FIT FOR THE RACES:CRAFTED IN ENGLAND: FAIR TRADE: COMMUNITY SPIRIT: BEAUTIFUL HEADWEAR

The Panama Hat Company make just one thing and they do it well. Genuine Panamas handwoven in Ecuador, Made in England. For the mother and daughter team making a panama is making a “functional work of art”, woven by one of 500 weavers in Ecuador who are self-employed and fairly paid for their work. The Panama Hat Company make their panamas in the home of Hats in Bedfordshire in an restored Victorian straw boater factory where they have partnered with the local council to support regeneration in the city centre providing job opportunities and apprenticeships. The panamas are made entirely by hand using the oldest hat making techniques. Your hat is made by 6 different people – a team of skilled craftspeople taking the hat through 12 processes to give you a finished genuine panama fit for the races!

They love their panamas and so will you!