Combining an artful, centuries-old weaving tradition from their native country of Ecuador with the latest in modern styles in Napa Valley, Elba Mercedes and Fabian Anda have opened Montecristi Panama ...

Early one morning in June, a Panama hat weaver named Simon Espinal sat down to work at a wooden table in his house in Pile, an obscure village hidden in the hills near Montecristi, in Ecuador's steamy ...

One small, but effective, detail Yamaguchi likes are the hat hooks, each with a silhouette of the Panama hat. These fill one wall of the store, hats from a variety of Ecuadoran artists, some in colors ...

Upgrade your luxurious style with these 7 most expensive hats in the world. Hats are one of the most common accessories around. There are a variety of hats to choose from each with different styles ...

The Panama hat gained international attention when former President Teddy Roosevelt wore on the tightly-knit, wide-brimmed straw fedoras during a visit to the Central American nation. Since then, the ...

Creamy as silk and costlier than gold, a Montecristi superfino Panama hat is as much a work of art as it is of fashion. Gabriel Lucas irons a hat at his workshop in Montecristi, Ecuador.Credit ...

Don Rosendo Delgado, now in his late 80s, is one of the great old-time hat dealers. He says Simon Espinal's hats are among the finest — if not the finest — he's ever seen, though he recalls a female ...