Our Process
Each Sombrea hat begins with the iraca palm, a fiber native to Colombia that takes two to three years to mature before harvest. The tender inner fibers are then hand-cleaned, boiled, dried, and carefully separated into fine strands, a process that demands as much patience as skill. From there, master Colombian artisans weave each hat entirely by hand, strand by strand, with no machinery. Depending on the design, a single hat can take several days to complete. No two are ever exactly alike.