PICTURE HAT Definition & Meaning

picture hat

noun

a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.

picture hat

noun

a decorated hat with a very wide brim, esp as worn by women in paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of picture hat¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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“It’s not about their looks,” Louboutin says, as Ionesco emerges from the pool in a picture hat and a one-piece black bandeau, her dark-gray eye shadow smudged languorously.

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Yet he distracted from that otherwise well-delivered message with big Scarlett O’Hara picture hats that appeared to have been blown off by a breeze to frame the face and shoulders.

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On her head was a monstrous picture hat and on her arm a monstrous bird.

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I draw a woman with wide shoulders and a picture hat.

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A large picture hat shaded her pale face.

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