Waterproof hat construction and method for manufacturing

A method for making a hat comprising the steps of:

• a) providing an upperhat comprising a crown having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
• b) securing an upperhat brim to the upperhat crown, the upperhat brim having an underside;
• c) providing a seamless insert of waterproof material, the insert having an exterior surface and an interior surface;
• d) positioning the insert adjacent each of the upperhat crown interior surface and the upperhat brim underside;
• e) providing a lining having interior and exterior surfaces and including a lining crown stitched to a lining underbrim at a joining surface extending only from the lining interior surface;
• f) positioning the lining against the insert within the upperhat crown and adjacent the upperhat brim underside to thereby sandwich the insert between the lining and the upperhat;
• g) securing the lining and the insert to at least the brim of the upperhat;
• h) providing a sweatband sized to interfit within the crown of the upperhat;
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• i) stitching the sweatband to the lining at the joining surface.