[Music Plays]
What's special to me about Honolulu
It has to be just the way of life
Things that we do to pass our time
Don't cost money
You know we go on hikes
We surf or we paddle board and
it's just about enjoying what's here
The beaches are beautiful
The swaying palmtrees are wonderful
However there's a deep rich history here
We are a place with a very vibrant
indigenous culture
I find that to be a hugely
enriching aspect of life
It's special, it's Hawaii
There's a fragrance to it
You smell everybody's leis
plumeria and tube of roses in the air
You don't worry about too much here
It's too pretty to work
[Waves crashing]
We're very fortunate with
the location of the shop
We're nestled in the coconut grove
of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel
We carry the finest
Panama Hats in the world
They come out of the town of
Montecristi in Ecuador
And they've been woven there
By the artisans
For literally hundreds of years
You're seeing predominantly fedoras
But because they're all hand woven,
They're all slightly different
Years ago gentlemen used to go
To haberdashery
His job was to fit the gentlemen
With a proper hat
And we carry on that kind of a tradition
This space was created because
I had an overflow collection of vintage
I've been collecting
whenever it speaks to me
whether it fits me or not
so that's why I'm sharing
When you walk into The Nohea