By Martine Buchet with photographs by Laziz Hamani. Editions Assouline, 1995.

I picked up this large format book, 12 in. x 9 in., in Quito, Ecuador but have since learned that it has become available through U.S. distributors (I bought a second copy from Amazon.com in fact). The fabulous photographs and illustrations can't help but develop an appreciation for this classic hat making material, cardoluvica palmata. Because we are based in southern California, Panama Hats have been our particular expertise, with a selection of styles and prices second to none. A shortcut to this area of our web site is panamas.com. See the previous book, THE PANAMA HAT TRAIL, for more.