The 50 Most Remarkable Hats of All Time
Hats perform many tasks, both practical and cultural: Sometimes they provide protection (in the case of Japanese Samurai warriors) or ritualistic importance (in the case of Anubis’ mask); other times they’re just attention-grabbers, as in the case of Elsa Schiaparelli’s famous shoe hat or Lady Gaga’s lobster. When looking through the history of head wear, the images of certain people become inseparable from their hats. How many times have you seen LL Cool J’s actual head? Can Santa be Santa without his red cap? What would the aughts look like without Ashton and his Von Dutch? Click through the slideshow for our list, which includes Audrey Hepburn, Che Guevara, ancient Chinese emperors’ hats, and more.
Lady Gaga in a Philip Treacy Lobster Hat Way back in early 2010, Mother Monster went for a stroll in London wearing a diamond-encrusted lobster h...
Lady Gaga in a Philip Treacy Lobster Hat Way back in early 2010, Mother Monster went for a stroll in London wearing a diamond-encrusted lobster hat by Philip Treacy perched atop her head en route to dinner at Mr. Chow. It was a direct reference to a pink hat the milliner one designed for Grace Jones – and sparked a large number of Halloween costumes for years to come.
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Brigitte Helm’s Yoshiwara Costume From
Metropolis For the first feature-length sci-fi film in history, Fritz Lang did well to cast Brigitte Helm...
Brigitte Helm’s Yoshiwara Costume From
Metropolis For the first feature-length sci-fi film in history, Fritz Lang did well to cast Brigitte Helm in the adaptation of his wife Thea Von Harbou's novel turned silent movie, Metropolis. But even better to outfit her in a glorious, sparkling, alien cap that looks like water beads on a flower. The hat makes her widow’s peak its central focus and the hair pouf its afterthought. It’s very sinister, and Art Deco.
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Elsa Schiaparelli's Shoe Hat Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli designed her famous “shoe hat” for her fall 1937 collection, at the behes...
Elsa Schiaparelli's Shoe Hat Italian fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli designed her famous “shoe hat” for her fall 1937 collection, at the behest of her friend Salvador Dalí, who got the idea from a photograph that his wife, Gala, took of him with one of her high-heeled shoes balanced on his head. The hat was the epitome of surrealist fashion and worn by Schiaparelli herself, as well as Gala Dalí and Daisy Fellowes, the editor of French Harper’s Bazaar and a devoted client of Schiaparelli’s. In 2012, the hat was prominently displayed at the entrance of the Met's Costume Institute exhibit, "Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations." Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource
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Samantha Jones in the
Sex and the City Movie Outfitted by Patricia Field, the Sex and the City characters were defined by their wardrobes. The f...
Samantha Jones in the
Sex and the City Movie Outfitted by Patricia Field, the Sex and the City characters were defined by their wardrobes. The first film sees Samantha move to California, where her building sexual frustration drives her to spy on her hot surfer neighbor while bingeing on guacamole beneath an enormous hat.
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The Long Horn Miao Tribe Headdress A small sect of the Miao people, an ethnic group that resides in the Guizhou province of southwest China, wear...
The Long Horn Miao Tribe Headdress A small sect of the Miao people, an ethnic group that resides in the Guizhou province of southwest China, wear traditional headpieces made of wood, wrapped in the hair of their ancestors, and then bound with wool. The whole endeavor takes an hour to prepare, and can weigh between four and thirteen pounds.
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Pope Benedict XVI in a Sombrero in Mexico On March 25, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI rode his “popemobile” to lead an open mass at the Parque del Bicen...
Pope Benedict XVI in a Sombrero in Mexico On March 25, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI rode his “popemobile” to lead an open mass at the Parque del Bicentenario in Silao, Mexico, where he was gifted with an enormous black-and-silver sombrero. His right-hand man, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, helped place the sombrero atop the pope's head as he waved to a smitten public. Photo: RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
Justin Bieber’s Chanel Ski Mask Presumably ready to rob himself, Justin Bieber suited up his whole face in a black balaclava with two massive int...
Justin Bieber’s Chanel Ski Mask Presumably ready to rob himself, Justin Bieber suited up his whole face in a black balaclava with two massive intertwined Cs in April, informing you that this knitted creep fest is designer-made. The best part? He captioned it with the word “Channel.”
