Panama Hat
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Very cool
It's very cool. All you need to go with it is summer all year round and you're sorted!!! The hat makes for a very cool look.
Shalamar, South Africa - 21 August 2009
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"Qualita' Superiore " How cool is that?
When I say 'Panama Hat' I don't mean those mother-of-plastic-place-mat ones you'd find in the men's section at 'the big department stores' every summer. When I talk Panama Hat I mean the genuine natural straw, handwoven-in-the-heat-of-Ecuador-hat with the black band as worn by unforgettable cigar-chomping saints and sinners, such as Hemingway, Django Reinhardt, Bogey, BB King and many more. It gets better looking with age, makes the living look easy, has saved many gringos from sun stroke while sipping Pastis and falling asleep in the pool - or seaside or propping up sweaty tropical bars somewhere. How cool is a hat you can roll up, stick in your rucksack/kit bag/jacket pocket and still maintains its classic shape whenever it's needed? Besides, the fantastic old school diamond shaped label on the inside of a Panama Hat clearly says: "Qualita' Superiore - paglia naturale". How cool is that?
Gerard, South Africa - 18 July 2005