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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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Boehler arrived at the meeting in Kabul dressed in a gray jacket, black sweater and black baseball cap.—
ERIC TUCKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The man was wearing black clothes and a baseball cap, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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The energized 37-year-old hasn’t been so fast and efficient in what he’s done — recruiting, spring drills, adding staff — to have his trademark cowboy hat fly off into the wind.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
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The best part of this local-founded, women-run shop is no doubt the custom cowboy hats.—
Sophie-Claire Hoeller,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Kelce — dressed in a full tuxedo and a top hat — carried Swift in his arms.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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While Kelce made a guest appearance on stage during her Eras Tour (wearing a tuxedo and a top hat no less!), Swift has shown up to Chiefs games time and time again sporting the team's signature red.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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First-off, there might not be a Casey’s or Kwik Trip between the Twin Cities and New Ulm that carries a blaze orange stocking cap.—
Tribune News Service,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2024
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Prisoners were given numbers instead of names, had a chain attached to one leg, and were dressed in smocks and stocking caps.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
6 Aug. 2024
Noun
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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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Going high hat just did not fit, and on Sept. 9, 1927, the Bernheimer flags came down.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
4 June 2022
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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 4 Apr. 2025.
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