top hat

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Recent Examples of top hat Men have to wear a morning suit which is black, grey or navy, a waistcoat and tie, a top hat, and black shoes with socks covering the ankle. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2025 Whoopi Goldberg Thom Browne dressed Whoopi Goldberg in a top hat and suit-like dress. Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025 Not to mention, the whimsical top hat, a signature piece often seen in Victorian fashion, anchored the entire look, paying homage to the past. Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 6 May 2025 The publication’s mascot, Eustace Tilley, is, after all, defined by accessories: his gleaming top hat, crisp white gloves, and dandyish monocle are all totems of both persnickety good taste and the febrile effort behind chasing it. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for top hat
Recent Examples of Synonyms for top hat
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Cricket sweaters, patchwork blanket, and distressed baseball caps.
    James Powel, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Jacob Elordi wore a Left Bank Books baseball cap during a shoot for GQ.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • Okay, Emily is wearing a picture hat that makes her previous hat look tiny.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • She was dressed in all black with a black stocking cap.
    Ingrid Harbo, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Is the digitally native generation willing to trade-in their laptops for hard hats?
    Shimite Obialo, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • For the adventurous, the Wild Caving Tour offers belly crawls and tight squeezes, requiring hard hats and headlamps.
    Erin Gifford, USA Today, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Instead of high hats, use wall washers, which bounce light off the walls and space.
    Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.
    William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
Noun
  • In the sweet clip, Kelly, born Colson Baker, could be seen wearing a white cowboy hat, while his daughter matched in a pink sparkly cowboy hat.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 25 July 2025
  • The car was left with a cowboy hat on the hood, Thompson said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 July 2025

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“Top hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20hat. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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