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Marlene Dietrich's Top Hat In a silk evening gown or a tailored tux, Dietrich's looks (capped off with top hats) epitomized sexual prowess and co...
Marlene Dietrich's Top Hat In a silk evening gown or a tailored tux, Dietrich's looks (capped off with top hats) epitomized sexual prowess and confidence. The cabaret singer's androgyny figured into her charm, worldliness, and Weimar-era act, which she later exported successfully to Hollywood.
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Grace Jones's Many Hats Supermodel Grace Jones is the reigning queen of fierce and bold – so naturally, she's been drawn to the light of Phi...
Grace Jones's Many Hats Supermodel Grace Jones is the reigning queen of fierce and bold – so naturally, she's been drawn to the light of Philip Treacy's fantasical creations. Long before Lady Gaga walked the streets in a bejeweled crustacean fascinator, Jones pulled off everything from a mohawk-shaped headpiece to a hot pink fascinator with antennae, and from a crystal bowler hat to a transluscent orange hat – all while looking like the coolest alien on earth.
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The Duke of Urbino’s Red Hat The famous portrait by Piero della Francesca, titled Count Federico da Montefeltro, features a profile of Federico d...
The Duke of Urbino’s Red Hat The famous portrait by Piero della Francesca, titled Count Federico da Montefeltro, features a profile of Federico da Montefeltro, the Lord of Urbino, dressed in red garb and a flat-topped red hat. While the shape and color of the hat are enticing, the speculated backstory as to why the count is only revealing his left side is more grisly. After losing his right eye during a jousting tournament, he was apparently left with a massive scar, which he found creative ways to hide for the rest of his life. The bridge of his nose was also injured during the same tournament, so the count asked surgeons to remove it, which is visible in the portrait.
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Energy Dome Worn by Devo Immortalized on the cover of Devo's third album, Freedom of Choice, these nutty hats were inspired by both the Bauhaus m...
Energy Dome Worn by Devo Immortalized on the cover of Devo's third album, Freedom of Choice, these nutty hats were inspired by both the Bauhaus movement and Aztec temples. Band members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald V. Casale designed them "according to ancient ziggurat mound proportions used in votive worship. Like the mounds, it collects energy and recirculates it.” The hat later helped make them into rock stars.
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LL Cool J's Kangol Hats Kangol hats made their debut in the twenties, the invention of a Jewish-Polish refugee, and became the official supplier ...
LL Cool J's Kangol Hats Kangol hats made their debut in the twenties, the invention of a Jewish-Polish refugee, and became the official supplier to the armed forces during World War II. But it wasn’t until hip-hop artist LL Cool J adopted the bucket-hat style in the eighties that the hat so drastically changed its meaning. LL appeared on the back cover of his 1983 album, Radio, in a Kangol – and practically never took it off again. As Complex magazine once put it: “The bucket became so inseparable from LL that rumors spread that something was wrong with his head.”
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Suleiman the Magnificent’s Turban Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was known for his unusually large ...
Suleiman the Magnificent’s Turban Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, was known for his unusually large turban. During his rule from 1520 to 1566, he became known as the "Lawgiver," and even married a commoner. He was always depicted in art with a large turban on his head.
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The Sorting Hat in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Spouting poems and working as a helpful Myers-Briggs personality test, this hat (from t...
The Sorting Hat in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Spouting poems and working as a helpful Myers-Briggs personality test, this hat (from the 2001 film) functions as a physical symbol of the relationship between personality and fate. It’s also just a slouchy, flapping, and dirty-looking rutabaga of a headdress.
Ottoman Janissary Kece or Ketche Hat Called the "Bork," this long and wide felt hat that stood at roughly 40 centimeters tall was ...
Ottoman Janissary Kece or Ketche Hat Called the "Bork," this long and wide felt hat that stood at roughly 40 centimeters tall was worn by Ottoman janissaries who were seen as protectors of the throne. The best part: They had a pocket for a wooden spoon or plume in the front. The spoon, which all of the jannissaries wore, symbolized a sense of comradeship among the them as they lived and died together.
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Aretha Franklin’s 2009 Inauguration Hat Aretha Franklin sang at Obama’s first inauguration in a gray coat, gray gloves, and a small gray cap with...
