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 ...

Cultural authorities at UNESCO have recognized the artisans of Panama for their distinctive woven hats. No, not those hats — the famed “Panama hat” comes from Ecuador. Panama’s real contribution to ...

The Panama hat is the symbol of elegant British summer living, synonymous with Pimm’s and strawberries, blades feathering, the rattle of batting collapses and the ripple of sympathetic applause at ...