Give These Memes About Billy Porter’s Fringed Hat an Award

From Cosmopolitan

• Billy Porter’s mechanical fringed hat inspired the best memes of the night at the Grammy Awards.

• FYI, Billy’s hat was partially inspired by Billie Eilish.

Last night, Billy Porter arrived—no, wait, I’m sorry, lemme start over. Last night, Billy Porter ALL-CAPS ARRIVED at the 2020 Grammy Awards red carpet wearing a magnificently fringed sparkling blue outfit designed by Baja East. And of course, the most instantly iconic part of said outfit was a motorized fringe hat that opened to reveal Billy’s face. Stylist Sam Ratelle told E! News that he was actually carrying a remote control that opened the hat whenever Billy gave a signal, allowing moments like this to happen:

If you watched this video and were immediately like, “Wow, me when my boss calls my name in a meeting,” the internet is right there with you. Behold, a few of the best Billy Porter hat memes the internet has blessed us with:

So, apparently, Billy and stylist Sam Ratelle worked with Baja East designer Scott Studenberg and milliner Sarah Sokol to make the hat, and turns out, Billie Eilish inspired the look. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Ratelle explained:

Love.

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