Aretha Franklin’s 2009 Inauguration Hat Aretha Franklin sang at Obama’s first inauguration in a gray coat, gray gloves, and a small gray cap with a gargantuan, bejeweled bow on it designed by Mr. Song Millinery. Thus, a meme was born, with this chapeau placed on everyone from Spock to George Bush to Elvis Presley.
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The Yellow Emperor in Mian Guan Headdress, circa 2500 B.C. The term guan refers to a headdress worn by men of power and official business. Guan w...
The Yellow Emperor in Mian Guan Headdress, circa 2500 B.C. The term guan refers to a headdress worn by men of power and official business. Guan were designed to be worn over top knots of hair, and different functions called for different guan. The Mian guan was a royal headdress used to conduct sacrifices to heaven. Twelve strands of jade beads hung in front and back of the emperor’s hat. The strands hung in the following color order: white for metal, yellow for earth, green for wood, red for fire, and black for water.
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Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice in Philip Treacy Fascinators The real stars of Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton were the fascinators on...
Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice in Philip Treacy Fascinators The real stars of Prince William’s wedding to Kate Middleton were the fascinators on the guests. But the two that made the most impact belonged to Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, designed, of course, by Philip Treacy. The press ridiculed the creations, but Treacy defiantly claimed, "I thought they looked gorgeous and beautiful. But no one is crying if anyone didn’t.” Princess Beatrice auctioned off her fascinator on eBay after the wedding and raised $131,648 for UNICEF and Children in Crisis.
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Carmen Miranda in
The Gang’s All Here Miranda’s campy film was initially barred in her native Portugal, where censors deemed her character’s abs...
Carmen Miranda in
The Gang’s All Here Miranda’s campy film was initially barred in her native Portugal, where censors deemed her character’s absurdist headpieces sexually suggestive. For one of the film’s songs, "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat,” Miranda wore fruit on her head while bikini-clad chorus girls danced behind her holding bananas. U.S. regulators decreed that the bananas must be held at the waist, not too close to the hips.
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Oddjob’s Hat in
Goldfinger This is the little bowler hat that could kill people. In Goldfinger (1964), Oddjob’s cap was weaponized with a chakra...
Oddjob’s Hat in
Goldfinger This is the little bowler hat that could kill people. In Goldfinger (1964), Oddjob’s cap was weaponized with a chakram (a circular Indian throwing weapon) added to the brim. However, when MythBusters tested whether or not this cap could actually function as a weapon, it didn’t hold its shape.
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Eighteenth Century Ship Headpieces Ladies of the eighteenth century, always drawn to exhibitionist getups, placed this giant scale model of a fam...
Eighteenth Century Ship Headpieces Ladies of the eighteenth century, always drawn to exhibitionist getups, placed this giant scale model of a famous French navy ship atop their heads. It made the faces of these women appear to be figureheads on the prow of ship. Very operatic.
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Peineta-Mantilla Combs Popularized in the nineteenth century by Spanish ladies, the Peineta-Mantilla is a tortoiseshell comb that can reach eight...
Peineta-Mantilla Combs Popularized in the nineteenth century by Spanish ladies, the Peineta-Mantilla is a tortoiseshell comb that can reach eight to ten inches in height. Traditionally worn during Holy Week and weddings, they are affixed to a bun, with a mantilla, or lace scarf, perched atop, draping the wearer’s shoulders.
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Madonna's Louis Vuitton Bunny Ears While wearing an early rendition of the top knot, Madonna donned some turquoise, textural bunny ears for the C...
Madonna's Louis Vuitton Bunny Ears While wearing an early rendition of the top knot, Madonna donned some turquoise, textural bunny ears for the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum in 2009, designed by Louis Vuitton. Or were they fabric antennae? Only Madge knows.
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Viking Helmet Though Vikings did in fact use helmets in battle, the cliché version with horns was likely not used for this purpose, but ra...
