Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Duane, Thanks for looking. I was thinking of buying a Panama Hat, but had no clue on how to differentiate a good one from an average one, and shelved the plan. I figured this was an ideal item for a self respecting shopkeeper to rob a tourist blind... :-) Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 12:27 PM Duane Birkey <dbirkey at reachbeyond.org> wrote: > Enjoyed seeing a few of Jayanand's pics from Quito shot down around the La > Ronda area... (I lived in Quito for some 15 years....) > > > > I also did a shoot in 2005 or 2006 at one of the better manufacturers of > "Panama" hats in Ecuador - the Homero Ortega factory in Cuenca... for > more info go to https://homeroortega.com/?lang=en > > "Panama" hats originated in and were always made in Ecuador, but so many > were exported and sold to people passing through Panama, well... they were > known simply as Panama Hats. Most all of the indigenous groups in Ecuador > have a distinctive, typical hat that they wear... (due to the intense > sunlight) and some of the indigenous women from groups around Cuenca > continue to wear a narrower brimmed version of the Panama hat. Most upper > class men of Ecuador have at least one "super fino" - a very tightly woven > Panama hat that they wear outdoors, when going for a drive on weekends, at > the park, and in the past.... Especially at bullfights... > > > > Viva Quito! > > > > Duane Birkey > > > > > > **************************************** > > Douglas Barry wrote: > > > > Seems to be an impressive city, Jayanand. My eldest stayed there back in > > 2005 when he was wandering around South America for a year or so. He > > brought me back a hat which said somewhat conflictingly "Genuine Panama > > - Hand made in Ecuador". I still have it and wear it in its now very > > battered state when I'm labouring in the garden. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >