--- title: Arby's Bought Pharrell's Vivienne Westwood Grammys Hat for $44,000 description: But which fast food chain will buy the black version he wore at the Oscars? canonical: https://time.com/11364/arbys-bought-pharrells-weird-grammys-hat-for-44000/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-03T13:46:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:23.409Z og:title: Arby's Bought Pharrell's Vivienne Westwood Grammys Hat for $44,000 og:description: But which fast food chain will buy the black version he wore at the Oscars? og:url: https://time.com/11364/arbys-bought-pharrells-weird-grammys-hat-for-44000/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a5b46a5041eb16d/6986837dd0b6f253bd30309b/465126361.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1993 og:image:height: 1121 og:image:alt: The 56th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Pre-GRAMMY Gala And Salute To Industry Icons Honoring Lucian Grainge - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Arby's Bought Pharrell's Vivienne Westwood Grammys Hat for $44,000 twitter:description: But which fast food chain will buy the black version he wore at the Oscars? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a5b46a5041eb16d/6986837dd0b6f253bd30309b/465126361.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Arby's Bought Pharrell's Weird Grammys Hat for $44,000 > Sponsored content. 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Pharrell Williams performs onstage during the 56th annual GRAMMY Awards Pre-GRAMMY Gala and Salute to Industry Icons honoring Lucian Grainge at The Beverly Hilton on January 25, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. Frederick M. Brown—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 3, 2014 1:46 PM UTC Arby’s bought the oversized brown fedora that Pharrell Williams wore at the Grammys for $44,000 on Sunday, just before he performed at the Oscars in a black version of the signature Vivienne Westwood hat. The singer, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song with _Despicable Me 2_‘s infectious “Happy,” tweeted: > [](https://twitter.com/Pharrell/status/440292808587366400) And the fast food chain responded: > [](https://twitter.com/Arbys/status/440294796121235456) The hat went viral after Pharrell’s Grammy appearance, spawning photoshop tributes and even its own [Twitter parody account](https://twitter.com/Pharrellhat). 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