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Optimo Hats’ Panama Straw Hat – $20000
When it comes to custom made hats, they are only a few makers who actually still work with the old techniques.
This particular hat is one of a kind due to its unique procedures of making, all by hand and all done with high quality materials.
So for 20.000 dollars you can have a hat that was made only for you because they keep in mind every aspect of it, the oval, the hat body and the brim.
After creating the form you wanted with the highest precision your hat will be uniformly cut and shaved for the perfect finish.
Then with another special technique they strengthen the material and sew the linings by hand so that the precision is very accurate.
For the ribbons they import the finest you can find and the bindings are sewed manually with silk.
The guys from the Optima Hats in Chicago do a pretty good job with these Panama Straw hats, the last thing added to the hat being the sweatband who is made out of sheepskin and who goes to the last process, the flanging offering extra cushion for your comfort.
Number 6 is made in Hawaii>
