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  Hartford York, Ltd. : Offering styles from the classics to the exotic, as well as hard to fit sizes for men and women.   Spring, summer and sunshine are right around the corner, and Hartford York has the perfect hat just for you. Hartford has traveled the globe looking for fine hats and caps that suit his fancy and hopefully yours, too.   He has found something for nearly every occasion imaginable, from a trek in the Sahara to tea (outdoors, of course) with the Queen.

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What Montecristi Means on a Panama Hat

All genuine Panama hats are woven in Ecuador from toquilla palm fiber; Montecristi is the town whose weavers produce the finest, tightest weave. Fineness is graded by how many woven rows fit in an inch - the higher the count, the smoother and more cloth-like the finished hat, and the longer it took to weave. A fine Montecristi can take months at the loom. Below it sit the good everyday Cuenca weaves, which are sturdier and far less expensive. When comparing prices, weave fineness, the evenness of the straw color and the quality of the blocking and band are what separate one Montecristi from another.

Buying and Caring for a Montecristi

Handle a Montecristi by its brim, never by pinching the crown - repeated pinching cracks even fine toquilla straw over time. Keep it dry, store it on its crown or in a hat box so the brim keeps its line, and never leave it in a hot car, where heat and dryness make straw brittle. Fit should be exact rather than tight: a fine woven hat does not stretch to forgive a small size. Because Hartford York lists hard-to-fit sizes for men and women, shoppers outside standard sizes have a realistic route to a properly fitting fine Panama here.