When you buy a panama hat you should make sure it is made entirely in Ecuador. All our panama hats are handmade by the only women’s cooperative in Ecuador, in the Cuenca province. 400 weavers work at lightening speed, making sun hats for men, women and children.
Panama hats are woven or crocheted from 'Paja Toquilla' straw, a filament split from the leaves of the Carludovica Palmata plant indigenous to elevated areas in Ecuador.