PANAMA HATS, NOT ONLY A HANDCRAFTS, BUT A FASHION ACCESSORY!

Is amazing how the Panama Hat from Ecuador is becoming a fashion accessory.

This handcraft is made by very skilled artisans of Ecuador and Ecuador only!

Take a look of famous people wearing our amazing ecuadorian hats:

PRINCESS MARY OF DENMARK

DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, KATE MIDDELTON

LINSEY LOHAN AND MADONNA

                                                     THE QUEEN OF POP, MADONNA

MICK JAGGER FROM THE ROLLING STONES

OUR FAVORITE JAMES BOND, SEAN CONNERY

TRICOLOR ELLE HAT by BEST PANAMA HATS

PACIFIC HAT by BEST PANAMA HATS in aqua

PACIFIC HAT by BEST PANAMA HATS in volcano red

PACIFIC HAT by BEST PANAMA HATS in Lime

BREEZE WINTER by BEST PANAMA HATS in smooky blue and caramel

ISABELLA HAT by BEST PANAMA HATS in Navy blue and ivory

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THE HISTORY OF THE ECUADORIAN "PANAMA HAT"

The hat known today as the Panama hat was produced in Ecuador as early as the seventeenth century.

Straw hats woven in Ecuador, like many other 19th and early 20th century South American goods, were shipped first to the Isthmus of Panama before sailing for their destinations in Asia, the rest of the Americas and Europe, subsequently acquiring a name that reflected their point of international sale, "Panama hats", rather than their place of domestic origin. The term was being used by at least 1834.

Theodore Roosevelt visiting the Panama Canal construction site in 1904, pictured wearing a Panama hat

The popularity of the hats was increased in the mid-nineteenth century by the miners of the California Gold Rush, who frequently traveled to California via the Isthmus of Panama. In 1904, President Theodore Rooseveltof the United States visited the construction site of the Panama Canal, and was photographed wearing a Panama hat, which further increased the hats' popularity. The hats were later worn by many early-twentieth century film stars during films.

The Ecuadorian national hero and emblematic figure Eloy Alfaro helped finance his liberal revolution of Ecuador in the late nineteenth century through the export of Panama hats.

WHAT IS A PANAMA HAT?

A Panama hat (toquilla straw hat) is a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin. Traditionally, hats were made from the plaited leaves of the Carludovica palmata plant, known locally as the toquilla palm or jipijapa palm,  although it is a palm-like plant rather than a true palm.

Panama hats are light-colored, lightweight, and breathable, and often worn as accessories to summer-weight suits, such as those made of linen or silk. Beginning around the turn of the 20th century, panamas began to be associated with the seaside and tropical locales.

The art of weaving was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists on 6 December 2012.

KNOW THE TOQUILLA STRAW PALM...

The Panama hat plant or toquilla palm (Carludovica palmata) is a palm-like monocot plant. It is not a true palm. Its leaves are different than the leaves of true palms, and unlike true palms it does not develop a woody trunk. Its female flowers (which mature first) have large stigmas, and its male flowers (which mature later) have a lot of pollen. They reproduce vegetatively, because they do not produce viable seeds.

Fruit

The Panama hat palm is cultivated from Central America to Bolivia. Its soft, flexible, and durable fibers are used to weave Panama hats and other items.

WHO WE ARE?

Hello! thank you for visiting our new blog regarding our hats.

We are BEST PANAMA HATS® A brand made in Ecuador with love for the

world. We are a group of people with the headquarter office based in Quito -Ecuador, with a US office based in AZ.

We work and collaborate for many causes in Ecuador

and overseas as communitary tourism, entrepreneurship projects and all what our

people needs to have a better lifestyle.

Our company participated in international events since 2012.
We are planning new exhibitions in Europe and Asia for 2014.
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