Christy's  of London is the only company in the world still making top hats and bowlers in the traditional way. Using hatting skills over 200 yearsago, the dedication of their highly skilled craftsmen and women is helping to keep a valuable industry very much alive,  Likewise. in Ecaudor, there are a small few preserving the skills to finleyhand weave the fibers of the toquilla palm used to make Panama Hats. With some 500 hours involved, 1600 threadsper square inch of these fibers are woven together and hand blocked to fashion hats of sumptuous and durable quality; quality that cannot be achieve by any other means.