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Brent Black Montecristi Panama hats for men run from the legendary $10,000 model to fedoras and even a pork pie hat that you can buy for just under a grand. When you realize that it takes hundreds of hours of weaving by hand to form just the bodies of these hats (and that they are as finely woven as smooth linen), then you'll acknowledge the justification behind
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Brent Black Montecristis
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prices like these, even as wee tears run down your cheeks and your credit card shakes a little in your hand.
Forget the crown jewel for a second at 10K, and look at that summer straw known as The Aficionado, a hat that's really art for your crown. Once the master weavers of Montecristi have taken the months necessary to weave the straw into a fine fabric-like feel, the fedora is shaped, hand-blocked and finished with a leather sweatband and grosgrain ribbon. They do the same for The Montecristi Classic Panama hat, the most classically shaped fedora bar none with its teardrop island in the crown.
You won't think you're wearing a masterpiece: it's so light and airy and comfortable, you'll forget to take it off. Did you know that Brent Black personally selects each of the hat bodies he'll work with?
Time-consuming? Yes.
Finicky? Absolutely.
Worth it? You betcha.
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