Hats the way to do it on Fifth Avenue
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April 6, 2010, Tuesday
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ROSEMARY Ponzo came to New York's Easter parade decked out as Judy Garland in a lavish black tulle hat with hot pink ostrich features in tribute to the actress, who immortalized the Easter bonnet display in a 1948 movie opposite Fred Astaire.
The annual event along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue is more of a leisurely stroll than a parade, with smiling folk - and pets, too - strutting their homemade headgear concoctions as others snap pictures or pose with them.
Nicki Gallas brought her large toy poodle, Maisie, dressed up in a flower bonnet and pinafore.
Gallas, who's been coming to the parade for 30 years, also brought along her Eastern box turtle, Tuck, but left his cowboy hat at home because "it was too much to deal with."
But, holding him up at Sunday's parade, she added: "He'd be in his shell if he didn't love it."
The Easter parade is a tradition that dates back more than 100 years. It originally was a chance for prosperous New Yorkers to strut their finery after attending church.
Garland and Astaire immortalized it in the musical "Easter Parade."
Ponzo, a costume designer, completed her Garland outfit with a black cape, studded hose, black ankle boots, purple fingerless gloves, jeweled wrist cuffs and false eyelashes.
German tourists Anna Tauck and Leila Maxhuni were delighted to come across the parade.
"All the costumes, they all look amazing," said Tauck.
"We have nothing like this in Germany," said Maxhuni.
Canadian tourist Joanna Bubinska was attending for the first time but came prepared wearing a chapeau with a bird cage and black paper cat trying to get at it on her head. She said she had heard about the parade back home and wanted to participate.
Brooklyn resident Maria Campanella could barely keep her head straight. Her bonnet, weighing about 7 kilograms, was a tall cross anchored to an inverted basket made of 12 egg cartons filled with plastic colored eggs. Her goddaughter, Lauren Juliano, sported a slightly smaller version filled with black and white eggs.
The annual event along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue is more of a leisurely stroll than a parade, with smiling folk - and pets, too - strutting their homemade headgear concoctions as others snap pictures or pose with them.
Nicki Gallas brought her large toy poodle, Maisie, dressed up in a flower bonnet and pinafore.
Gallas, who's been coming to the parade for 30 years, also brought along her Eastern box turtle, Tuck, but left his cowboy hat at home because "it was too much to deal with."
But, holding him up at Sunday's parade, she added: "He'd be in his shell if he didn't love it."
The Easter parade is a tradition that dates back more than 100 years. It originally was a chance for prosperous New Yorkers to strut their finery after attending church.
Garland and Astaire immortalized it in the musical "Easter Parade."
Ponzo, a costume designer, completed her Garland outfit with a black cape, studded hose, black ankle boots, purple fingerless gloves, jeweled wrist cuffs and false eyelashes.
German tourists Anna Tauck and Leila Maxhuni were delighted to come across the parade.
"All the costumes, they all look amazing," said Tauck.
"We have nothing like this in Germany," said Maxhuni.
Canadian tourist Joanna Bubinska was attending for the first time but came prepared wearing a chapeau with a bird cage and black paper cat trying to get at it on her head. She said she had heard about the parade back home and wanted to participate.
Brooklyn resident Maria Campanella could barely keep her head straight. Her bonnet, weighing about 7 kilograms, was a tall cross anchored to an inverted basket made of 12 egg cartons filled with plastic colored eggs. Her goddaughter, Lauren Juliano, sported a slightly smaller version filled with black and white eggs.
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