pork pie hat

Short-brimmed felt lid

A pork pie hat is a flat-crowned hat with a narrow brim and a crease running around the top edge, giving it a shape vaguely reminiscent of a pork pie.

Associated with jazz musicians in the mid-20th century, it remains a stylish alternative to the fedora: He tilted his pork pie hat and stepped onto the stage.

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G