Sunday, May 3, 2009

What does a pork pie hat look like?


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Why: In Breakfast of Champions, p. 115:
Dwayne was so glad to see them now - these two little men in matching overalls and work shoes, each wearing a pork-pie hat.
Answer: Like these!


Source: Google Images

The More You Know: The pork pie hat originated in the mid 19th century. Originally referring to a type of woman’s hat, it gets its name from its resemblance to a pork pie, apparently. Throughout his career, Buster Keaton designed and made many of his own pork pie hats: