Bigalli has several great lines of fedoras and more like this Telescope hat.

Bigalli makes handsome wool felt hats in classic designs. Hats include gamblers and fedoras with center dent, teardrop and telescope crowns. Their fedoras range from the hottest new styles to retro splendor.

Each hat is made in Ecuador and offers great features. Many of their hats are water repellent and crushable, meaning that they can be packed when crushed from side to side. Unpack it, and it will retain its original shape.

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At Hats Plus, we are proud to present the new line of panama hats that are woven, blocked and finished in Ecuador! Better yet, they are nearly half the price of many big-name panamas by Stetson and Borsalino!

These handsome panama hats from Bigalli come in three different styles. There’s the big-brimmed Golfer offering plenty of pizzazz and shade. There also are two different panama fedoras. One is a stylish bleached white straw and the other is a natural color with a pattern of venting around the crown. Each fedora sports a special pinch guard to help the crown maintain its shape.

Perfect style, excellent function and a great price. Come to Hats Plus to see for your self.

The Borsalino Cuenca Fino is a great panama hat distinguished by a broad, shade-giving brim and superb craftsmanship. Tightly hand woven in Cuenca, Ecuador, this handsome straw hat was blocked and finished in Italy.

There is so much more to this hat than shade and style. You really must feel this incredible fedora to believe it.

Tightly hand woven in the village of Cuenca, Ecuador, when you touch the straw, you will be amazed by how thin and paper smooth it is. Even the sweatband is remarkably supple leather.

Treat yourself this summer to the panache and craftsmanship of a Borsalino Cuenca Fino.

The key is all in the straw. A true Panama hat is made of straw that is hand woven in Ecuador. A genuine Panama will be stamped on the inside of the crown to indicate it was woven in Ecuador. However, as these stamps are sometimes difficult to read, you also can tell a Panama hat by the weave of the crown. While other hats might be woven this way, too, a genuine Panama’s weave always starts at the center of the crown and works its way out in a circular pattern.

Wait a second, why are these hats called Panamas when they are woven in Ecuador?

To get the answer, you must go back more than a century. These light-weight hats that provide both a little shade and ventilation were very popular with the men who dug and built the Panama Canal. Ecuadorian natives nearby would weave and sell the men these hats. These hats were so popular that the men began bringing them back to the United States…and thus began a new summertime fashion craze.

Check out our wide selection of Panama hats at Hats Plus.