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From Pharrell to Coco Chanel: The 26 Most Iconic Hats of All Time Inline

May 1, 2015

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Who: Sia
Signature hat: The camera-shy singer has started topping her hat-like wig with broad-rimmed hats.
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Who: Bob Marley
Signature hat: A slouchy knit, Rasta-colored cap

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Who: Lou Doillon
Signature hat: A jaunty fedora over slept-in wavy hair
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4/26
Who: The Cat in the Hat
Signature hat: A hybrid stovepipe hat in alternating red and white stripes
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5/26
Who: Charlie Chaplin
Signature hat: The comedian topped his slouchy, bow-legged look with a structured bowler.

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6/26
Who: Che Guevara
Signature hat: The preferred headgear of revolutionaries: a black beret
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7/26
Who: Coco Chanel
Signature hat: A boater was this milliner turned designer’s go-to hat.
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8/26
Who: Diane Keaton
Signature hat: The woman who played androgynous Annie Hall prefers borrowed-from-the-boys-style toppers, like this bowler.

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9/26
Who: Greta Garbo
Signature hat: The solitude-seeking Garbo wore hats less for fashion than as a form of camouflage.
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10/26
Who: Isabella Blow
Signature hat: One of the ways Blow supported the talents she fostered was by wearing their creations. And the more outrageous the hat—usually one by Philip Treacy—the better.
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11/26
Who: Jamiroquai
Signature hat: The funk singer’s signature topper might be described as a stovepipe on acid.

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12/26
Who: Joan Collins
Signature hat: Wide brims work best with a wide-shouldered silhouette.
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13/26
Who: Joseph Beuys
Signature hat: A felt trilby, covering a battle scar, became part of the German artist’s visual identity.
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14/26
Who: Kate Middleton
Signature hat: KM continues the British hat-wearing tradition with petite and perky hats.

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15/26
Who: Lady Gaga
Signature hat: No Garbo, Gaga’s hats are attention-getters.
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16/26
Who: The Mad Hatter
Signature hat: A top hat, worn right-side-up or upside down, to tea
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17/26
Who: Madonna
Signature hat: Too many to count. She has a new hat for (almost) every album.

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18/26
Who: Michael Jackson, with Lisa Marie Presley
Signature hat: Among Jackson’s staples—along with a jacket and single glove—was a fedora.
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19/26
Who: Paddington Bear
Signature hat: A red bucket hat given to him by his Uncle Pastuzo.
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20/26
Who: Pharrell Williams
Signature hat: A Vivienne Westwood–designed Mountain hat

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21/26
Who: Run DMC
Signature hat: They created a new sound while wearing retro porkpie hats.
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22/26
Who: Queen Elizabeth
Signature hat: Often matching, always appropriate
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23/26
Who: Sienna Miller
Signature hat: Broad-rimmed Boho perfection

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24/26
Who: Slash
Signature hat: Legend has it that the Guns N’ Roses guitarist shoplifted his first leather stovepipe from a store called Retail Slut, wrapped with a belt.
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Who: Taylor Swift
Signature hat: The singer brings some country to the city with knit caps or porkpies.
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Who: Yoko Ono and John Lennon
Signature hat: These free spirits prefer structured hats.