Ecua-Andino Hats
| Industry | Fashion |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Founder | Édgar Sánchez y Alejandro Lecaro |
| Headquarters | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Website | www.ecua-andino.com |
Ecua-Andino Hats is an Ecuadorian company founded in 1985 by Alejandro Lecaro and Édgar Sánchez. The brand is dedicated to the production and exportation of Panama hats. It is one of the most important companies producing finished Panama hats in Ecuador.[1][2][3][4]
History
[edit]In 1985, Édgar Sánchez and Alejandro Lecaro started to sell local crafts, initially to tourists on the beach, and then from a small shop in the center of Guayaquil, Ecuador. In 1994, they decided to change the product range and concentrated on hats only. In 2012, UNESCO declared that the art of weaving a Panama hat in Ecuador was added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.[5] Today, the brand exports around 200,000 a year and sells 12,000 on Ecuador's national market.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Production
[edit]Ecua Andino has straw hats production sites in five provinces of Ecuador such as Canar, Azuay, Guayas, Manabi and Santa Elena. The process involves at least 3500 artisans. It is in these little towns that are done the different processes such as selecting the raw material (Carludovica Palmata), cooking, weaving, bleaching, ironing, etc. Tagging and finishing steps are made in the workshop of Guayaquil. The estimated processing time before exporting a hat varies between 1 month and 6 months, it mostly depends on the quality of the product. The company new collections twice a year:
References
[edit]- ^ En el exterior se visten sus sombreros
- ^ "Interview to Alejandro Lecaro Líderes magazine". Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ "Hat Magazine interview to Alejandro Lecaro y Édgar Sánchez". Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Artículo sobre Ecua-Andino en The Business Year
- ^ Bonjour París Article
- ^ / ecua andino için arama sonuçları
- ^ "PROVENCE". Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ THE NEW SUMMER ESSENTIALS
- ^ CASUAL SUNDAY IN MY ECUA-ANDINO HAT
- ^ "Snake Swim while Doing Nothing". Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Celebrities love their straw hats
- ^ "Kourtney Kardashian Blog". Archived from the original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.