Viking Helmet Though Vikings did in fact use helmets in battle, the cliché version with horns was likely not used for this purpose, but rather by priests for religious ceremonies. During the Romantic period (late 1700s to mid-1800s), artists began depicting Germanic and Celtic history and mythology in their work with little factual basis. Later, in the twentieth century, the stereotype would once again be misinterpreted by football teams and frat boys across America. Photo: Miguel Vidal/Corbis
Halston’s Bunny Mask for Candice Bergen Worn on the occasion of Truman Capote's legendary Black and White Ball in 1966, this bunny-mask hat stood...
Halston’s Bunny Mask for Candice Bergen Worn on the occasion of Truman Capote's legendary Black and White Ball in 1966, this bunny-mask hat stood out, even among many other fabulous headpieces on a crowd of international jetsetters and boldface names.
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King Louis XIV in the Costume of the Sun King in the Ballet
La Nuit Considered a founder of classical ballet, Italian-born composer and choreogr...
King Louis XIV in the Costume of the Sun King in the Ballet
La Nuit Considered a founder of classical ballet, Italian-born composer and choreographer Jean-Baptiste Lully became a member of 13-year-old Louis XIV’s court in 1652. Lully often cast the monarch in his performances, and inadvertently coined Louis XIV’s nickname, “The Sun King,” when he dressed the ruler in a sun costume for his role in the twelve-hour Ballet de la Nuit. A drawing from 1653 depicts the king in his famous headpiece, which radiated golden rays.
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Egyptian Anubis Mask Worn by priests when they performed funeral rituals (like the “opening of the mouth” ceremony, where they touched the mummy’...
Egyptian Anubis Mask Worn by priests when they performed funeral rituals (like the “opening of the mouth” ceremony, where they touched the mummy’s mouth, eyes, nose, and ears to restore the senses for the afterlife), this ancient Egyptian headpiece was made of linen, papyrus, and plaster to resemble the jackal-shaped head of the god Anubis, who was believed to rule over the dead.
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Macaroni Tricorner Hat In eighteenth-century England, a man who had picked up fanciful tastes from his travels to Italy or France was called a “m...
Macaroni Tricorner Hat In eighteenth-century England, a man who had picked up fanciful tastes from his travels to Italy or France was called a “macaroni,” and often mocked for his affectations. Named after the actual noodle, a “macaroni” was often satirized in comic illustrations, which depicted a man with a towering wig and tiny tricorner hat. The caricatures were exaggerated, but small hats and powdered wigs were still popular among wealthy, fashion-forward men at the time.
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The Cat in the Hat He should not be here. He should not be about. He should not be here when your mother is out! But where he really shouldn't be...
The Cat in the Hat He should not be here. He should not be about. He should not be here when your mother is out! But where he really shouldn't be is in ink, permanently emblazoned on your ankle. And yet Dr. Seuss’s cat’s hat is iconic: honored in silly Halloween costumes for decades.
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Cher’s Bob Mackie Headdress This lady truly understands the power of a hat. Designer Bob Mackie designed all of Cher’s spectacular costumes for T...
Cher’s Bob Mackie Headdress This lady truly understands the power of a hat. Designer Bob Mackie designed all of Cher’s spectacular costumes for The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour throughout the show’s four-year run, as well as for her subsequent solo act, The Cher Show. Who could forget this feathered headdress, made in 1973?
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Coco Chanel’s Signature Hat Gabrielle Chanel couldn't help but modernize everything she touched. In addition to giving us the LBD, liberated knit...
Coco Chanel’s Signature Hat Gabrielle Chanel couldn't help but modernize everything she touched. In addition to giving us the LBD, liberated knits, and choice quotes about chicness, she began her career as a milliner in 1910. She went on to make many delightful, modern hats, which she often modeled herself. The one in this photo remains one of her most memorable.
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Margiela Hoods From Couture Runways Part mask, part headpiece, Maison Martin Margiela’s beaded face masks debuted on the house’s couture runway l...
Margiela Hoods From Couture Runways Part mask, part headpiece, Maison Martin Margiela’s beaded face masks debuted on the house’s couture runway last July, and covered the top of the head and the face in a variety of crystals and beads, which apparently took eight hours to make. The mesh is made of a thin gauze that allows models to easily see through it. As the Cut’s Lynn Yaeger wrote at the time: “I hate this, as I think it represents an attempt to dehumanize and silence women, though it is a fetish the house has promulgated for years.” Apparently, she could never have guessed that Kanye would eventually wear one as well.
