Dandy names his top 5 hat brands on the Juice Unlocked podcast, and puts himself first

Dandy, the man behind Dandy Hats, sat down on the Juice Unlocked podcast in Santa Ana and was asked to name the top five hat brands in the game. His first pick was his own.

"First of all, for sure, I would say me," he said in the clip, which Juice Unlocked posted Sept. 4, 2026. The post said the list was going viral.

The list

After his own brand, Dandy named Bottom House hats, 31 and Rude, as heard in the video. He then added that "you can put those sad boys in there too."

He framed the list around how few brands last. He said a lot of people have tried making hat brands and, out of a thousand, about five made it, himself included.

“Out of everyone that tried to do it, we are the ones that made it, you know.”

Who is Dandy

Dandy is Leo Sandoval, the owner and creator of Dandy Hats, according to a January 2023 episode of A Toast To Life Podcast. A 2023 Offbeat Podcast episode said he grew up in West Covina and built the brand using social media.

When A Toast To Life Podcast sat down with him again in April 2025, its episode description said he had built a multimillion-dollar hat brand that he started more than a decade earlier.

“A bunch of people tried, only us, you know, four or five made it.”