I love my Montecristi hats. One was $800, one $500. Each is a work of the finest craftsmanship, like a fine watch, or furniture. They made a few costing $150,000. I would love to see them. A magnifying glass is needed to understand one of these fine creations. I gave my better one to my son. It is not just a beloved thing by him. He makes a point of wearing it when he meets someone from that area. It shows he holds great respect for that part of the world. Art/ Fine Craftsmanship, communicates admiration and respect when you acquire and use these things.
Chilean here. Not tropical climate enough, but those hats are occasionally seen. Before the arrival of the shoes brand Panama Hat, I had seen them named as "jipijapa" hat.
Got to be honest, right up there with the fedora, the panama is the coolest hat out there. Got to love how it can make anyone look like a wealthy businessman/dictator. Lol!
If I see a man in a white suit wearing a Panama i can expect 1 of 3 things 1. Im about to lose at poker on a steamboat 2. Im about to be recruited into the illegal antiquities trade. 3. Its a Halloween party.
I wear a genuine Ecuadorian Panama hat during hot days in South Florida. (which is most days) You will see many as well almost everywhere in Miami-Dade County. Many of those of Cuban heritage also wear it with the traditional guayabera.
The weird thing about Panama hats is that they need a humid climate to stay supple but at the same must avoid rain if at all possible. During my years in Cambodia the Panama was only used in the dry season while the rest of the time I used an Akubra during daytime (not needed after dusk).
Some years ago I did a three-part travel adventure series (blog) entitled "In Search Of Panama Hats," which details my journey from Panama and subsequent seeking out the birthplace of the classic headwear in Ecuador. I bought three when I finally reached Montecristi!
If I was stuck in an airport and had a long wait but this guy sat next to me and began talking I would reevaluate my life and consider how wise he is having studied with such passion a topic that reveals depths of the soul.
Similarly, the Florentine straw hat, (actually made in a small nearby town, Signa) was known in many countries as a Leghorn because that's where it was shipped from.
I haven’t worn a Panama hat since I was five years old, back in the sixties in Australia. These days I tend to wear Akubras, baseball caps, straw hats and occasionally a Ushanka.
What were those song lyrics on the radio when I was about 5 or 6? "Tan shoes and pink shoe laces, a polka dot vest and man o man. Tan shoes and pink shoes laces, and a big Panama with a purple hat band!" Some of the Chamorro people of Guam weave various items from the pandanus leaves, including hats.
Really enjoyed that, very informative and well researched. My daughter bought me a Panama hat for my birthday a few years back, but I keep getting told I look like a Sicilian Mafia Don or Corrupt Property Developer wearing it, so it's limited to when I do the gardening!😉
When I lived in England I had to get a Panama. It was de regur. I recall one time, at the airport in Athens about to return to England seeing several others wearing them. You could tell they were British.
I had a Panama hat in the ‘80s. Alas, it went the way of my fedora, lost in the past. If you would take a suggestion, I would love to see a video about the fore-and-aft hat, aka the deerstalker. Well known to fans of a certain English detective in films. Love this channel! Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
I wear a genuine Ecuadorian Panama occasionally. I also live in the far north of Scotland, so it really is only occasionally. Rumour has it that somewhere in the rules and regulations of Army etiquette, specifically the Guards regiments, there is a correct manner of returning a salute when in civilian dress and wearing a Panama.
There's an inexpensive Chinese "Panama" Target has sold under their Goodfellow & Co. brand for the past few years that I have like very well. They only last about one season, but they fit nicely, and don't look too shabby.
I really love your channel, I've been obsessed with hats for a long time and thought there was no one else like me that specifically loved hats as I do, but I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. My favorite kind of hat is the peaked visor / barracks cap. I was wondering if that would be a topic for another hat video, one about the visor cap, like the ones used in the military / police forces used around the world.
