While Detroit Free Press Travel Writer Ellen Creager is away, here is one of her reader-favorite columns from 2012. Ann Bagley was on a Galapagos Islands ferry when she spotted the Tilley Hat Man.

Alex Tilley, the man who created one of Canada's most-prized outdoor wear companies, says it would be foolish to take the manufacturing of Tilley hats outside Canada. But it's a decision that is ...

"Oh, like the Tilley hat?" It's a response Nikki Tilley is used to hearing when she tells people her last name. And yes, it is just like the ubiquitous brand of brimmed hats. Nikki, her brother Jeff, ...

Alex Tilley is making plans to hang up his hat. Canada's prolific hat and travel clothing designer says the company he founded more than 30 years ago is up for sale. Tilley, 77, says "it's time" to ...

TORONTO – Alex Tilley, the man who created one of Canada’s most-prized outdoor wear companies, says it would be foolish to take the manufacturing of Tilley hats outside Canada. But it’s a decision ...