Why Authentic Panama Hat Weavers Are Abandoning The Craft

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Authentic panama hats are handwoven in Ecuador. The craft has sustained weavers in the small village of Puzhio for over a century, but many are now dropping the tradition and leaving the country to find more lucrative work. The weavers that remain worry the tradition will disappear from Puzhio completely.
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@karinag9398 3 жыл бұрын

The key to preserving the craft isn't making teenagers connect to it more. The key is paying the artisans more, that's literally all there is to it.

@schimaMon3 3 жыл бұрын

❤

@schimaMon3 3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!

@devilhunterradio8395 3 жыл бұрын

Pay your workers!

@wiscgaloot 3 жыл бұрын

True. If I make a trip to Ecuador I'll be happy to pay good prices for several hats to bring back. These are amazing craftsmen.

@DoctorJammer 3 жыл бұрын

You going to pay them?

@LuizFelipe-lk1hs 3 жыл бұрын

Before getting younger people interested, weavers now should get a larger cut of the product.

@camonlococamon 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nobody it's going to want a job paying $5 a day unless you're not able to find something else to do

@trader2137 3 жыл бұрын

its idiotic, if you cant improve quality of your product or quantity produced, you should go bankrupt as others do, if its not profitable JUST LEAVE IT for somebody who can make it profitably

@trader2137 3 жыл бұрын

@Business Insider hhashashah crypto is overpriced bullcrap, you donkey, waterfall is coming

@LuizFelipe-lk1hs 3 жыл бұрын

@@trader2137 You are ignoring the fact that the amount the weavers make per hat is fixed, while the amount the hat is sold increases each year. Why does only the latter make sense? The store selling the hat has bills that increase each year, but so do the weavers. Which means that if the hat is increasing the price, the store is getting a higher margin of profit and that isn't passed on to the other members of the chain of production. That is idiotic.

@trader2137 3 жыл бұрын

@@LuizFelipe-lk1hs they are the producers, so they set the prices at which they sell, if they agree to sell for 5$ then the worth of it

@dimitragiannouli6860 3 жыл бұрын

I feel sad when i see this series, so many underrated arts are gettin lost

@mastersplinter5966 3 жыл бұрын

Any idea how to purchase these hats?

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

I got one not long ago at zinglife.co. Beautifully crafted hats.

@chaitanyadivate4551 3 жыл бұрын

@Business Insider no

@mastersplinter5966 3 жыл бұрын

@@xavierpozo286 Thank You sooo much Xavier!!! Much Love!

@alexisjoza4308 3 жыл бұрын

@@mastersplinter5966 I recommend these three stores, they have reasonable prices, they sell Panama hats woven in Montecristi, which are superior to the Cuenca. I have bought hats in these stores so I recommend them, they have good prices, the quality is the same, it depends if you want a leather or cotton sweatband. www.panamahatsdirect.com/ has the highest prices but they are still reasonable. www.panamahatcollection.com/ send the orders faster, the prices are similar to the previous page, a little lower compared to the first option. www.viatoremspirit.store/en/ has best prices than the previous ones, they are a little more handmade. Here I bought my last hat.

@Steve-bv1to 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the retailer, who's probably selling these hats for $50+ to tourists while buying them for $15 from the Weavers Association, isn't saying that there's an issue with the payment structure for the Weavers who are the most necessary part of the supply chain, but instead that they need to get the younger generation involved. All so he can keep his fancy store running while he's selling the product at 300% - 1,000% markup, without a care that the Weavers are probably getting 1/10th if not less of the retail value for creating the product he's built his business on.

@apdroidgeek1737 3 жыл бұрын

You do realize the seller will not 100% sell the product so to make it worth, they had to charge 3x more than how much they paid for it. The seller is on bad spot just as the makers.

@gary4936 3 жыл бұрын

300% is a fairly reasonable markup. Clothing is an odd industry where markup can go up to 100%, which is about 3 times the original wholesale price. You just don't make enough profit margins usually with anything less.