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Santa Claus’s Stocking Cap Nothing signals the holiday season in North America like the emergence of these red stocking caps topped with fluffy, ...
Santa Claus’s Stocking Cap Nothing signals the holiday season in North America like the emergence of these red stocking caps topped with fluffy, white, snowball-like pom-poms. They are never used for any other purpose than to signal Santa. Just ask the growing legions of SantaCon participants: "Where guys and girls of legal age dress up like Santa and go cavorting around town for no better reason than that it's huge fun."
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Audrey Hepburn in
My Fair Lady, The Merry Widow, and
Belle Epoque In the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady, Audrey Hepburn stunned as Cockney f...
Audrey Hepburn in
My Fair Lady, The Merry Widow, and
Belle Epoque In the 1964 film version of My Fair Lady, Audrey Hepburn stunned as Cockney flower girl turned "lady" Eliza Doolittle when she appeared at the Ascot Racecourse in an impeccable outfit covered in lace, ribbons, and frills with an enormous matching feathered hat designed by none other than Sir Cecil Beaton. The hat's very magnificence managed to awe those around her and properly camouflage Doolittle among the ranks of high society — until she relapsed into her Cockney accent while getting overeager at the horse race.
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Justin Timberlake in a Fedora Timberlake, natty man that he is, loves himself a fedora. Over the years, the Timberlake hat has transformed its lo...
Justin Timberlake in a Fedora Timberlake, natty man that he is, loves himself a fedora. Over the years, the Timberlake hat has transformed its look and feel — from the early Sherlock Holmes–like cap of his ’N Sync years (at left) to an unstructured (mohair) bucket hat to, more recently, an onslaught of black porkpies — accessorized, of course, with a jaunty red feather.
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The Marlboro Man's Cowboy Hat Born of an advertiser’s brain in the early fifties, the macho Marlboro man, in his camel-colored cowboy hat, became...
The Marlboro Man's Cowboy Hat Born of an advertiser’s brain in the early fifties, the macho Marlboro man, in his camel-colored cowboy hat, became the symbol of tobacco-fueled rugged individualism for a generation of Americans. The man in the photos changed, but his hat remained the same, decade after decade. The look was co-opted well by American president Ronald Reagan, and later, less convincingly, by George W. Bush. The advertising icon became so popular, he was even reimagined in films and art — including Richard Prince’s early eighties painting, “Untitled (Cowboys),” which featured re-photographed magazine ads of the Marlboro Man.
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Celebrities in Skull Caps If you happen to be one of the most attractive men in the world, but want to suggest you're a serious actor, try neglec...
Celebrities in Skull Caps If you happen to be one of the most attractive men in the world, but want to suggest you're a serious actor, try neglecting to shower and hiding your filthy, long hair under a slouchy, DGAF beanie.
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Jackie O.’s Pillbox At her husband's presidential swearing-in ceremony in January of 1961, dressed in an A-line coat and large pillbox hat design...
Jackie O.’s Pillbox At her husband's presidential swearing-in ceremony in January of 1961, dressed in an A-line coat and large pillbox hat designed by Halston, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy made a lasting, fashion-forward impression on the nation.
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Ashton and Britney in Trucker Hats In the early part of the 21st century, it seemed quite novel to wear ironic symbols of "white trash"...
Ashton and Britney in Trucker Hats In the early part of the 21st century, it seemed quite novel to wear ironic symbols of "white trash" culture, like the Von Dutch trucker hat. This concept had surprising staying power.
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Napoleon’s Bicorne Napoleon popularized the bicorne (a two-cornered hat) as emperor and military commander of France. A descendent of the tricorn...
Napoleon’s Bicorne Napoleon popularized the bicorne (a two-cornered hat) as emperor and military commander of France. A descendent of the tricorne, which was used by the British army, the bicorne was worn by high-ranking European military personnel in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Allegedly to distinguish himself from other officers on the battlefield, Napoleon wore his cocked hats with the brims aligned to his shoulders instead of pointed to the front and back of his head.
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Blossom's Bucket Hats The smiley teens of Blossom were rarely without hats, and their hats were rarely without huge fake flowers affixed off-cent...
