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Posted by pittgirl on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: Downtown happenings, Mayor Ravenstahl, Weird Burghers
It would appear that when socialites see the words “wear a hat” they mistakenly READ the words “look ridiculous, if at all possible.”
A few of the ridiculous hats from this year’s Hat Luncheon:
1. Here’s Lukey and Erin.
Erin, as per usual, looks wonderful, even if the pearls clash with the hat that clashes with the dress (I think). Lukey Sinatra says:”I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn’t sleep, and find I’m king of the hill - top of the heap.”
Also, shouldn’t a fedora sit down a little further on the head?
2. You know what? When you wake up in the morning, walk outside, and a rooster goes and dies on your head, just go back to bed. No good will come of that day.
3. Lady? That buzzing sound you hear?
Bees. Horny bees. Also? Flowers are not a hat. Take a lesson.
4. But this hat:
PittGirl approved.
5. Scroll up, see what I wrote about what to do when a rooster dies on your head:
And replace “rooster” with “peacock.”
(h/t Liz)
33 Comments »
on 07 May 2008 at 2:33 pm 1.coach99 said …
Oh, I just love to watch the rich at play.
on 07 May 2008 at 2:39 pm 2.expghgirl said …
Besides the pearls and that big tool on her arm Erin looks wonderful! A fedora is supposed to sit further down, but that’s impossible when your head is that fat!
I’m just amazed that the rest of these people looked in their mirrors and said “Yes, this is the one!”, blew kisses at themselves, and then had the nerve to walk out in public!
Ughhhh!
on 07 May 2008 at 2:39 pm 3.John said …
Lukey Sinatra… you and me must be on the same wavelength, PG, because the first thing I thought of when I saw that pic was, “Hmm… I wonder if Lukey has any clue that hat makes him look like Frank Sinatra’s illegitimate bastard.”
on 07 May 2008 at 2:46 pm 4.Sofa King said …
I almost went into another catatonic fit, much as I did when I saw the Hat Luncheon post last year, but then I saw the Stanley Cup hat.
God bless that woman and her silly-hat-wearing self.
on 07 May 2008 at 2:50 pm 5.wshicldtel said …
Mike Tomlin is definately saying “No more hat parties for you honey”.
on 07 May 2008 at 3:06 pm 6.Chris said …
Wow…#5 just leaves me saying wow….who had to sit behind her???
on 07 May 2008 at 3:23 pm 7.KGC said …
Oh, that slave of fashion, Lukey. An open collar dress shirt with a suit jacket and *gag* a full white T-shirt! Probably was wearing white socks and black shoes with a brown belt. What-a-tool.
Now, Erin is a little on the attractive side, even though I surmise she has wiiiide hips (based on other photos) and will expand to accomodate as she ages.
Just feelin’ snarkey, today.
on 07 May 2008 at 3:30 pm 8.JamieO said …
Dear Mayor,
Even if it is a hat luncheon, try to steer clear of any hat that makes you look like Jim Backus. You are a 20-something mayor, not a retired Alcoa senior VP getting ready to play 18 holes at Sewickley Country Club. Just because a large portion of your city’s population remembers Gene Kelly before he left East Liberty doesn’t mean you should dress like them.
Dear Lady #2: Listen to the PittGirl. You look like you should wake up every morning at sunrise and annoy your neighbors.
Dear Lady #3 on the Left: The Smile-So-Hard-My-Neck-Muscles-Tighten is not a good look. You appear to be trying to open a bag of Sun Chips with your teeth (not that I would know).
Dear Lady #4: You do indeed rock, and thank you for answering the question “WWGRD if he had to go to a hat luncheon”.
Dear Lady #5: Hey! I know you! I’ve seen you roaming around the Pittsburgh Zoo: http://pittsburgh.about.com/od/pictures/ig/zoo/peacock.htm
on 07 May 2008 at 3:33 pm 9.JP said …
Hat Luncheon ? Are we back in Jr. high school ? When is the 80s dance?
on 07 May 2008 at 3:45 pm 10.Pensgirl said …
Erin’s hat totally clashes with that outfit (those colors are just not complementary), and yes, a fedora should be worn lower on the head. But for that to happen, you have to choose a fedora that actually fits your head, and Lukey? FAIL.
on 07 May 2008 at 3:46 pm 11.Pensgirl said …
Sorry, missed the endtag.
on 07 May 2008 at 4:02 pm 12.Julie said …
I once heard a rumor that the more hats a woman owns, the crazier she is.
on 07 May 2008 at 4:15 pm 13.Magnus Patris said …
#3 “Hmm… I wonder if Lukey has any clue that hat makes him look like Frank Sinatra’s illegitimate bastard.” Wow! What the hell is an illegitimate bastard? It must be even more redundantly worse than a legitimate bastard?
on 07 May 2008 at 4:45 pm 14.Becky said …
That is some makeup on #5…at least she tried to match the blues?
on 07 May 2008 at 4:58 pm 15.scottie said …
…To see what happens when the rich stop being proper, and start getting tacky…
on 07 May 2008 at 5:01 pm 16.unsatisfied said …
erin = hot. I don’t give a dadgum if she clashes or not, she’s hot — and pregnant!
lukey = he’s sportin’ that fedora bing crosby-style, not sinatra. either way, he looks like an idiot — only bing and frankie could pull that off.
on 07 May 2008 at 5:47 pm 17.Kater said …
Luke Ravenstahl IS Frank Sinatra IN: The Vince Lombardi Story. Rated PG-13 for graphic scenes of shiny suits. …Ah, hat parties. #4 is definitely the grandest of all.
on 07 May 2008 at 7:00 pm 18.Still A Fan said …
the last lady, with the peacock? i want to make sweet love to her while she’s wearing nothing but that hat….well, in my dreams, cause……i’m married….but still…..nothing but the HAT.
on 07 May 2008 at 7:02 pm 19.Still A Fan said …
.and as for lukey and the fedora, i’ll channel my idol chris farley….
