London says he worked hard to brand himself, making his round sunglasses and wide-brimmed hat a trademark.

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At the water's edge I meet an American woman in a wide-brimmed hat, searching for tiny wild orchids.

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Rinehart was at the garden party at Government House, wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

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On the range is a convention of older men in wide-brimmed bucket hats.

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"I got some good insider tips from him, " Dozier-McKee said from under a black, wide-brimmed hat adorned with a feather.

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With his wide-brimmed hat, weasel grin and Texan drawl, Larry Hagman made JR Ewing one of the world's greatest soap icons.

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He started wearing wide-brimmed hats (a brown velour Borsalino one was his favorite), and sported a low afro and intense muttonchop sideburns.

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Katy Perry showed up in a chic orange coat and wide-brimmed hat.

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They play tricks and dance to the accompaniment of the Baroque-era music of the Jesuit missions, then around midnight fireworks pop from the top of their wide-brimmed hats, symbolizing the gift of light and vision to live respectfully.

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He saw this Mexico as if it were the backdrop of a movie on afternoon TV, where children walked around barefoot in the dirt or on broken sidewalks and small men wore wide-brimmed straw hats and baggy white shirts and pants.

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