This hat is my seventh Persian Lamb Ambassador hat. Many years ago I was in Chicago during the winter, walking crosstown in terrible icy wind and I saw Marshall Fields looming ahead. I dashed inside looking for a hat that would rescue my freezing scalp and stay on my head in the strong wind. I bought my first Persian Lamb Ambassador that day. I've worn out three of them. Another was stolen in an airport (the thief obviously had good taste), and there are two old but functional models still with me--but, I needed a new one. So, I took a chance. Two chances. First, I am hard to fit. Second, I wanted a gray hat, but most Persian lamb gray hats are way too monochromatic for my tastes. More mottled or dappled fur suits me better. I've looked, and the more dramatically speckled furs are hard to find.But, on Amazon.com I came upon Russian Legacy offering Persian lamb hats and after reading their listing and checking the reviews I placed my order. When the hat arrived two days ago, frankly I was anxious because I just knew that the hat wouldn't fit and that the fur would be drab. But, that was all really unnecessary. From the time I placed the order, the folks at Russian Legacy worked with me to make sure the size was right. And, obviously they understood my descriptions of what I do and don't like in various kinds of gray Persian lamb fur--and so, I am absolutely ecstatic about the hat. It fits as well as I can possibly expect, and the fur is simply beautiful. The quality of the hat is excellent. I've had more and less expensive models of the Persian lamb ambassador. In fact, a couple of them were extremely costly--but none was constructed better than this one.I told my son today that this gray Persian lamb ambassador hat may well be the one that is with me to the grave, and if it is, I will go happily and in enviable style. This really is a great hat, and the whole process of buying and working on getting it was fun.