Thank you for the comment. I guess I should have clarified myself. Yes, some French men still wear it today. Yes, it is worn by soldiers, Olympic teams and actors. However, if you go on the street, be it in London, Milan, Paris or New York, you will hardly ever see a man in a beret, while I still see older women with berets from time to time. For modern men outside of France.
In any case, I have revised the passage to make my point clearer.
Do you wear Berets?
Btw, I checked several men's fashion encyclopedias and only one of them mentions the Beret as the hat of the basque peasants. I think the northern basque parents are claimed as the originators of the beret. I'd be curious to learn more about it and I would appreciate if you could produce a little guide about the beret that goes beyond wikipedia, would you be interested in writing one hectorm?
hectorm wrote:Nice token (I hope I don´t sound patronizing) for GG subscribers. It makes very enjoyable light reading.
Thank you for making it available also here on the LL.
And thanks to couch for bringing up the old posts by Etutee, whose systematic approach to the topic, in my case, would have gone unnoticed if it weren´t for his reminder.
PS: I take serious issue with Mr. Schneider´s statement that "a Beret is certainly not a masculine accent" (in the Winter 1933 page of his eBook). Discounting it as a totally unsubstantiated (not to mention offensive) opinion, unfortunately -despite enjoying the read- it also makes me wonder about his authority on these subjects.
