Buy the original Panama Hat at The Hip Hat
Panama Hats are wonderful toquilla straw hats tightly handwoven by extremely expert artisans in Ecuador using only natural and sustainable toquilla straw. Toquilla straw is a renewable natural resource made from young toquilla palm fronds that are delicately harvested without harming the main tree.
If you are looking to buy one of these special Panama Hats, you are at the right place.
The Hip Hat is here to guide you through the process to buy an authentic Panama Hat online in our shop.
First off, make sure that you are actually looking for an authentic Panama Hat. Some sellers may call their hats "Panama Hat" when they are not. An authentic Panama Hat is made only with straw, toquilla straw to be more accurate. Always direct your attention to the information on material composition. If the hat refers to anything other than toquilla straw, you are not buying an original Panama Hat.
Authentic Panama Hats, which are always handwoven in Ecuador, do not necessarily have a composition label on them. Authentic Panama Hats are the result of manual delicate craftsmanship and never mass-produced in an industrial setting. Authentic Panama Hats will acknowledge, in the inner sweatband, that they are original and that they are handmade in Ecuador.
The Hip Hat has undertaken the introduction of the original Panama Hats - the real deal - to the American market while making it easy and affordable for our customers to purchase them.
The Hip Hat works directly with toquilla fiber growers and skilled Panama Hat weavers in Ecuador, most of whom are women, allowing the brand to offer only authentic Panama Hats which are then brought to the US thus eliminating middlemen, brick and mortar, and commercialization high costs for our customers.