wherein the attachment assembly 16 u2033 comprises a flexible strip 18 u2033 having a first end 20 u2033 sewn to the crown portion 12 u2033 and a second end 22 u2033 fastened to the crown by means of a releasable connection between a first fastener element not shown on the second end 22 u2033 and a second fastener element 26 u2033 on the crown portion 12 u2033 the second fastener element 26 u2033 is shown here as a male snap fastener the first fastener element is in this case a female fastener element however other releasable fastener elements such as buttons hook and loop type fasteners and the like are also suitable for use in attachment assemblies of this type of course the hat may comprise two or more such strips suitably oriented to all be joined to a single belt in other examples a useful feature of attachment assemblies such as those shown in fig3 and described above is that the hat may advantageously be joined to the user 39 s belt without taking the belt off by looping the strip around the belt and fastening the first and second fastener elements of each strip component fig4 shows still another example wherein the attachment assembly 16 u2032 u2033 comprises a strip 18 u2032 u2033 which is defined as an integral portion of the crown portion 12 u2032 u2033 disposed between a pair of closely spaced apart slits 19 21 in this.