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Isidore Stanislas Helman (background); Nintendo (Tom Nook)
That item is the Phrygian Cap, a seasonal hat (in five different colours!) that will be released in early July to celebrate Bastille Day on the 14th of July.
The hats in question
(Image: Eugène Delacroix (background); Nintendo (hats))
Time for a wee history lesson: the Phrygian Cap, also known as the Liberty Cap, was one of the primary icons of the French Revolution, symbolising the plight of the poor in revolutionary France, and their subsequent uprising against the nobility. You ll probably have heard of that bit, because it s the bit where a bunch of royals and other wealthy nobles got their heads lopped off by guillotines.