Jumping back to the 1880s- while researching something else completely different, we came across these two excellent examples of the “flowerpot” hat that was characteristic of 1880s millinery. The first example is a more extreme example, often called the “conquistador” style because it resembled the morion helmet characteristic of the Conquistadores of the 16th Century:
The “flower pot” hat could be more “flat” as with this example with only a curved brim such as seen in these two examples:
Those are just a few styles to inspire…. 😉