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Recent Examples of porkpie hat
Top that off with Oppenheimer’s signature wide-brim porkpie hat (which was surprisingly difficult for the costume designer to source), and the look felt timeless, says Mirojnick.
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Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
But the wide-brim porkpie hat that was such a signature part of Oppenheimer’s look was surprisingly difficult to find.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Lopez, a slight, courtly sixty-one-year-old who wears a porkpie hat and walks with a cane, relayed his story to Minogue.
—Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
So, go, get into the spirit and put on some pink or don an exaggerated porkpie hat.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Some sly military-industrial complex humor creeps in as Oppenheimer, clad in his signature gray waistcoat and rumpled porkpie hat, leads this massively complicated undertaking at the surly behest of Col. Leslie R. Groves (a gruffly amusing Matt Damon).
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
Perhaps the most important sequence shot at Ghost Ranch was the moment in which Murphy puts on Oppenheimer’s distinctive porkpie hat for the first time, an action symbolic of the physicist truly coming into his own as the leader of this massive effort.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
To Stevens, the movie critic at Slate, Keaton — with his stone face, porkpie hat and calm acrobatics — was the ultimate 20th century man.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
But the wide-brim porkpie hat that was such a signature part of Oppenheimer’s look was surprisingly difficult to find.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Lopez, a slight, courtly sixty-one-year-old who wears a porkpie hat and walks with a cane, relayed his story to Minogue.
—Jennifer Egan, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
So, go, get into the spirit and put on some pink or don an exaggerated porkpie hat.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
Some sly military-industrial complex humor creeps in as Oppenheimer, clad in his signature gray waistcoat and rumpled porkpie hat, leads this massively complicated undertaking at the surly behest of Col. Leslie R. Groves (a gruffly amusing Matt Damon).
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
Perhaps the most important sequence shot at Ghost Ranch was the moment in which Murphy puts on Oppenheimer’s distinctive porkpie hat for the first time, an action symbolic of the physicist truly coming into his own as the leader of this massive effort.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
To Stevens, the movie critic at Slate, Keaton — with his stone face, porkpie hat and calm acrobatics — was the ultimate 20th century man.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
And the promise of Luke Kirby inevitably wearing a bomber jacket and a porkpie hat in the next episode has given me the strength to keep tuning in.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for porkpie hat
Noun
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Meanwhile, wearing baseball caps backward is considered a rude violation of etiquette, and going barefoot is not allowed.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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The baseball cap is lined with the Denver city flag and the light blue cap includes the mountains/soaring baseball logo.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2025
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
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Zeke Clements, Texas Ruby Owens, and Pee Wee King donned cowboy hats and colorful Western wear and adopted band names such as the Bronco Busters and Golden West Cowboys.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
15 Apr. 2025
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Kid Rock in the Oval Office—executive order, clad in a loud red outfit and a cowboy hat with rhinestones, executive order.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Clockwise from top: A 1957 Balenciaga hat, Deirdre Hawken’s Cauliflower Headpiece from 2013, a layered silk hat from the 1940s, and a 1942 Germaine Vittu hat.—
Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2024
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Yet, Halston does clock something of use from the experience: a young woman in the audience who, among the sweater sets, is wearing a colorful silk hat.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Vulture,
14 May 2021
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The Smithsonian, the vast complex of museums that millions of Americans visit every year to see Lincoln’s top hat, the Spirit of St. Louis, Harriet Tubman’s shawl, a moon rock, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers, is at the center of the executive order’s indignation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Royal Enclosure requires all women to wear hats and, in most cases, skirts or dresses to the knee, while men must wear top hats and morning suits.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
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Friends sent me stocking caps, soft blankets, fingerless gloves and slip-on shoes.—
Amy Bizzarri,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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Donning stocking caps and bundled up in winter coats against an April chill, hundreds of protesters held picket signs along the sidewalks of Emmanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and Main Street.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2025
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Carter Beauford, perhaps the most unheralded drummer in music, busied himself with syncopated patterns and dizzying high hat on the song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA TODAY,
20 Oct. 2024
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Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.—
Adam Shell,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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This regulatory void raises concerns about exclusions for pre-existing conditions, potential service caps, and the absence of comprehensive coverage for preventive care.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And blowing a whistle, a proletarian prophet in a red service cap.—
Ostap Kin,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Mar. 2022
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“Porkpie hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porkpie%20hat. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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