Sombreros Don Migue, a famous hat shop on Calle Larga where paja toquilla, misnamed panama hats, are sold and repaired with white sulphur paint, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Southern Highlands, Ecuador, South America

Shop of Alberto Pulla, the famous hatter on Calle Larga, where paja toquilla, misnamed panama hats, are sold and repaired with white sulphur paint, Cuenca, Azuay Province, Southern Highlands, Ecuador, South America

Woman sewing the black brim on to a panama hat at the Barranco Panama Hat Factory, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Woman sewing the black brim on to a panama hat at the Homero Ortega Panama Hat Factory, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador

Panama hats for sale in the showroom of the Barranco Panama Hat Factory, Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador