Panama hat more hats than they ever could in Ecuador. The hats were sold to gold prospectors traveling through Panama to California during the historic Californian Gold Rush. Travelers would tell people admiring their hats that they bought them in Panama. So, the hats quickly became known as “Panama hats.” Soon after at the 1855 World's Fair in Paris, Panama hats were featured for the first time on a global scale. However, the Fair’s catalog did not mention Ecuador as its country of origin. It listed this type of hat as a “cloth hat” even though it was clearly not made out
Hats (album) of the '80s" in 2006. All songs written and composed by Paul Buchanan. Credits are adapted from the liner notes for "Hats". Hats (album) Hats is the second studio album by Scottish band The Blue Nile, originally released on 16 October 1989 on Linn Records and A&M Records. After a prolonged delay in which an entire album's worth of work was scrapped, The Blue Nile released "Hats" to rave reviews, including a rare five-star rating from "Q" magazine. It also became the band's most successful album, reaching number 12 on the UK album charts and spawning three singles: "The Downtown