--- 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Arby's Bought Pharrell's Weird Grammys Hat for $44,000  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Mar 3, 2014 1:46 PM UTC  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. 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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