Panama hat
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A Panama hat, also known as an Ecuadorian hat, a Jipijapa hat, or a toquilla straw hat, is a traditional brimmed straw hat of Ecuadorian origin. Traditionally, hats were made from the plaited leaves o
An Ecuadorian hat
Montecristi Ecuadoran hat
Hat stand in Montecristi, Ecuador.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wearing a Panama hat during his visit to the Panama Canal.
Fedora
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A fedora is a hat with a soft brim and indented crown. It is typically creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched near the front on both sides. Fedoras can also be creased with teardrop crowns, dia
Panama hat
…hat, which further increased the hat's popularity. In the 1920s and 1930s, shifting public preferences towards lighter, more durable hats helped the fedora-like Panama eclipse the strawboater as the summer hat of choice. Although the Panama hat continues to provide a livelihood for thousands of Ecuadorians…
A fedora made by Borsalino, with a pinch-front teardrop-shaped crown
A fedora made by Borsalino with a gutter-dent, side-dented crown, the front of the brim "snapped down" and the back "snapped up"
A man wearing a fedora hat in 1937 in Paris
Fedora in advert for menswear in the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad on 19 March 1940