Talk:Panama hat

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I love the hats from [I deleted the anon link that was here]Lucky 23 00:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
And what about spam..? How do you feel about that? Vince In Milan 02:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Too many pictures

Not enough data, history, popularity, etc. Lucky 23 00:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Palm Fedora

Is it fair to characterise the Panama as a Fedora made from a particular type of palm leaf? boffy_b 01:14, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

The article on fedoras says they're made of felt. Panamas are not. Some panamas are fedora-shaped, but others are not.Craig Butz (talk) 02:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Fixed error

Another author stated that the term "Panama" is not used in any other country aside from The United States. However, in the classic British music hall song, Fancy Meeting You in the Isle of Man, as performed by Mark Sheridan in October of 1910, Sheridan describes the main character as such:

Dressed in his little flannel suit and panama
He dropped into the Isle of Man
He sauntered like a millionaire
Around the Douglas preomenade
And took it as a compliment when all the ladies said,
"Oh, fancy, fancy meeting you in the Isle of Man."''

It is rather hard to understand because of the quality of the recording, but I'm absolutely certain that the first three lines and last two lines are nigh perfect.

If anyone would like proof, I would have no objection in sending the portion of the song in question to said user.

-DerMann

Latin orgins

Therefore every Romance/Latin country has its own indigenous version of the "Panama" hat.; could someone cite examples of these different types? --Tonyjeff 04:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Storage

It should be added that they can be easily rolled up and stored in a small, narrow box (just saw this on Globe Trekker). Badagnani 01:23, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Blatant advertising

"For information about manufacturers (URL), this is one of the most reliable companies found in Ecuador." is not encyclopedic.Pygmypony 05:49, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Quality

I added citation needed templates in the quality section. I don't know what the source for these numbers is, but a possible source that provides different numbers for a rewrite is brentblack.com Craig Butz (talk) 02:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

There is a typo in the page that needs clarification- "Panama hats can take up to 4 months to weave. They usually take 2 months to weave." Ham Radio 05:05, 16 September 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ke5skw (talk • contribs)

Fedora

Though technically right that a Panama shouldn't be called a "fedora", the typical Panama shape is fedora-shaped. A "fedora" is not named that way based on what its composition is--fedora is a shape.75.21.149.52 (talk) 12:54, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Rename article

The article refers to the hat as “Ecuadorian hat” all the way through yet the page is called Panama hat. Maybe the page should be renamed 78.144.22.0 (talk) 18:25, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

I agree. But I would not change the title, I would rather change the reference name to the hat throughout the text. This would imply “Panama hat” is actually a misnomer and Toquilla hat or Montecristi hat should be used accurately. Another case for this types of misnomers is the Spirulina algae article, where the product commonly known as Spirulina does not actually come from an algae of the Spirulina genus; therefore, the algae is constantly called by its correct name throughout the article. Hats don’t have taxonomic systemic names, but there is discipline in formally naming clothing objects. 200.36.253.120 (talk) 00:34, 21 October 2024 (UTC)