Not every panama hat is a fedora, of course: there are panama porkpies from Borsalino and safaris from Scala, one of my all-time favorites being The Copacabana, with its two-tone hat band and cool, vented crown. There are even outbacks in panama straw as well (we're talking The Saratoga here). Another Scala panama hat style is evidenced by The Gambler with its great, broad brim (for sun protection) and Weatherall coating (in case of sun shower). This variety of style within each hat genre is, by the way, the source of our MensHats.com tagline: A Hat For Every Head. The brilliant slogan also comes from the fact that I'm kinda like the Shakespeare of hat copy - but lots better looking, naturally, in my dress Dobbs panama shantung homburg.