Michael Miller at The Missing Piece

By JEN CHEN

I’ve been intrigued by The Missing Piece, the hat store in Westport. It’s next door to Murray’s, and when I’d go over there for ice cream, I’d sometimes see a behatted guy sitting outside and smoking. I wanted to find out more about the place, so I stopped in there last week. A guy working behind the counter told me that owner Michael Miller just opened a second store at Crown Center. I made my way over to Crown Center (or, as I like to call it, the giant Habitrail) and chatted with Miller about hats, hat etiquette and the rise of the baseball cap.