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“Panama Hat” is a lifestyle representing Ecuador’s Culture, and Hatec is a young new brand with distribution center in Maryland and operation of boarding in Ecuador, dedicated to

import and commercialize 100% Toquilla Straw Hats in United States.

Nowadays our manufactors have 2 stores in Ecuador, two offices in Europe and many independent distributors around the world.

Worn for fashion or function, our genuine Ecuadorian Toquilla Straw Hats are extremely light weight, soft, and pliable. Available in different colors, sizes and styles we know you’ll find one

that is perfect for you.

Panama Hats are real made in Ecuador

Toquilla Straw hats, mistakenly know as “Panama Hats” are made entirely by Ecuadorian hands. They are the result of an ancient technique, originated in the coast of Ecuador which time has converted them into a significant part of our cultural identity.

Straw hats woven in Ecuador, like many other 19th and early 20th century South American goods, were shipped first to the Isthmus of Panama before sailing for their destinations in

Asia, the rest of the Americas and Europe, subsequently acquiring a name that reflected their point of international sale, "Panama hats", rather than their place of domestic origin Legend tells that when President Theodore Roosevelt visited the canal in 1906, he immediately fell in love with the hat, and the world famous pictures of him wearing it. Back in the States, newspapers show him wearing a "Panama Hat" while at the Canal. Worldwide sales skyrocket, and the rest is history...

Ecuadorian Toquilla Straw Hats has been passed down for generations and continues to receive World attention as on 2012 UNESCO named the art of weaving a genuine Panama hat a Cultural Human World’s Heritage. The Panama hat remains in fashion today and they are continually worn by numerous world figures like movie

actors, painters, writers, musicians, intellectuals, etc.

STYLES

Classic “Panama Hat”

This unisex classic hat is

a basic accessory in your

wardrobe. "Wearing this

hat has become like an

exposition of fine art"

Lady Classic

"Luxurious and flirty. We

just know inside we are

queens and these are the

crowns we wear"

Adrien

Fashion is a kind of

communication. It’s a language

without words

Trilby

"Saying you don't look good in

a hat is like saying you don't

look good in shoes!"

Traveler

Pet Art

Corporative Gifts

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