@RehabProjectSRCB 3 жыл бұрын

@@apdroidgeek1737 That may be true, but their point wasn't that he should make less. It was that he doesn't seem to care that the weavers who give him a livelihood are being paid less, and instead of saying pay them more, he's saying just get more weavers to replace the lost ones.

@martin11844 3 жыл бұрын

The weavers should hire someone to finish the hats, and then sell these by themselves instead of selling to importers

@user-cz3bf6cb4c 3 жыл бұрын

@@apdroidgeek1737 if he does not sell he's losing 5 per hat, which is easily covered. If he's worried about not selling, all he needs to do is order less. Hats don't go bad, so this rule you speak of do not apply at all.

@starcherry6814 3 жыл бұрын

They deserve to be paid more

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@markw5805 3 жыл бұрын

Well, sure they do, but unless someone farther up the chain is making an unreasonable killing there isn’t money too.

@LucidDreamer54321 3 жыл бұрын

They deserve to be paid whatever they will accept. The fundamental business concept known as the law of supply and demand also applies to labor.

@LucidDreamer54321 3 жыл бұрын

@Annette Charles Apparently you don't understand the business concept known as the law of supply and demand. The weavers will get paid more when they refuse to work for the amount of money they are now getting paid.

@markw5805 3 жыл бұрын

@@LucidDreamer54321 Self advocacy and being your own agent. It’s hard, but they are adults. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@WhosJayB 3 жыл бұрын

Designer brands would advertise this as hand crafted an bump up the price for crazy amount of $$$

@unknown81360 3 жыл бұрын

That's the smart thing to do

@weysorprendio 3 жыл бұрын

Don't listen to them, they are a fake account

@WhosJayB 3 жыл бұрын

@@weysorprendio yeah I know already report them 👍

@kannavsharma2 3 жыл бұрын

And people will blindly buy it

@angelinimartini 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of designer brands take these kinds of things and sell them at high prices but then pay the workers miserably.

@JM51CASTILLO 3 жыл бұрын

I'm here at Ecuador and even though I'm from the coast I can recognize that the problem of those artisans is that they earn way less money than the middleman, so the solution is not to get more young people engaged in the tradition. Today's youth refuse to live with a daily $5 payout (if they sell a hat), and we should consider that this amount of money is not even enough to buy your three daily meals. Also, most of the weavers are old people living in a country where even young ones struggle to find a job that offers the minimum wage of $400, that's why they don't look for other jobs (cause they lack education to work in any other occupations and won't be hired because of being too old). So, maybe the last resource of these people is to become their own intermediaries although it could be difficult considering that implies additional expenses.

@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly I think to make a factory where you can make 100s of hats a day and get paid an actual hourly rate. I bet youth would flock to that seeing as that’s how most countries have become industrial.

@JM51CASTILLO 3 жыл бұрын

@@KRYMauL that's the idea but to start that kind of entrepreneurship some investment is needed. Also they gotta find a way to keep the hand made hats and to avoid a full factory product if the idea is to maintain that special feature.

@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын

@@JM51CASTILLO Okay, then go the sweatshop model, and weave each one with the help of machine. This would allow for multiple hats to made in an hour and for better wages. Say what you want about sweatshops because they're better than only being able to make a few a day and not even covering the cost of materials.

@JM51CASTILLO 3 жыл бұрын

@@KRYMauL I agree with that, maybe it is not the best option but is better than their actual way of working. They rather find some kind of sweatshop that boosts the hat production.

@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын

@@JM51CASTILLO I say sweatshop because that’s how you industrial people.

@jacobbwalters8133 3 жыл бұрын

I wish that BI would add a link to buy some of these items they talk about. I would definitely buy a hat to support these local craft people.

@shravani165 3 жыл бұрын

They didnt gave any links ......😔

@AudioSpaceGeek 3 жыл бұрын

I actually am skimming the comments right now to see if anyone else did...huge oversight on BI's part

@Donteatacowman 2 жыл бұрын

I am trying to skim around the internet to see, but I don't see an online shop directly from the weavers. The weaving group (as seen at 3:26) is Asociación de Toquilleras San Martin de Puzhio. There are some email addresses floating around for them if anyone wants to reach out to them directly.

