The colloquial phrase “put a sock in it” to tell someone to stop talking has an origin in old Gramophone players — when they needed to muffle the music, people would stick a sock or something soft in the old horned cone speaker.

This hat features a classic fleur-de-lis design. You can find it in several varieties of New Orleans colors of gold, green and purple! The fleur-de-lis is one of the most recognizable symbols of New Orleans, rooted in the city’s French heritage and woven into the Crescent City's culture.