We had a great trip out through the beautiful countryside surrounding Cuenca to get to an all female owner hatmakers. These women could use some publicity: their factory is just outside the beautiful small town of Sig Sig. The women at the tourist office in town didn't know about it and I had just read about it in passing, hoping to support a much more sustainable kind of business that the other hat factory we had been in previously.
As we arrived in the town, you could see local women casually weaving hats and the knowledgeable indigenous women at the factory helped us with every step, including sizing hats to my own hard-to-fit, gigantic head. the prices here were much better than places in town - Quin's custom fit fino was only $40 and mine was less. We got very individual attention and a quick tour of yhe factory. More important to us wasbthe fact that the money from the sale went directly to these ladies.
Where is a picture of you two wearing your fine, custom-fit hats?
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