@Gebriel 3 жыл бұрын

Ecuador needs make it a heritage export and invest so they could directly sell online b2c. So many designers do “inspired” versions but can never get the authentic version

@ariannaastudillo6569 3 жыл бұрын

I am Ecuadorian and I am not a person that is that knowledgeable about the topic but the problem here is first that name, they are internationally know as PANAMA hat and that name is kinda difficult to erase from people's mind, and they are mainly manufactured by indigenous people (adults or elders) so is difficult to talk about technology and online selling as a small producer when you lack the education, money and skills on technology. I agree that the state or the Minister of turism could approach this in a different way but it is what it is sometimes. Also indigenous people get "robbed" because they sell the hats for really cheap prices like 3 dollars a hat, then they are bought by foreigners and sell internationally for over $100. :)

@anthonylemkendorf3114 3 жыл бұрын

@@ariannaastudillo6569 Panama is easy to say in many languages and has prestige,it’s great marketing ( most people now know the hats are made in Ecuador (if not- time to educate buyers). How long would it take for makers to agree to-stop sales to under-cutters and cheap “backpackers”. The Panama hat is one of the world’s culturally true luxury products and should be sold with pride. Keep “ young people” out unless they demonstrate determination to respectfully learn, this alone should increase prices.

@ariannaastudillo6569 3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonylemkendorf3114 I agree partially to your comment, Is great marketing for Panama i must say. And while I do agree that it takes skill to make, keeping out the younger generations is how a good tradition ends just look at Japan and how such beautiful crafts are dying because they keep out the younger generation. Sometimes is good for change and fresh ideas. Also Ecuador is easy to say in many languages too. Just because a country has "prestige" is ok to let that country take and own a tradition of your country. For me there is no excuse for it to be called Panama hat. Start saying Ecuadorian hat if you truly believe that they are a luxury product and if you respect the country that I am from. This coming from a Ecuadorian

@gull5604 3 жыл бұрын

@@ariannaastudillo6569 Te apoyo hermana, la gente de pueblo es muy allegada a sus costumbres, a sus tradiciones y solo la gente joven se habre a las nuevas tecnologías. Hablemos del nombre, sigue siendo conocido como sombrero de Panamá, los jovenes no saben el enorme patrimonio que tenemos, desconocen nuestra historia y lo nuestro. Eso sin olvidar el mal que hacen los medios. Por ejemplo, al poner semejante título, debieron poner sombrero ECUATORIANO Solo queda que las generaciones venideras tomen las riendas, mientras que las viejas le despejan el paso para llevar el nombre de Ecuador a lo alto.

@tinotaco9281 3 жыл бұрын

They should just pay the weavers more instead of keeping the markup

@michaelgallagher3640 3 жыл бұрын

Shit runs downhill My Man

@evelynyoung3234 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Guayaquil, Ecuador currently and now me and my family are planing a road trip to the mountains to buy hats.

@ShashaRavacio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ❤️ These could sell well on Etsy, too...

@mell2012 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Ecuador, and yes, this is really sad😔 Thanks for sharing a part of our awesome culture!🤍🙏🏻

@matefamily7883 3 жыл бұрын

I hope your artisans can find a way to sell directly to the customer as they should receive so much more for their art.

@francoisgervais1 2 жыл бұрын

You know of a way we can help these weavers? If one of them would open a paypal account or something I would gladly send a tip for the hat I just bought.

@OneFlyingEye 3 жыл бұрын

So maybe if the weavers can't afford to live on $5 from an $80 hat they should get more than $5, seems simple to me. If I knew I couldn't afford to live off a job I wouldn't think it worth doing either

@apdroidgeek1737 3 жыл бұрын

The video said that people are leaving this practice and getting a new job but obviously you cant just find a new job, not everyone have the skills or money to afford education to get a proper job.

