NYC's Easter Bonnet Festival brings absurd whimsy back to Fifth Avenue

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Jennifer Schmahl, of Mount Vernon, wears an enormous flower pot on her head at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Andrew Sirjue, of Far Rockaway, and his headdress he designed for the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Danny Wong, of Murray Hill, dresses as a pinata bunny at the Easter Bonnet Fetival on Apirl 9, 2023.

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Mark Yeo and William Wells dressed in costumes designed by the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Katie Fuller, of Brooklyn, wore a costume bunny head she purchased from a Union Square Halloween store that closed during the pandemic during the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Harold Yeo and his dog wore headdresses designed to look like dim sum at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Kellie Specter and Luigi Scorcia of the band "Senioritis," came from Brooklyn to celebrate the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Mike Corey and his friends honored the 70th anniversary of the Peeps marshmallow candy at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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Elizabeth Bays, her partner and their cat at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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John Fremlin and Ye Zhao, plus their 2-year-old daughter Celia Fremlin of Manhattan at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023. Celia refused to dress up as Alice in Wonderland, opting for a cow costume instead.

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The Hamilton Heights "men of mystery" at the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023. From left to right: Richard Garnett, Jesse Pasackow, Ross Murray.

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Lily Mercado (right) with her stuffed rat named Raymond Ratmundo. She attended the Easter Bonnet Festival with her husband Nelson and friend Daisy.

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Manhattan resident Claire Chappell, 76, took a simple approach to her costume for the Easter Bonnet Festival on April 9, 2023.

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