December 6, 2011 (Powerhomebiz.com) Panama hats are worldwide famous, what many people doesn’t know is that they are not from Panama, but actually from Ecuador.
The quality of a hat could come in several ways and may vary depending on different factors. Let’s talk about the types of hats that people in Ecuador fabricate. In “Sierra” (Andean region in Ecuador) in the city of Cuenca, this hat are white, done by hand and have a great quality. This type of hat is mainly exported, although it is also sold to foreign coming into the city.
Hats in Montecristi:
Hats in this coastal town usually have a natural cream color. There are certain types of this hat that are of high-end quality. If you see how they are elaborated there is a sense of perfection on each part. It could take for one of this hat several months to make, and we are talking for a single one. This makes the extremely expensive and rare. Not many people elaborate this hats anymore, since their prices is too high they are not big sellers, plus competition of lower quality hats is high. There is also the “age” issue, meaning that most of the workers are really old and this is not a business that is passing to the new generations.
Cheap Competition:
We recently quoted a big company on panama hats, but we were told that they were looking for that “type” of hat and not really for a good quality one. China is making panama like hats at 1/8th of the price, which brings terrible consequences. On one hand the price is so low that we can’t even try to compete, on the other the low quality could bring bad reputation to these types of hats creating a low quality standard which people will assume is the norm for them.
Some characteristics of our hats are:
Delicate:
A paja-toquilla hat is made of strings of palm leaves, this design was first made in Ecuador, but when Roosevelt went to panama to visit the panama canal, he saw many of these hats (which were brought there from Ecuador) so it became famous, and thought to be from there.
Elite.-
Even when Cuenca is the principal producer of this panama hats, Montecristi has the reputation of making the best hats in the world. The quality is measured by how many fibers are on each square inch, a good hat has at least 1600 fibers per square inch.
Popularity.-
These hats are famous all around the globe. Every important city has at least one store that sells these extraordinary hats, but some of them don’t sell the really expensive ones. We are selling the good quality panama hats made in Cuenca, but also carry the $400-500 expensive ones.
The quality of the product has to be the best in order to make everyone happy. The care on each product is very important to the craftsman. For these reasons Ecuador “Panama” hats are worldwide known for. If you like to order these handmade hats you can do it at:
To get more information please visit website http://www.ecuadorshop.net