LA PINTADA, Panama (AP) - 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.

The Panama hat gained international attention when former President Teddy Roosevelt wore on the tightly-knit, wide-brimmed straw fedoras during a visit to the Central American nation. Since then, the ...

The recent "trucker hat" fad didn't last, but the Panama hat is still drawing fans more than 350 years after its advent. Now, Tucsonans looking for the authentic don't have to look far to pick up the ...

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 ...

CUENCA, Ecuador — The cool breeze in Cuenca, a city nuzzled in the Ecuadorian Andes at 8,000 feet elevation, blows through its cobblestone streets, rustling the skirts of indigenous women who wear ...

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 ...

Using a centuries-old process, hat maker Christian Jeffs has been hand-crafting Panama Hats in San Juan, Puerto Rico for four decades. His hat store, Ole, is beloved by tourists, hipsters and even ...

In 1985, while she was teaching Spanish at both Flagler College and the Mayo Clinic, Ecuador native Conseulo Lippi had an idea. Why not start a Panama hat sales business? St. Augustine would be the ...

Panama hats, which are brimmed hats made by knitting the Panama sour plant, are sometimes given grades such as 'Fino' and 'Grade .' Regarding these grades, different sellers use different numbers and ...