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Emily looks like an extremely bisexual speakeasy bartender in her little suspenders and trilby hat.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
The casting of Naomie Harris, the most recent incarnation of Moneypenny, isn’t the movie’s sole tip of the trilby to James Bond.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Compared to fedoras, trilbies have a narrower brim and an indented crown.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
The item that rolled out of Herbert Johnson’s Old Burlington Street premises wasn’t as dainty as a trilby or as tall as a stovepipe, was more dapper than a cowboy and not as droopy as a bush hat.
—Simon Ingram, Town & Country, 30 June 2023
By this point, Driver has metamorphosed into an evil stage dad complete with villainous trilby.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
Just like Smulders, Eichner weaponizes his likable offscreen persona to brilliant effect, proving an impressive dupe for Drudge—his signature trilby, included.
—Vogue, 9 Sep. 2021
On a sunny Sunday stroll through Beacon, a couple of ramblers are wearing straw trilbies in the farmers’ market.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2019
On both occasions he had been stylishly dressed, in two different types of hats: a beret and a trilby.
—Oddur Thorisson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2018
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
The casting of Naomie Harris, the most recent incarnation of Moneypenny, isn’t the movie’s sole tip of the trilby to James Bond.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Compared to fedoras, trilbies have a narrower brim and an indented crown.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 14 July 2023
The item that rolled out of Herbert Johnson’s Old Burlington Street premises wasn’t as dainty as a trilby or as tall as a stovepipe, was more dapper than a cowboy and not as droopy as a bush hat.
—Simon Ingram, Town & Country, 30 June 2023
By this point, Driver has metamorphosed into an evil stage dad complete with villainous trilby.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2021
Just like Smulders, Eichner weaponizes his likable offscreen persona to brilliant effect, proving an impressive dupe for Drudge—his signature trilby, included.
—Vogue, 9 Sep. 2021
On a sunny Sunday stroll through Beacon, a couple of ramblers are wearing straw trilbies in the farmers’ market.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2019
On both occasions he had been stylishly dressed, in two different types of hats: a beret and a trilby.
—Oddur Thorisson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2018
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“Trilby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trilby. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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