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Recent Examples of porkpie hat
Frank Lloyd Wright is known for a lot of things, among them organic architecture, porkpie hats and philandering.
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The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 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
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
The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for porkpie hat
Noun
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Howard sits in a green chair wearing a white t-shirt, a blue baseball cap, a gold chain, jeans, and sneakers.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Jessica, 45, donned a pair of aviators and an oversized red crewneck, while Johnson, 45, was seen sporting a Georgia Institute of Technology baseball cap and a blue button-down shirt over a black T-shirt.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
1 Sep. 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
Noun
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Kastleman suggests wearing Texas boots with shorts while including key elements, such as a cowboy hat and a bohemian vibe.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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In a few photos, Brittany is sporting a dark brown wrap dress with tan heeled boots, while others show the KC Current owner in a denim-on-denim get-up with a matching cowboy hat.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
2 Sep. 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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The older Burnett would put on a top hat, a black suit, a red tie and a red handkerchief.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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In his first-ever musical role — which later served him well playing the iconic singer Bob Dylan in 2024's A Complete Unknown — Chalamet slips into the comically large top hat of the titular chocolatier first introduced in Roald Dahl's 1964 novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.—
Charlotte Walsh,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her most popular services are $254 sew-ins, where human hair extensions are woven into braids, and $125 quick weaves, where human or synthetic hair is styled and then glued to a stocking cap.—
Arriana McLymore,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
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She was dressed in all black with a black stocking cap.—
Ingrid Harbo,
Twin Cities,
19 July 2025
Noun
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On the wall beside the door is a photo of Lambert in uniform, his Army garrison cap cocked at a rakish angle, a thin mustache on his upper lip.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 June 2019
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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“Porkpie hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porkpie%20hat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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