The parade’s cultural relevance was also cemented by the 1948 Technicolor musical “Easter Parade,” starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire, portraying the event as a glamorous showcase of fashion and romance.

New Yorkers will put on their biggest and boldest hats to paint the thoroughfare like an Easter Egg on Sunday for the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival. The colorful parade typically draws all sorts of costumed revelers,

The hats were back out at the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival in New York City on Sunday. Up and down Fifth Avenue in Midtown, spectators and Easter revelers alike were treated to a crowd wearing the most colorful costumes, and Sunday best, imaginable.