@chinookh4713 Жыл бұрын

that's the issue they aren't getting "Paid" they are selling them to companies to sell them again china has this their factories that make shirts for multiple brands each shirt might be sold for 1 dollar to the company then the company will put their logo on it and sell it to a stores which will then sell it to you and each time it sold to someone the price/ value of the shirt increases their knockoffs that come form the same factory but cheaper because they cut out the middle man. the truth is they should start selling them online directly to the consumer

@spacecatboy2962 3 жыл бұрын

the people that work the most get paid the least. if i owned the store i would pay them half the sale price if i could make enough to keep myself afloat

@KRYMauL 3 жыл бұрын

You would be broke

@ffic4life 3 жыл бұрын

Spoken like a true person who has no idea how business actually works. Lol

@spacecatboy2962 3 жыл бұрын

@@ffic4life haha, yeah, for many good business is screwing others as hard as they can for every dime they can get

@johnm91326 3 жыл бұрын

The video says the unfinished hats sell for $14. How generous of you to give them an extra $2 a day lol.

@spacecatboy2962 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnm91326 it also says the same hat would sell between 80 and 150 in america, thats the numbers i was going by

@LargeHadronAnusCollider 3 жыл бұрын

See this is where i'd love to buy direct from the source. Where i'd buy a hand crafted hat for $50 or $100 if it went back to the artist.

@MoooseGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Three months and still no way of finding out how to buy them from these amazing artisans. Shameful

@miriammeenattoor2952 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who is surprised at the difference in design between the ‘unfinished’ and ‘finished’ hats, the finished one straight up looks like something out of Coachella.

@dragonakyun 3 жыл бұрын

This does not even mention that there are still some hat artisans like my uncle who still use the old way of finishing the hats which is by hand with a mallet and a hand-carved wooden hat mold. He used to make them custom for each customer when I was a child. All these artisans deserve more attention and better rates for their art and their tradition.

@chrissinger24 3 жыл бұрын

If Hermès suddenly started selling these hats with funny stamped designs, then each one would cost over $1000

@nicholasgrijalva5842 3 жыл бұрын

im really sad I didnt buy one of these. I visited ecuador a few weeks ago and saw a bunch of these at the airports and artesanal shops. hoping they're there next time I visit.

@PHlophe 3 жыл бұрын

those at the airports are made in china..

@starcherry6814 3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't have mattered, they wouldn't have been paid fairly

@sirgerald6846 3 жыл бұрын

Virus ?

@abyssstrider2547 3 жыл бұрын

Those are fake synthetic s****, you should go to their village and buy from them directly

@nicholasgrijalva5842 3 жыл бұрын

@@abyssstrider2547 haha yeah that's why I hesitated when I saw them in the airport. sad i didn't buy them from the market though, all the stuff there is locally made.

@diannenaworensky6698 10 ай бұрын

I truly enjoyed this video. The weavers need to band together to make their wages better. This is a craft that should not be lost. Absolutely beautiful hats

@thornyback 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Business Insider - please provide links in your episodes so we can buy directly from the makers themselves.

@CodeSkylette 3 жыл бұрын

Easiest way for them to continue is to diversify and become the retailers themselves opening chains in other countries and deny sales to big corporation. It'll be harder to get out their name, but appealing to social media would garner sympathy and increase outreach

@glorygloryholeallelujah 3 жыл бұрын

It’s heartbreaking to see *so many* time honored traditions and arts being lost, simply because it isn’t as financially lucrative as it used to be/should be.😞

@chinookh4713 Жыл бұрын

I mean it wont be "lost" but it just own't be common if thier less artist their less supply less supply makes them harder to get and if the demand is higher they can definitely make a living the other issue is the quality it last very long time as a result those that own one already don't feel the need to buy another companies nowdays know this footwear may only last a few years at most I had sneakers last less then 1 year there we will keep coming back to buy new ones to replace the others

@20_percent 3 жыл бұрын

It shifted from being a documentary to a straight up AD for switch

@TXMEDRGR 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful hats, I hope they survive.

@milissamackenzie4975 3 жыл бұрын

Truly gifted,beautiful hats,I would love to have one. Thanks so much for sharing this.

