Fruit hat
Style of hat popularized by Brazilian performer Carmen Miranda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the British dessert, see Fruit hat (pudding).
A fruit hat is a festive and colorful hat type popularized by Carmen Miranda and associated with warm locales. This type of hat has been worn by fashionistas, in films, by comic strip characters, and for Halloween. The fruit used tends to sit on the top or around the head, and varies in type, e.g. bananas, berries, cherries, pineapples.
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