About Us

Today, internationally famous brands includes in their collections this accessory as symbol of elegance and distinction, which helps that the straw hat is always quoted and used by those who like this style regardless of social status, sex or race.

Currently, Sombreros Barberán, a company founded by Don Carlos Elías Barberán in the early twentieth century, after his family moved from Europe and opened the first hat shop in Guayaquil, stands out as one, but the most important of the creators of Panama hats in Latin America and the whole world; Highlighting with its innovative and classic spirit the creation of this historical piece, defining and important for whoever uses it and who knows its context and cultural role.

The Robinson Barberan division is now in charge of bringing the always classic Panama hat to new routes and ports; Our designs include strong colors and the use of mixed materials such as leathers, tapes or fabrics.

The toquilla straw hat known as Panamá has been installed in the Latin American cultural imagination as a piece of Latin distinction, exclusivity, freshness and spontaneity simultaneously, it is a jewel that reflects the cultural and historical manifestations and diversities of our land and without place to Doubts will remain as an essential part of sunny afternoons for the new generations.