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plural fezzes also fezes
: a brimless cylindrical or somewhat cone-shaped hat with a flat top that usually has a tassel, is typically made of red felt, and is worn especially by men in eastern Mediterranean countries
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The conical pile of locks were inspired by the silhouette of fez and pillbox hats beloved by Jackie Onassis and fixed into place using a mixture of pins and copious hairspray.
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Louboutin, wearing a fez, brought Natasha Poonawalla in a face-framing Harris Reed creation.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
The kaffiyeh thus became a symbol of solidarity uniting working class Palestinians with the upper-class, who would typically also wear a fez.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Louboutin, wearing a fez, brought Natasha Poonawalla in a face-framing Harris Reed creation.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 6 Oct. 2024
The kaffiyeh thus became a symbol of solidarity uniting working class Palestinians with the upper-class, who would typically also wear a fez.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Fez.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fez. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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