Blossom's Bucket Hats The smiley teens of Blossom were rarely without hats, and their hats were rarely without huge fake flowers affixed off-center. The caps were usually straw and often semi-artfully squashed.
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Bob Marley's Rasta Hat Though his hair is perhaps his most iconic feature, Marley was known to put it all under a roomy knit dread container on o...
Bob Marley's Rasta Hat Though his hair is perhaps his most iconic feature, Marley was known to put it all under a roomy knit dread container on occasion. The look is frequently imitated to ill effect by college men who play Hacky Sack.
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Che Guevara’s Beret In what is perhaps one of the most effective images in the history of political propaganda, the handsome Argentine Marxist re...
Che Guevara’s Beret In what is perhaps one of the most effective images in the history of political propaganda, the handsome Argentine Marxist revolutionary wears a black military beret embroidered with a single red star. It was part of the standard uniform that he wore throughout his political career. Today, variations of this image can be bought on T-shirts and stickers, even with gorilla faces — surely that’s what the revolutionary had in mind when fighting for his causes.
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John Galliano’s Hats Known for his fantastical, flamboyant costumes, Galliano rarely leaves his head uncovered. He has taken post-show bows in al...
John Galliano’s Hats Known for his fantastical, flamboyant costumes, Galliano rarely leaves his head uncovered. He has taken post-show bows in all of the following: bandannas, beanies, bowlers, newsboy caps, and even a feathered pirate hat. After his scandalous dismissal from Dior in 2011, he took to wearing somber black top hats during his infrequent public appearances.
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The Fez Worn by the likes of the monkey Abu and Doctor Who in pop culture, the red brimless felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone was named a...
The Fez Worn by the likes of the monkey Abu and Doctor Who in pop culture, the red brimless felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone was named after the Moroccan city where it attained sartorial power. It even has a tassel sprouting from the center that dangles on the side. The hat survived a year-long boycott in 1908, and was at one point widely used as traditional military headgear.
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Peter Sellers in
The
Pink Panther Inspector Clouseau found himself a fantastic chapeau: a tasteful tweed that manages to be both serious and si...
Peter Sellers in
The
Pink Panther Inspector Clouseau found himself a fantastic chapeau: a tasteful tweed that manages to be both serious and silly. It even looks like there is some room at the top, perhaps to store some secrets.
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Marvin the Martian’s Helmet Because Marvin hails from the planet Mars, his creators decided to base his look on the Roman god of war, also named ...
Marvin the Martian’s Helmet Because Marvin hails from the planet Mars, his creators decided to base his look on the Roman god of war, also named Mars, who wore a helmet embellished with a strip of feathers or hair, in the style of the time. Marvin’s helmet tuft more closely resembles a broom, but then again, he is an alien with no discernible mouth.
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Whoopi in Her Habit No lady could work a nun's habit as well as Whoopi did, especially with those dangerously lowered sunglasses and wild dance m...
Whoopi in Her Habit No lady could work a nun's habit as well as Whoopi did, especially with those dangerously lowered sunglasses and wild dance moves in Sister Act. Photo: Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy of Everett Collection
The Samurai Kabuto Formally called the kabuto, this traditional Japanese helmet protected the heads of ancient warriors since the fifth century. ...
The Samurai Kabuto Formally called the kabuto, this traditional Japanese helmet protected the heads of ancient warriors since the fifth century. While they were originally part of a warrior’s protective suit of armor, over time, these custom-made pieces evolved to serve as talismans that displayed the wearer’s unique character, personality, and artistry. If the helmet looks unusually threatening or familiar, it probably has to do with the fact that the kabuto influenced the design of Darth Vader's glossy black helmet.
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Queen Elizabeth’s Signature Hats Since her ascension to the throne at age 25, Queen Elizabeth II has worn over 5,000 different kinds of headwear ...
Queen Elizabeth’s Signature Hats Since her ascension to the throne at age 25, Queen Elizabeth II has worn over 5,000 different kinds of headwear — floral caps, turbans, cloches, fur Cossack hats — until she finally found her signature hat, variations of which she's been wearing for the past few years. They tend to have an asymmetrical top, short brim, and a jaunty flourish, like lace, feathers, or a giant flower. Also, as she's the queen: The hats always match her outfits perfectly.
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