Robinsonbarberan

Handmade Montecristi Panama Hat (Toquilla Straw Hat) maker. Offers you a legacy of over 100 years designing unique models intricately crafted with hand selected material, made diligently by our artisans' hands. We offer more than 50 different models of hats in all sizes and colours, By special request we elaborate customized hats. Our company was founded by Don Carlos Elias Barberan in the early twentieth century, after his family moved from Europe and opened in 1920 the first hat shop in Guayaquil - Ecuador. Barberan stands out as the most important creator of Panama hats in Latin America and the world. Innovation and class had always been it’s greatest distinction. Carrying generation after generation, with the production of this historical piece. Robinson Barberan, division is now responsible for bringing the always classic Panama hat to new routes and ports; our designs include bold colors and the use of mixed materials like leather, ribbons or embroidery and stones for our most exclusive models. With operations around the world, our brand has many publication of the best newspapers in the world such as "The York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc" supporting our quality and tradition in the market as the best producers of Panama Hats worldwide. Robinson Barberan, as a producer support and implements a fair trade policy. Giving our consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to all the artisans’ who help us produce our goods. Robinson Barberan actively support Pro Labore Dei Foundation, who’s mission is to feed the hungry, cloth the naked and shelter the homeless children in Ecuador. Since 2012 Unesco, named the traditional weaving of the Ecuadorian toquilla straw hat as an Intangible World Cultural Heritage, a well deserved recognition who's helped preserved it's uniqueness."We invite you to join us and support cultural heritage. Make a difference, by helping charitable and fair trade brands."