..ahem….
big guy little haaat. big guy lit-tol HA-aaaaaat.
“don’t do it”
big guy leetal HA-aaaa-A-aaaat
“don’t you dare”
riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip
on 07 May 2008 at 7:20 pm 20.retiredguy said …
Ravenstahl should try a five gallon bucket. It would probably fit his encephaletic mellon better. He could use the handle as a chin strap.
on 07 May 2008 at 8:21 pm 21.El-cee said …
As long as the hat luncheon raises money for Pittsburgh’s parks, I’m all for it. How else do you get that many people to write big fat checks? Now if Little Boy Luke would stop making inane speeches that reference his “lovely wife” and do something about lead-contaminated playgrounds. The best part of the luncheon was watching the Ravenstahls awkwardly stand around while no one approached to talk to them. Think you’re popular, Mr. Mayor? I don’t think so.
on 07 May 2008 at 8:51 pm 22.Stephanique1 said …
5.) It’s a shame that a peacock had to die so she could look that stupid.
on 07 May 2008 at 9:22 pm 23.pittgirl said …
Still A Fan, Pensgirl, Retiredguy, oh screw it, just about all of you:
HAH!
on 07 May 2008 at 10:44 pm 24.Magnus Patris said …
Speaking of hats, a sure sign that spring is here is that Timyka Artist, intrepid news babe on WPXI, stops wearing hats that look like “Gus, the 2nd Most Famous Groundhog in Pennsylvania” during her live shots. Oh, how I miss winter.
on 08 May 2008 at 6:15 am 25.DeutschtownFrau said …
Still A. Fan — sorry if this is mentioning the obvious, but you seem like a guy who would like Joe Cocker’s version of “You Can Leave Your Hat On.” Total turn-on.
And as for the Mayor’s popularity, I was driving Downtown the other day, turned that tunnel-corner thing under the old Kaufmann’s and who was standing on the corner holding carry-out bags but Luke himself. With a taller male aide (bodyguard?) And the dozens of people on sidewalks — both sides of the street - were gawking & pointing and at least two were taking cell-phone pics. I’m just sayin.
on 08 May 2008 at 9:22 am 26.Lauren said …
Luckily, Santonio Holmes wasn’t invited. I’d love to see what an “Ass Hat” looks like. Or, considering we’ve already been, um, exposed to the end opposite his ass, maybe I wouldn’t. Shudder.
on 08 May 2008 at 9:53 am 27.bucdaddy said …
Before THEY killed JFK, JFK killed the hat. Few men know how to wear one anymore, and far fewer still other than Sinatra have looked good in one.
Go ahead, start a list of men today who wear hats right and look good in them. I’ll wait …
(One notable exception: Tall, shaved-headed black men are perhaps the only men who can get away with wearing a beret and not look ridiculously pretentious.)
on 08 May 2008 at 9:56 am 28.NoSide15212 said …
Girl #2.
Memo to PittGirl:
A warning is DEFINITELY in order the next time you post a picture of a chick (no pun intended) wearing Foghorn Leghorn on her head.
Girl #5.
That hat looks like the mess I left behind after hitting a 27-pound turkey on I-79 last week. I’d still totally do her if that was all she was wearing though.
on 08 May 2008 at 9:57 am 29.plexxer said …
If I were there, I’d totally casually remark to our esteemed leader “Oh, this is the worst-looking hat I ever saw. What, when you buy a hat like this I bet you get a free bowl of soup, huh?”
But I never get invited to Luncheons…
on 08 May 2008 at 10:03 am 30.In Sewickley said …
Erin’s hat it awful. Anything Luke is awful.
But the Stanley Cup hat? Hellz yeah!
on 08 May 2008 at 10:19 am 31.bucdaddy said …
And cowboys. Cowboys can wear hats.
(Real cowboys, not Dallas types or country singers.)
And * raises hand * count me in for doin’ No. 5, though in the far recesses of my mind I’d be worried that thing was gonna bite my missile.
on 08 May 2008 at 2:28 pm 32.John said …
Magnus Patris - Yes, I was redundant. I knew I shoulda just said he looks like Sinatra’s long lost kid.
on 08 May 2008 at 9:33 pm 33.Still A Fan said …
“you can leave your hat on” was a total turn on in 9 1/2 weeks.
when i was a young buck and needed to rent a video for a girl coming over to just watch movies…i was all like….”i grabbed this thing called 9 1/2 weeks, it looked good, i have no idea what it’s about” yet i had already seen it about 15 times.