A traditional Panama hat is a fedora-shaped hat made of light-colored straw to stave off heat, and features a ribbon band at the crown, often in contrasting black.

The hats became ubiquitous worldwide. In 1855, Napoleon III received one as a gift and purportedly wore it everywhere. In 1898, the United States sent 50,000 Panama-hatted soldiers to the Caribbean to ...

Cuyana has plenty of variations of this iconic Panama Hat, too, but they’re not cheap, to say the least. The Panama Hat that Markle swears by is worth $118, while the others are a few dollars more.