– 10%-25% off. Lucky me, on this particular Thursday, it was 25% off.
Long story short: I bought the hat. I love the hat. I’ve worn it every day since, and people stop me in the street to admire it. It is a good looking hat. Goorin’s got some good ideas. Check them out. Maybe you won’t buy something the first time, but you’ll find yourself wandering in again and again and then…
suddenly, you’re back out on the street, blinking in the sunlight, with a sexy new lid and a couple belts of bourbon. There are worse ways to start your evening.

I love a good hat store. As I was walking around King St. I stumbled upon this gem. I am a sucker for old time drivers caps, and I lost mine recently so I was very happy to find this place.
A tiny and cramped area. Exposed brick, racks of hats, a band playing outside, and a bottle of whiskey in the back. As I walked in I am greeted right away. Told them what I was looking for, and they pointed my to it. They have some tweed hats from Scotland that are great, but also expensive. I have one, that was my Grandfathers, and it has lasted over 60 years. Though it is just starting to fall apart, which is why I got another one to ware, eventually lost it, and now looking for another. Well, needless to say the helpful guys here steered my to what I wanted.
A great variety, and you can go as expensive as you want. Though there are more reasonably priced hats as well. A great find.

Genuine Hat lovers and very knowledgeable salespeople! I visited the store when they were having live Music and Whiskey! Goorin offers a quality product and hat buying experience.

Coolest hat store with great customer service. These guys love their hats and really encourage trying them on and finding something you like. I would love to buy hats here if they were in my price range. Sorry I can’t spend $ 98 on the one sweet hat I tried on. It was even made in America. I know one must spend good money for quality and a hat not mass produced in China somewhere. They do have hats closer to my budget but not on this day.
I loved my experience here as they gave a good overview of the history of the place along with where they buy their products. They buy hats from old established hat makers in England, Italy, and other countries. If a hat is made in China then it is by a small family run hat business. Service was great as well. Stop in for a fun time and if you want good quality hats for the price– great place.

Great place. Well made hats that are made in the USA. A great selection of classic styles of men’s and woman’s hats.
The salesmen were extremely helpful finding the perfect hat for me and super knowledgable with hat history. They love hats and love picking out hats for you. They are hat geeks and proud of it. It was a great shopping experience and will be buying again I’m sure.