The Ridley man who made Jason Kelce’s Mummers hat is retiring, and the hat is going with him, writes Beatrice Forman for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Fans can still buy a replica of the iconic hat until April 30. The last batch of hats sold will go to the Wounded Warrior Project, Mummers Against Cancer, or both.

Costume designer James May, 82, originally designed the sequined, feathered, and shamrocked green-and-gold hat for the Avalon String Band.

Kelce found the hat in the band’s archives and wore it for the 2018 Super Bowl Victory Parade.

Kelce’s appearance and speech at the parade are now part of NFL and Philadelphia history.

Though May had retired at the time, requests for Kelce’s hat poured in, so May came out of retirement to make between 4,000 and 5,000 hat replicas.

Kelce’s Mummers hat takes about three to four hours to complete.

“Now that Jason has retired, it’s time for me to retire, too,” said May.

May has been designing Mummers brigade costumes out of his MacDade Blvd. studio for 50 years. He designed the Avalon String Band hat in 2012.

Read more about how James May got started in the costume design business and how he became involved with the Mummers in The Philadelphia Inquirer.