Our Story

Located in the historic village of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Brims & Things provides high quality, affordable, and fashionable hats for any style. Here, you will find your perfect dream hat that can be worked into your everyday staple wardrobe.

Our story begins when Grace Dong first started Brims & Things in 2011 at a small hat stall in the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal - the largest ferry terminal in British Columbia, Canada. There, she discovered that most travellers prefer foldable hats that can be stuffed in their suitcase while still being fashion forward.

Grace started sourcing hats and materials from all over the world to provide high quality hats that can be foldable, UPF50+ for sunny days, and water repellent for rainy Vancouver. Since then, we've overgrown our small hat stall and expanded to our new home at Niagara-on-the-Lake in summer 2018.

Brims & Things aims to provide hats that not only look good and feel great, but also exceeds expectations with our second-to-none customer service. We've consistently provided quality hats to travellers around the world and have decided to open an online store for our loyal customers who can't always make it to Niagara. Our retail store carries hundreds of hats and we will be adding more to our online collection.