@ataletold4772 Жыл бұрын

The big problem seems to be that they are wholesaling to retailers who add a huge markup to their product. They need to retail on their own, charging appropriate retail prices. Sites like Amazon, Etsy, etc. make this possible, but the transition will be a challenge. I wish them the very best luck!

@mikesuarez9615 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Ecuador and it is a great video. Edit: I only saw the first half of this video but the 2nd half is really really sad but it is the truth

@cagonzal13 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful hats

@juansebastianblaciosantos2200 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, this is important my Country

@jeffmoore1286 3 жыл бұрын

Very impressed with the ladies craft

@logical_evidence 3 жыл бұрын

So why hasn't the information for the weavers association where you filmed this ?. So we can support these people and not big corporations. Thanks

@alcurtis93 3 жыл бұрын

All it would take is one of their children to take an interest, establish an online presence and it could work out really profitable for them whilst ensuring the continued survival of the craft

@moosa9850 3 жыл бұрын

The weavers should start their own online shop, buy direct from them, leave the middleman/woman out of the chain.

@13thravenpurple94 Жыл бұрын

Great video Thank you

@rabaham 3 жыл бұрын

Simple math, if the end sellers want to stay in business, they need to share more profit with the weavers.

@MrJomaur89a 3 жыл бұрын

I have an authentic Panama hat, it's one of the best hats I have ever had, really well made.

@ruthmoore2246 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Excellent work. May bien trabajo.

@danielalvarado9019 3 жыл бұрын

These are the only hats I wear all summer. I will buy some!

@o.h.w.6638 3 жыл бұрын

She makes a great point. People think these are made by machines but they’re not. That’s the message to drive up their wages/cut.

@AS-du6zr 3 жыл бұрын

Time for vocal for local ! For all small and medium enterprises.

@mubeenraza9853 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing skills

@cnavarrete1999 2 жыл бұрын

I reckon the best hats come from Montecristi, Manabí, in Ecuador. Some of the hats coming from Montecristi are called "Sombreros superfinos". Those are the finest of the finest, even water cannot get through them.

@Kuukiet 3 жыл бұрын

If there was an online course where the local weavers would teach this craft, I would take it immediately. That would be a great way to get the weavers extra income and also keep the craft alive. 😊

@ShashaRavacio 2 жыл бұрын

This is such an awesome idea ❤️ Now calling tech-savvy kids there who can set up a skillshare for them or something..

@alparslankorkmaz2964 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@annieyousif25 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@utube4u007 3 жыл бұрын

How can we help these women?!? They definitely deserve and need a raise!

@starcrib 3 жыл бұрын

I understand this yet again- as humanity approaching the Extinction Level Events .💥🌿

@thefool789 3 жыл бұрын

Yo entiendo que las personas quieran que sus tradiciones perduren Pero muchas veces no puede ser así Es triste pero es un proceso necesario las cosas siempre tienen un fin Porque las civilizaciones siempre van cambiando Y las tradiciones pasan a ser parte de los libros de historia y nada mas

@Prudence01 3 жыл бұрын

I loved watching this video.

@kristofferhellstrom 2 жыл бұрын

Really good looking hats

@Jun_0128 3 жыл бұрын

I would pay for an art that I can wear than a art that is just a banana on a tape on a canvas.

@mastersplinter5966 3 жыл бұрын

Where can i buy these hats

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

@@mastersplinter5966 I got mine at zinglife.co recently. Superb quality and finish.

@mastersplinter5966 3 жыл бұрын

@@xavierpozo286

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

@@mastersplinter5966 thank you. Likewise!

@emilinebelle7811 3 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful! I wish an elder would teach me how to do this.

@Itried20takennames Жыл бұрын

Wow….look at those tiny, perfect stitches…from straw. I am impressed they can do it in a single day.

@adriennedeontesmith2020 Жыл бұрын

These are beautiful

@ithren1 3 жыл бұрын

Hard work. Surviving 🤠

@MUGUPWITHUS 3 жыл бұрын

@darthganu 3 жыл бұрын

I would like to buy two hats. But I want my money to reach the weavers directly. Where can I do that without me getting scammed?

