{"id":149395,"date":"2024-09-20T15:48:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/luxus-magazine-the-short-history-of-the-beret\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:04:39","slug":"luxus-magazine-the-short-history-of-the-beret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-the-short-history-of-the-beret\/","title":{"rendered":"[Luxus Magazine] The short history of the&#8230; beret"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>It is one of France&#8217;s emblems, adored by tourists when they visit the capital. Between tradition and fashion, the beret hides a long history in its hat. Here&#8217;s a look at a piece that hasn&#8217;t lost any of its superb appeal.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This soft felt or knitted and felted wool hat is circular, flat, waterproof and easy to store, and <strong>has its origins in B\u00e9arn<\/strong>. Situated in the very south-west of France, the region enjoys an idyllic location between the Basque Country and the Pyrenees. The name beret comes from the B\u00e9arn language, berret meaning bonnet in old Occitan. In 1835, the term was first used in French to mean \u2018a flat, rimless woollen headdress worn by local peasants\u2019. Even though the shape of the beret could date back hundreds of years, finding similarities with pieces from Antiquity and the Middle Ages, B\u00e9arn claims to be the father of this hat and values the traditional know-how that goes into it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The icon of a region<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2_8Gsgqwpk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C2_8Gsgqwpk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Mus\u00e9e Basque et de l&#8217;histoire de Bayonne (@musee.basque)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well as its practicality and protection against the cold, rain and wind, the beret is distinguished by its wide <strong>variety of colours<\/strong>, which have varied over time. Depending on the region and the communities in the Pyrenees, the headgear has taken on shades of ecru, then white, but also brown, blue or even red. From the beginning of the last century, <strong>civilian berets became more black<\/strong>. At the same time, red remains the symbolic shade for festivities in the Basque Country, on both the French and Spanish sides.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/the-short-history-of-the-beret\/\">Click here to read the full article<\/a> on Luxus Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fearuted photo: \u00a9 Screenshot Emily in Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is one of France&#8217;s emblems, adored by tourists when they visit the capital. Between tradition and fashion, the beret hides a long history in its hat. 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