Pachacuti - Panama Hats and Fair Trade Clothing

Pachacuti founder, Carry Somers accompanied by two hat weavers, visits the paja toquilla plantations in the coastal mountains of Ecuador.

Pachacuti founder, Carry Somers surrounded by women hat weavers who are members of one of the cooperatives weaving Pachacuti's panama hats.

Unfinished panama hats, campanas, wait to be trimmed after the brim edges have been backwoven and tightened.

The brim’s woven edged is trimmed to remove the unwanted lengths of straw.

The intricacy of our fair trade hats is created by the hand-weaving techniques of our skilled women weavers. Depending on the fineness of the hat, weaving can take weeks to complete.

Pachacuti’s fair trade panama hats are produced by women’s co-operatives in the Andes mountains of Ecuador. Hat weaving is the principal source of income for these women living in their rural agricultural communities.