Many years ago when I was a lad, one of my aunts asked me to fetch her Pamama from her bedroom. At the time I had no idea what she was referring to - ! 😅
I had no idea of the special fibre of the genuine Ecuadorian article! In the 90s in NZ I bought a "Panama hat" which I called a "straw hat". I removed the fabric band and made my own from some snakeskin given to me. When I was in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, I had a French guy snatch it off my head, put it on, and utter the (To me cliché) "Tres Chic!". Sadly, the next time I went to Europe to see my daughter in London, in the excitement of meeting her at Heathrow, I left it on a table when we departed. A few years ago, since I still had that snakeskin, I resolved to replace the hat. I found not only that all the "straw hats" in the shops were actually Chinese copies made of twisted paper, not real straw, but also nobody seemed to be selling actual "straw" hats. I eventually found one in a retro used clothing shop, a little worse for wear. A bit of PVA glue, some felt for the inner band, and some newly cut snakeskin for the band have provided me with a passable replacement.
Hats can be tricky to fit in your luggage (does anyone travel with a hat box these days?) One advantage of a Panama is that you can roll it up. I bought a genuine Panama and it came with a cardboard tube about three inches in diameter. I guess the hat wasn't of the best quality, as a good Panama is supposed to roll tight enough to fit through a wedding ring.
I have a Fedora Panama and Ridge. They'll last about 5 years, but eventually they shrink - and then my wife or youngest daughter will give them a new lease of life, in my wife's case a a gardening hat. I have a Fedora made with a fine mesh weave of grass which I bought in The Azores... There almost every man wears either a mesh-woven Fedora or Trilby because they don't blow off in tbe incessant wind. Not speaking Portuguese, I don't know the name for these mesh hats. I look forward to being enlightened.
Any idea how to restore the white coating that's put on those straw hats? With handling it eventually starts to wear off and it loses its stiffness. I know Stetson who made mine dip stairs in some kind of a white liquid but I don't know what it is.
i dont know about you but this hat reminds me of the del monte bananas because the mascotte of the company wore one of them so.... whatever nice video and hat as usual
I got mine in Ecuador . It was not cheap . This year I was in Cuba and I fell off a boat . The hat lost all its shape . I soaked it in warm water and it is almost good as new . I can reshape it again with a hair dryer. A hate shop will do a better job and I am planing on taking it in .
When the money comes in (ha!) I shall buy a nice broad-brimmed Ecuadorian toquilla. If you live where I do (Brisbane, Qld) the narrow brim just don't suffice. Meantime I shall make do with one of the local broad-brimmed cricket hats which have loops on the side of the crown.
I wonder if you could do a detailed comparison of a high quality Panama hat vs a cheap one? There are shoe channels which dissect a shoe to see if it’s well made. It’s ok if that’s not your wheelhouse though. An interesting aside is I remember as a kid in the 1980s going to goodwill and Salvation Army stores and seeing lots of fedoras and Panama hats. Even department stores used to carry them around. However I don’t see them anymore. The generation that wore them and gave them away are no longer present, and not many people buy them.
I don't think I have quite the expertise to analyze the manufacture of a Panama in great detail, I just know the tighter and finer the weave, the higher the quality, which can be seen at a glance. I'm sure there are other videos somewhere that can give high details though
I've heard that a Panama hat of good quality is so smooth and flexible that you can roll it up and thread it through a wedding ring, without it being deformed. I personally don't believe this is possible, and if I did own a nice hand-made Panama hat, I would not to try it, but the myth is so prolific, I think there must be something to it. (Maybe not a wedding ring though).
As an Ecuadorian, thank you for giving Montecristi, Ecuador the recognition it deserves.
As someone who visited for two days, I really wish I had of stayed much longer.
I still have my late husband's Panama hat. He looked sharp in it!
I love my Montecristi hats. One was $800, one $500. Each is a work of the finest craftsmanship, like a fine watch, or furniture. They made a few costing $150,000. I would love to see them. A magnifying glass is needed to understand one of these fine creations. I gave my better one to my son. It is not just a beloved thing by him. He makes a point of wearing it when he meets someone from that area. It shows he holds great respect for that part of the world. Art/ Fine Craftsmanship, communicates admiration and respect when you acquire and use these things.
