About Your “Panama Hat”

Author’s father and grandfather sporting Panama Hats in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1920. Several years ago, a relative in Ecuador gave me a beautiful, white, straw hat (below). The hat is so finely and delicately hand woven that it can be rolled up …

About Your “Panama Hat”

Author’s father and grandfather sporting Panama Hats in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1920. Several years ago, a relative in Ecuador gave me a beautiful, white, straw hat (below). The hat is so finely and delicately hand woven that it can be rolled up …