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The sticker has a cartoon crawfish named Mark de Ballot walking in a blue tuxedo jacket with a black top hat and spats.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 July 2024
Also known as Oswald Cobblepot, he is generally depicted as a ruthless crime boss with an affinity for top hats and umbrellas (and birds).
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Upon arrival, guests are greeted by friendly doormen dressed in top hats and long coats, and the elegance doesn’t stop there.
—Bianca Bujan, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2024
In 1984, Sam the Olympic Eagle strutted down in a stars-and-stripes top hat and bowtie at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
—Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 July 2024
Also known as Oswald Cobblepot, he is generally depicted as a ruthless crime boss with an affinity for top hats and umbrellas (and birds).
—Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
Upon arrival, guests are greeted by friendly doormen dressed in top hats and long coats, and the elegance doesn’t stop there.
—Bianca Bujan, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2024
In 1984, Sam the Olympic Eagle strutted down in a stars-and-stripes top hat and bowtie at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
—Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
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Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
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Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 14 May 2021
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This year, she was seen styling hers with leggings and a baseball cap — a uniform that’s perfect for running errands, walking the dog, or any other casual activity.Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
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Anderson is pictured in a Bearcats baseball cap and cheering courtside in the post.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2024
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First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
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Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Aug. 2024
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One day earlier this month, workers in white hard hats bustled around the I-beams supporting the house and ducked under basement rafters that had been in place for almost 300 years.Michael E. Ruane The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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During the tour, guests and guides wear hard hats and take an elevator down for about two minutes.David Matthews, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 June 2022
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It’s one of those ABBA songs that fools you with its mirror ball synths, a classic disco rhythm on the high hat and lush harmonizing.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2021
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
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Especially a cowboy hat that is comically large or small.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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At the Thursday debut, the robots were seen wearing cowboy hats, serving drinks at the bar, dancing in sync on a stage and playing rock-paper-scissors with spectators.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.Ostap Kin, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
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Thomas Redgate shows a smiling 24-year-old, a service cap crowning his head, a tan tie and shirt underneath his dress uniform.Denise Coffey, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20hat. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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