@secretagentmandanV2 3 жыл бұрын

I wish to know too

@joffrecueva5662 3 жыл бұрын

You travel and buy it yourself. Best way to do it.

@darthganu 3 жыл бұрын

@@joffrecueva5662 Not possible with Covid travel restrictions.

@alexandertsigaridas5411 2 жыл бұрын

From the $5 they earn per hat, to the $80 that each one is sold in the US, there is a 160% profit margin. Their product has a large demand. So, the problem is in the implementation of the business model. Someone needs to teach these weavers to set up their own online business and sell their stock directly to the developed world.

@BIZKITJODE 3 жыл бұрын

They need to have control of the whole process including sales and export....🤫

@SethWistful 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, where are the links to help out?

@reggaespiritdance 3 жыл бұрын

May this video spark interest in the craft. Thank you 🙏🏻

@jose10jusef 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful crafting :'0

@marthacarrion7679 10 ай бұрын

The Key is.... RESPECTING the talent of this beautiful women. RESPECTING ECUADOR... Recognize their Talent, pay them what they deserve. Stop exploiting them. Compensate them with dignity. Profits are only designed by foreigners who trade for their own benefit , obtain their absurd unrealistic projections that benefit only them, without consideration of the invaluable work of this Millennial Artisans.

@AhmedAbdullah-me5xb 3 жыл бұрын

I hope to get one, one day. Believe it!

@lawabiding9152 3 жыл бұрын

Damn those hats are beautiful

@mariahelena3715 2 жыл бұрын

É verdade os jovens não querem seguir a tradição aqui no Brasil é do mesmo jeito são poucas pessoas que ainda fazem chapéu de palha, eu amor fazer 😍

@social3ngin33rin 3 жыл бұрын

wow, I had no idea they were handmade!!!

@mamabear3191 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful story very nice hats. But sad there struggle. Alot of us anymore it seems.

@rozenstarzfallz 3 жыл бұрын

Where’s the link to a company website so I can directly buy a hat it would help there business also it would help me during summer time

@alcurtis93 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to go over there and set up a direct to consumer website to keep the guys afloat and let them thrive and then come back here and send us all the link

@matefamily7883 3 жыл бұрын

How can we buy the hats directly from them. Sweet grass baskets in Charleston SC the weavers and artisans got together and they weave and sell their arts.

@Richie016 3 жыл бұрын

skilled and hardworking craft of Panama, has been a popular fashion wear.

@felipeary 3 жыл бұрын

They're not from Panamá, they're from Ecuador!

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

Correct, there is a bit of history behind the name. Funny enough the history is explained here. zinglife.co/the-panama-hats-origin-and-the-oxymorons-of-history/

@felipeary 3 жыл бұрын

@@xavierpozo286 The article is quite interesting, although it doesn't mention some other interesting facts like it was an Ecuadorian who taught Colombians how to make hats using reverse engineering

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

@@felipeary wasn’t aware of this

@jellyapan 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to buy the hats directly from the weavers!! Seriously, let me pay however much it costs in the US directly to the weavers! Cut out the middlemen!

@msmlolmanpolybrige0335 2 жыл бұрын

They should not only pay the artisans more, but I think we should all buy more hats, like look how hot the sun is, I think I’d be even better if we all bought hats

@barrykevin7658 3 жыл бұрын

A decent online shop with only the finest hats and finish would help solve their problems. People will pay top dollar for authentic top quality along with the story.

@alexisjoza4308 3 жыл бұрын

It would be a good option but they are Cuenca hats, they are not the genuine Panama hat. Also it is difficult to create an online store in Ecuador to sell abroad, all payment processors sell nationally and Paypal is difficult to collect if you do not have a bank account in the United States. Most of the people who sell directly from Ecuador are foreigners, the only one I see who works directly with the weavers and has fair prices is this store, they are Ecuadorians. www.viatoremspirit.store/en/

@barrykevin7658 3 жыл бұрын

@@alexisjoza4308 .Thats sad to hear , but remember the US is only one market place in the world ,If you can not use it move on .