Rich people they're just like us
Chilean here. Not tropical climate enough, but those hats are occasionally seen. Before the arrival of the shoes brand Panama Hat, I had seen them named as "jipijapa" hat.
For those of us who live in places that have long and hot summers, a good Panama makes life much nicer.
One of the most practical hats for summer. It's light, it's cool and so much better than most hats I see worn during that time...
Got to be honest, right up there with the fedora, the panama is the coolest hat out there. Got to love how it can make anyone look like a wealthy businessman/dictator. Lol!
I wear mine in Cuba with a nice woman on my arm . I look like a mob boss . The cigar helps with the look . Lol
If I see a man in a white suit wearing a Panama i can expect 1 of 3 things
1. Im about to lose at poker on a steamboat
2. Im about to be recruited into the illegal antiquities trade.
3. Its a Halloween party.
I wear a genuine Ecuadorian Panama hat during hot days in South Florida. (which is most days) You will see many as well almost everywhere in Miami-Dade County. Many of those of Cuban heritage also wear it with the traditional guayabera.
As a fellow South Floridian I'm also tempted to get a Panama hat.
I love my panama's, I have a small collection. In the dubai extreme sun though, even a true Ecuador hat has frayed.
The weird thing about Panama hats is that they need a humid climate to stay supple but at the same must avoid rain if at all possible. During my years in Cambodia the Panama was only used in the dry season while the rest of the time I used an Akubra during daytime (not needed after dusk).
The synthetic Panama's at K-Mart are very good.
Dearest Hat Poirôt, thank you so much for this fascinating story. Yours ever, Marple.
Hat tip for having a cigar in this episode 👌
Some years ago I did a three-part travel adventure series (blog) entitled "In Search Of Panama Hats," which details my journey from Panama and subsequent seeking out the birthplace of the classic headwear in Ecuador. I bought three when I finally reached Montecristi!
I knew it! Next one is the fez
Really nice video and hat, by the way.
I always associate the Panama hat with Aussie TV Channel 9 cricket commentator the late Tony Grieg.
He looked very classy and stylish in his Panama!
My dear, YOU know style. I've come to count on your expertise. Please keep up the great work!
I collect hats and have close to a hundred, including several genuine Panamas...all made in Ecuador of course!
If I was stuck in an airport and had a long wait but this guy sat next to me and began talking I would reevaluate my life and consider how wise he is having studied with such passion a topic that reveals depths of the soul.
Similarly, the Florentine straw hat, (actually made in a small nearby town, Signa) was known in many countries as a Leghorn because that's where it was shipped from.
Thanks for the wealth of knowledge about another iconic hat
I enjoy learning about different hat styles on your channel and I tip my hat to you sir.
Immaculate Humanistic Art
Beautiful Work
Incredible History
Great topic
Good Work
Nice! I’ve been waiting for this one haha.
I haven’t worn a Panama hat since I was five years old, back in the sixties in Australia. These days I tend to wear Akubras, baseball caps, straw hats and occasionally a Ushanka.
Just discovered your channel. I have several hats (50+) and I look forward to learning more about them.
This will be the first hat of mine collection
In the summer, I love my authentic Equadoran Panama hat! Looks very much like yours.
What were those song lyrics on the radio when I was about 5 or 6? "Tan shoes and pink shoe laces, a polka dot vest and man o man. Tan shoes and pink shoes laces, and a big Panama with a purple hat band!" Some of the Chamorro people of Guam weave various items from the pandanus leaves, including hats.
Really enjoyed that, very informative and well researched. My daughter bought me a Panama hat for my birthday a few years back, but I keep getting told I look like a Sicilian Mafia Don or Corrupt Property Developer wearing it, so it's limited to when I do the gardening!😉
just get a white cat and embrace the look :p
When I lived in England I had to get a Panama. It was de regur. I recall one time, at the airport in Athens about to return to England seeing several others wearing them. You could tell they were British.
