Can anyone tell me where I can buy a good Panama hat

[JohnCheese]

For H?
I'm buying it for him as a gift. In the hope that he will stop wearing those hideous sun-hats he currently wears and thinks are 'cool'. They are not. They are ducking hideous. He may as well wear one of those 4-corners-knotted handkerchief hats.

Many TIAs.

[HappyGirlNow]

Here you go a REAL panama Fabulous looking hat, and rollable too... I've worn these for years.

[TheRattleBag]

I bought DF one from eBay. It's quite a few years ago now, so I don't have the seller details. It came from Ecuador (in its own balsa wood box!) and you could customise it - make the brim larger etc, and pick your own band (plus a spare). It cost about £40 all in, and my dad absolutely loves it and wears it at every opportunity.

I'm sure there will still be sellers offering this service on eBay now, so worth looking.

[JohnCheese]

Oh thanks! I will look.
I hate eBay but it sounds like it's worth a browse. He would love the balsa wood box all the way from Ecuador. Both of us can agree on its coolness.
You have saved me from H resembling this handsome hunk.

[JohnCheese]

How do I measure his head? Just measure with a tape? He has a Stetson, (yes, another 'cool' moment). Maybe that has a size on it.

[bojorojo]

I think Locks do Panamas. Find a stockist and take him in?

[Just5minswithDacre]

I want one. Is it a huge sartorial faux pas for a woman to buy a men's panama?

[JohnCheese]

Sartorial faux pas? Mais non, pas du tout! Got an email this very evening from Mint Velvet for 15% off. Had a look and voila! Panama hat. PALM for 15% off (they're breaking the bank with 15%. You'd think they'd go for something more rounded, like 20%, their stuff ain't cheap....diatribe over )

[Pleasedonate4mike]

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