@upyours6000 2 жыл бұрын

I just ordered one on etsy, hopefully i helped.

@monicaandhavaram6045 3 жыл бұрын

Pls ship to india we love those hats😍

@hakunamatata1352 3 жыл бұрын

I don't wear hats, but I would buy a bag made like this!

@katieash4970 2 жыл бұрын

Do y'all have a link so we could buy directly from them? I would definitely buy directly from them, but I don't know how.

@delrosario7453 3 жыл бұрын

Sir, it's not about values it's about appropriate compensation!

@ShashaRavacio 2 жыл бұрын

Someone tech-savvy living in that town could open an etsy shop for all of them to earn for their daily living ❤️

@dialcnn 3 жыл бұрын

Please add a link of the store

@carolbuzelim 3 жыл бұрын

This series is so important. Those high skilled workers are underpaid and overwork

@DerryPup Жыл бұрын

If you want to help these people, put a link on here to a website so we can order directly!

@TheMostObliviousGirl 3 жыл бұрын

Don't let this become a lost art... This needs to be preserved, it is a culture. Truly saddened by this. 😞

@OrichiSan 2 жыл бұрын

Is there an online website to buy one?

@SpencerKlouds 3 жыл бұрын

It should cost over $ 100 at least, For quality and the time of work. Gosh there are so many in recognized businesses that need to be recognized, and they need their time to shine.

@SpencerKlouds 3 жыл бұрын

$100 for the community

@rishishenoy 3 жыл бұрын

Middlemen are making money without breaking any sweat. These weaver unions should sell directly to the retailer.

@AkilahOsa 3 жыл бұрын

I found this information very interesting 🤔. I always wanted a hat like this, I think I will try to get one in the future. 😌

@Methodsaimon 3 жыл бұрын

when you go on vacation you should personally go to crafters and give em some extra to show we appreciate you!!!

@pamelahomeyer748 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the link to purchase one

@jenlc1536 3 жыл бұрын

It'd be cool if places like @NOVICA could help them reach a larger customer base, so they could keep the tradition alive

@adventurousbec 3 жыл бұрын

So how can you help? Buy one of their hats?

@xavierpozo286 3 жыл бұрын

Technically buying a Panama hat will cycle back to the weaver. So to answer your question, yes.

@kalle911 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing what I paid for one in Spain (supposedly woven in Ecuador), I'm sure they could receive way more than 5€.

@georgewhitehead8185 3 жыл бұрын

Folks the Weavers are the foundation, and the key to all of this. They should be paid much much more than they are. If this would happen, then they could have a "normal" life, and it would also attract other young people to learn this weaving skill. This is a must, because if it "dies out" then it will be forever lost. People need to get this "pay for work" concept in balance. These weavers are being cheated, and exploited. Lets remedy this, while we still can.

@roundish7796 3 жыл бұрын

Dam I would buy 100 of those hats if I could

@pippysperson 3 жыл бұрын

I wish insider would put links to places to buy things that would help the people they do videos about.

@theresewalters1696 3 жыл бұрын

Good luck. It's called Business Insider. Not for fairness.

@theresewalters1696 3 жыл бұрын

Purposely left out.

@davidvianello5881 3 жыл бұрын

They're are original from Ecuador, but other Latino American countries like neighboring Colombia make them as well. Aguadas, Caldas is a town that lives from El Sombrero de Toquilla; El Sombrero de Hiraca.

@alankohn6709 2 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if someone could setup an online store fore the weavers association allowing them to sell online cutting out the middle man and raise the money they can make wish I had the skills to help.

@normalgirlcvco 3 жыл бұрын

Ecuadorian here. Those hats are expensive but salers get most of the money and leave the artesians with next to nothing. It's so unfair because they are beautiful and proudly Ecuadorian.

@DynamicSeq 3 жыл бұрын

Hook me up with a weaver, and I'll buy some straight from the source....The last hat I bought from Ecuador, I paid almost 300$ for and I'm sure not much went to the maker...I would love to buy a few hats, and knowing that all the money went to the maker..