Hats off to the beret! 03:14 An age-old feature of French fashion is new again, according to David Turecamo -- Our Man In Paris: In the South of France is a small museum dedicated to a hat: the Beret.

BERETS REPRESENT three things I’ve always aspired to be: French, chic and confident. The first is a lost cause, given my Italian heritage and American upbringing. I’m working on the latter two.

But today, the last of the French beret makers is struggle to hold on. Laulhere, the country’s only maker of traditional berets, has been in business for 174 years.

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They are all bonkers about berets. The Frenchest of hats is now also the hippest, with makers struggling to keep up with demand from everyone from pop stars to the crowned heads of Europe.

Hats off as traditional beret fades out of French fashion. By Philip Delves Broughton in Oloron Sainte Marie 02 August 2002 • 12:01am . Farm workers, ...

One of France’s last remaining beret-makers, Laulhère, which supplies the traditional headgear to the French army, has opened a boutique on Paris’s rue Faubourg Saint Honoré, a stone’s ...

French resistance groups wore it during World War II, Gen. Charles de Gaulle wore one when he returned to France after D-Day, Che Guevara was known for his black beret, and in the mid-20th century ...

Could the Basque beret – which ranks alongside the accordion, baguette and Citroën 2CV as one of the caricatural symbols of France – be making a sartorial comeback?

The beret has come a long way since its humble beginnings as the headgear of choice for pelota players in the Basque country, becoming a must-have accessory as far afield as China. | Fashion Trends ...