{"id":7081,"date":"2020-09-01T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?p=7081"},"modified":"2020-11-05T16:37:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T15:37:15","slug":"the-panama-hat-a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/the-panama-hat-a-brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The panama hat : a brief history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Production Process of the Panama hat in Ecuador\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/3FPy-z728wM?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>The panama making process requires precision and patience &#8211; Video: Youtube channel MonPanama.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>An historical piece<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Artisanal, the \u201cpanama\u201d hat name corresponds to a weaving technique and not \u2013 as could easily be mistaken \u2013 to a particular hat form. Unaptly named, it was created in Ecuador, where grows the palm plant which fibers are used in its fabrication. It became popular in the beginning of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century during the Panama Canal construction, when the thousands of workers in charge of this momentous task needed this malleable straw hat to shield themselves from the sun. However, former US president Theodore Roosevelt made it famous in 1906, due to a photography taken during one of his visits to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/roosevelt.jpg\" alt=\"Le pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain Th\u00e9odore Roosevelt arbore son panama\" class=\"wp-image-1000007678\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>November 1906, president Roosevelt \u2013 and his Panama hat \u2013 during a visit to Panama to inspect the progress of the construction site. First international trip ever done by an incumbent American president.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The panama hat, t<strong>he headliner<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ever since this era, he has been a symbol of pure elegance, adopted by many political or artistic figures. Churchill, Paul Newman, Humphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Truman Capote, Sean Connery or even Robert Redford endorsed this hat, recognized by its wide white brim and its iconic black band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/connerybd.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6866\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6866\" class=\"wp-image-6866\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/redfordbd.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6867\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6867\" class=\"wp-image-6867\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em><strong>Embodying both elegance and charism, actors Sean Connery and Robert Redford put forward the true Panama hat with its large brim and characteristic black band.<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/a-successful-facelift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See Sean Connery in &#8220;Dr No&#8221; trailer at the end of the new Rolex 2020 article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Its secrets fabrication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Crafted by Ecuadorian weavers with countless hours of practice, a single Panama hat needs hours and hours of work. It is made of vegetal fibers from a palm plant called \u201c<em>paja toquilla\u201d <\/em>with remarkable properties: extreme thinness, deep adaptability and immaculate whiteness. The young leaves of the palm plant are used for their very thin filaments. Once separated, these are boiled for a few minutes before being dried in the sun. After this crucial step, they go through the expert hands of the weavers. The finished hats are then bleached and ironed into their emblematic form, before being topped off by the legendary black band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tissage2bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6868\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6868\" class=\"wp-image-6868\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/tissagebd.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6869\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6869\" class=\"wp-image-6869\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><em><strong>The clever hands of the Ecuadorian artisans weave with skill and precision the incredibly thin \u201cpaja toquilla\u201d fibers<\/strong><\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Panama : l&#039;ic\u00f4ne de la mode - La Quotidienne\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zobxObhCTxQ?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>&#8220;Panama, the fashion icon&#8221; by the La Quotidienne program on France 5.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/the-panama-hat-frontrunner-at-roland-garros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Read our article &#8220;The panama hat: frontrunner at Roland-Garros<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.rolandgarros.com\/en\/man\/accessories\/hats-c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Roland-Garros&#8217; panama hat<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bon-clic-bon-genre.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Panama hats shops<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Object of desire since Hollywood stars like Sean Connery or Robert Redford wore it, the panama hat has become a must-have accessory. Sometimes masculine, sometimes feminine, this artisanal hat is nowadays a unisex feature of our closets which we adopt for a both sophisticated and casual look. Next, a brief history of the panama hat&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[96],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The panama hat: a brief history of an iconic accessory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You have to know how to wear the hat! 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