porkpie hat

Short-crowned topper

A porkpie hat is a men's hat with a flat top, creased crown, and short upturned brim—the shape suggesting an inverted pie.

Associated with jazz musicians in the mid-twentieth century, it later became iconic of ska and mod subcultures: He tilted his porkpie hat and stepped onto the stage.

Often shortened to porkpie.

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Jazz Age · swing era · band · straw · homburg · boater · crown · Walter White · rude boy · mod fashion · bowler · ska · Harlem Renaissance · Heisenberg · Roaring Twenties · jazz musicians · trilby · retro style

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