Material Explained
The Straw Hat Truth
August 08, 2026 · 1 min read · ORBIS Editorial
The panama hat is a geographic joke with a serious weave: Ecuadorian straw, blocked wherever hatters still know the iron.
“Grade by the weave count, not the label inside.”
Article references
From the Atlas
- Alessandro Dari Ponte Vecchio & Jewelry, Florence / Online
Goldsmith-alchemist of Via San Niccolò — sculptural jewel-architecture in a museum-workshop. store page → · open in the atlas → - Angela Caputi Ponte Vecchio & Jewelry, Florence / Online
Florence's resin-jewel colorist since 1975 — bold costume jewelry loved by costume designers. store page → · open in the atlas → - Antica Manifattura Cappelli Rome / Prati / Online
Rome’s oldest hat workshop — the Cirri family’s 1936 laboratorio, revived by Patrizia Fabri; the only hatter honored as a Historical Shop of Rome, blocking on original wooden forms in Via degli Scipioni. store page → · open in the atlas → - Aprosio & Co Ponte Vecchio & Jewelry, Florence / Online
Florence jewelry atelier founded in 1993 by Ornella Aprosio, a former antique-costume restorer, who designs necklaces and earrings from Murano glass micro-beads and Bohemian crystal, made with about thirty artisans at her Via del Moro workshop. store page → · open in the atlas →