It's Easy To Give a Custom Montecristi Hat
A hand-woven, hand-blocked, custom-sized
Montecristi Panama hat is an awesome present.
(How do I get on your gift list?)
A Montecristi Panama hat is a very big deal. No other hat in the world, no other hat in history, has more caché. No other hat conjures up more fantasies of tropical romance and adventure, starring one’s self stylin’ ’neath the palms.
Be assured, you will make someone’s daydreams come true when you give a custom-made Brent Black Montecristi Panama hat. Some say a Panama hat doesn’t get any better than that.
You don’t have to know anything about anyone’s hat size or favorite style. Just a name and address. I’ll take care of all the hat stuff. I’ve been taking care of Montecristi hat stuff for more than twenty years.
In a world of mass-produced and globally franchised everything, you are giving a gift that is made by hand, specifically and personally for the person who will wear it.
A rare gift.
Brace yourself for years of gratitude.
Perhaps a special warning to women is in order: Should you give him a legendary Montecristi Panama hat?
Knowing full well that he will put it on, look in the mirror, and begin to think he’s a suave, romantic, adventurous rogue who can have his way with you? Your call.
Two ways to get it exactly right.
Plan A: Give a Custom Gift Package
- Custom gift card/gift certificate.
- Tape measure, with instructions how to begin the custom sizing process.
- Full color page with step by step instructions how to order one’s hat.
- Color booklet, 8 1⁄2 ×11, shows and tells why a hand-made Montecristi Panama hat is such an extraordinary treasure. Includes photos published in National Geographic.
- The booklet also has photographs of some of my most popular men’s and women’s styles, so the recipient can begin to select a favorite.
- The materials are presented in a hand-woven gift box, secured with an actual hat ribbon, bow, and BBB logo pin.
- I will personally help, by phone and email, with style selection, ribbon color and width, crown height, brim width, etc.
- Two of the custom gift packages include a hard-sided carrying case.
Want to know why this is better than trying to give him a finished hat in a box?
- You cannot possibly get this wrong.
- You don’t have to try to figure out how to figure out the right size.
- As the lucky recipient explores the materials in the package, s/he will go from Huh? to Wow! to eager aficionado. I’ve watched it happen.
- S/he will enjoy the process as much as the present. I work personally with each client, by telephone and email, to take the uncertainty out of choosing the best style, getting the size right, and all the custom details.
- No worries, I know how to do this long distance. I have custom made Montecristi Panama hats for clients in all 50 states, plus D.C, Guam, Puerto Rico, and more than 50 countries around the world.
Plan B: Include the recipient in the process. Order immediately.
- Place an order online, or call 1-888-658-6500.
- Request a tape measure if you have no idea of size.
- We will begin the custom process and go as quickly possible.
- Once there is a measurement, I will send five size test bands to try on and choose the best fit.
- If you want the hat for a winter vacation, this is the way to go.
- It takes time. This is the opposite of off the rack. Which is why it’s such a special present, yes?
Montecristi Custom Gift Packages
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“Roll-up” Gift Package—$460
Gift Package
Roll-up Optimo Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi roll-up Optimo Panama hat ($375 value), gift package materials with shipping, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat and box. No style substitutions.
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“Fedora” Gift Package for Men—$585
Gift Package
Fedora Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi Classic Fedora Panama hat ($500 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may substitute a Gatsby, Havana, Montego Bay Fedora, or an Optimo of the same price/quality.
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“The Lover” Gift Package for Women—$635
Gift Package
The Lover Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi The Lover Panama hat ($550 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may substitute a Breton or any of the styles in the Fedora package, which look better on women anyway.
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“Wide Brim” Gift Package—$635
Gift Package
Plantation Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi Plantation Panama hat ($550 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may substitute an Aficionado, Monte Carlo, Kentucky Smith™, or Mombasa for the Plantation.
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“Master Weaver” Gift Package—$1085
Gift Package
Master Weaver Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi Panama hat of a quality that even the most critical (me) would agree is truly super fino ($1000 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may choose any style, subject to availability of size and quality.
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“Museum Quality” Gift Package—$5085
Gift Package
Museum Quality Order NowIncludes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi Panama hat of a quality few have ever seen ($5000 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may choose any style, subject to availability of size and quality.
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“Ultimate” Gift Package—$25,085
Gift Package
Ultimate Order NowLet’s suppose you are a president or prime minister or king or something, and you want a really good kiss-and-make-up present for the head of state of a neighboring nation with which you’ve just had a war. This is perfect. And if I might make a suggestion—give me a heads up before you go to war.
This is not a last-minute, snag-it-on-the-way-home-from-work, Six-Day-War sort of a present. This is a Simón Espinal hat. Simón is the best weaver in the world. He weaves three hats per year. They are available by subscription.
Call your neighbor now. It is easier to ask a person’s hat size before you attack than after. Plan your campaign.
A Simón Espinal hat is the perfect gift, regardless of the outcome. Gracious victor, or ass-kissing supplicant. It works either way.
Includes: Hand-blocked, custom-sized Montecristi Panama hat of supreme quality ($25,000 value), gift package materials, roundtrip postage for size test bands, personal consultation, express shipping & handling for hat. Recipient may choose any style — the hat will be woven to match.
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