I had a Panama hat in the ‘80s. Alas, it went the way of my fedora, lost in the past. If you would take a suggestion, I would love to see a video about the fore-and-aft hat, aka the deerstalker. Well known to fans of a certain English detective in films. Love this channel! Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
Dirk Bogarde in Death in Venice movie (1971), decked all in white.
I wear a genuine Ecuadorian Panama occasionally. I also live in the far north of Scotland, so it really is only occasionally. Rumour has it that somewhere in the rules and regulations of Army etiquette, specifically the Guards regiments, there is a correct manner of returning a salute when in civilian dress and wearing a Panama.
Each of your videos are informative and excellent. Thank you for all the effort. Keep going!
There's an inexpensive Chinese "Panama" Target has sold under their Goodfellow & Co. brand for the past few years that I have like very well. They only last about one season, but they fit nicely, and don't look too shabby.
I have a Panama ridge top from ecuador. love it
The english version is as attractive and professional as the french version. Congrats!
Love your videos!
Love the Panama hat.🆒😎👍!
Similar to Stilton cheese. It was simply sold in Stilton as this town was on the Great North Road, but was produced elsewhere.
I really love your channel, I've been obsessed with hats for a long time and thought there was no one else like me that specifically loved hats as I do, but I guess I wasn't looking hard enough. My favorite kind of hat is the peaked visor / barracks cap. I was wondering if that would be a topic for another hat video, one about the visor cap, like the ones used in the military / police forces used around the world.
Very sharp hat. I'm getting one from the Men's warehouse this weekend.
This was so interesting! Will you do an episode on the baseball cap soon? I’d love to know the history on why that became the generic hat in America.
it is planned soon!
Thus channel, along with Rose Anvil, is burning a lot of my screen time.
Many years ago when I was a lad, one of my aunts asked me to fetch her Pamama from her bedroom. At the time I had no idea what she was referring to - ! 😅
Love your vids
I had no idea of the special fibre of the genuine Ecuadorian article!
In the 90s in NZ I bought a "Panama hat" which I called a "straw hat". I removed the fabric band and made my own from some snakeskin given to me. When I was in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, I had a French guy snatch it off my head, put it on, and utter the (To me cliché) "Tres Chic!". Sadly, the next time I went to Europe to see my daughter in London, in the excitement of meeting her at Heathrow, I left it on a table when we departed.
A few years ago, since I still had that snakeskin, I resolved to replace the hat. I found not only that all the "straw hats" in the shops were actually Chinese copies made of twisted paper, not real straw, but also nobody seemed to be selling actual "straw" hats.
I eventually found one in a retro used clothing shop, a little worse for wear. A bit of PVA glue, some felt for the inner band, and some newly cut snakeskin for the band have provided me with a passable replacement.
Also the favorite Hat of East-German Ruler Erich Honecker.
Very interesting.
Fascinating!
Hats can be tricky to fit in your luggage (does anyone travel with a hat box these days?) One advantage of a Panama is that you can roll it up. I bought a genuine Panama and it came with a cardboard tube about three inches in diameter. I guess the hat wasn't of the best quality, as a good Panama is supposed to roll tight enough to fit through a wedding ring.
I love your videos, you seem to suit every hat you wear. Are you sure you’re not Mr Benn!
Panama hats was an incredibly popular fashion among women in the last decade or so. They looked great on Latinas.
Your videos are a GREAT RELIEF from.all of the horrible political videos out there now. Calm and very interesting. Thank you for them.
I have a Fedora Panama and Ridge. They'll last about 5 years, but eventually they shrink - and then my wife or youngest daughter will give them a new lease of life, in my wife's case a a gardening hat.
