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 ...

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 ...

HATS have been woven in and around Montecristi, a hillside town in Ecuador near the Pacific Ocean, since as long ago as the 17th century. Locally the cream-coloured titfers, which are made from the ...

The most notable misconception about the Panama hat is where it comes from. The handwoven straw hats are made in Ecuador, not Panama. They likely became associated with Panama because they passed ...