Is it really a vacation if you aren’t wearing a straw hat? Founders of luxe panama hat brand Freya don’t think so. And, if we’re being honest, neither do we. They let us scroll through their camera roll and picked out their favorite moments from their recent trip to Quito, Ecuador, where they met with the artisans who weave their Panama hats. “Ecuador is the only country in the world that makes Panama hats, so we discovered Quito and Ecuador through our desire to produce hats with the world’s most accomplished, authentic weavers. This was our first visit! We just got into the business when we launched our first collection last summer and traveled there to watch our second round of production and to work with the artisans on specific designs,” founders Lindsay McConnon and Linsay Radcliffe tell us. Peruse through the below to see how your favorite straw hats are made. You may just get some travel envy, too.