I have a Fedora made with a fine mesh weave of grass which I bought in The Azores... There almost every man wears either a mesh-woven Fedora or Trilby because they don't blow off in tbe incessant wind. Not speaking Portuguese, I don't know the name for these mesh hats.
I look forward to being enlightened.
I really need a white suit.
You should make a history story on the military peaked cap.
I know it as worn in cricket Peter davison and upturned brim sylvester mccoy
For the next video can you do the racoon hat?
I already have a schedule planned but I'll add it to the list of potential future hats
Any idea how to restore the white coating that's put on those straw hats? With handling it eventually starts to wear off and it loses its stiffness. I know Stetson who made mine dip stairs in some kind of a white liquid but I don't know what it is.
I see a Missouri flag and a royals hat (I think its a hat). Do you live near kansas city? (I live in independence)
Thanks, so how many hats have you featured?. ✌🏻👊🏼
So far, 30.
A Chinese Panama Hat?...Is nothing sacred?😫Excellent video as always.
i dont know about you but this hat reminds me of the del monte bananas
because the mascotte of the company wore one of them so....
whatever nice video and hat as usual
nice ❤❤❤
If it is shaped like a trilby but made of straw, is it a trilby or a panama?
As recorded in the classic palindrome: "A man, a plan, a cat, a hat, a canal: Panama!"
😅 🏆
I got mine in Ecuador . It was not cheap . This year I was in Cuba and I fell off a boat . The hat lost all its shape . I soaked it in warm water and it is almost good as new . I can reshape it again with a hair dryer. A hate shop will do a better job and I am planing on taking it in .
Re: "A hate shop will do a better job," I suppose if their work is good enough, one can pardon the ambience.
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I now know I own a cheap Panama Hat... LOL
When the money comes in (ha!) I shall buy a nice broad-brimmed Ecuadorian toquilla. If you live where I do (Brisbane, Qld) the narrow brim just don't suffice. Meantime I shall make do with one of the local broad-brimmed cricket hats which have loops on the side of the crown.
I wonder if you could do a detailed comparison of a high quality Panama hat vs a cheap one? There are shoe channels which dissect a shoe to see if it’s well made. It’s ok if that’s not your wheelhouse though. An interesting aside is I remember as a kid in the 1980s going to goodwill and Salvation Army stores and seeing lots of fedoras and Panama hats. Even department stores used to carry them around. However I don’t see them anymore. The generation that wore them and gave them away are no longer present, and not many people buy them.
I don't think I have quite the expertise to analyze the manufacture of a Panama in great detail, I just know the tighter and finer the weave, the higher the quality, which can be seen at a glance. I'm sure there are other videos somewhere that can give high details though
I've heard that a Panama hat of good quality is so smooth and flexible that you can roll it up and thread it through a wedding ring, without it being deformed.
I personally don't believe this is possible, and if I did own a nice hand-made Panama hat, I would not to try it, but the myth is so prolific, I think there must be something to it. (Maybe not a wedding ring though).
Stiflers mom called again:)
I bought an extremely cheap "Panama" made of woven paper. It was pretty nice, until it rained.
What style hat are you wearing in the vid?
A fedora-style panama
What is your accent, may I ask?
My accent is the result of growing up between Normandy France and Kansas City Missouri. So I guess some form of Mid-Atlantic?
@@hathistorianjc Splendid!
You should make a video on the Rayadillo Straw Hat used by the Spanish and Filipino armies
I'm not sure I know that one, I'll look it up!
@@hathistorianjc it is less like a Panama and more like a Mexican sombrero
a $25,000 straw hat....ok people have too much money
I don't believe the narrator is wearing an Equadorian maded "Panama." I have one from the 1950s, and it does not look like that one.
I assure you it is. There are many shapes and styles.
7:13 - One of those photo subjects might not be a woman.
Kekw
How many hats do you own? Eventually you’ll run out of hats to cover lol
A lot :p I will run out eventually, but it might take a while
@@hathistorianjc you'll have to acquire more hats to keep up with the channel, till the world runs out of hats
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