If you live in a city with public transportation, you’ve probably seen at least a handful of performers make the world (or the train platform) their stage. This includes everything from street theater to busking, and it can be a really cool addition to your morning commute.
New York, with its abundance of street performers, can be a tough audience. That’s why buskers in the big city tend to get creative, a process that led to the development of one of NYC’s cherished city-wide art-forms—the hat trick.
While it’s usually performed as part of a larger and more complex dance routine — perhaps like this impromptu scene in Penn Station — this amazing video from hip alternative clothing store Opening Ceremony narrows in on the hat itself. That said, it still has nothing on this avant-garde orangutan hat artiste.
Starring Jonathan “Showoff” Cespedes and Andre “King Dre Don” Redman, the high-fashion flick pays homage to all of the manual gymnastics that go into a hat routine, not to mention the cool aesthetic of the hats themselves.
It’s a showcase of talent and amazing clothes. Honestly, what’s not to love?
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The Hat Trick Turn Up from Opening Ceremony on Vimeo.
