The Iconic French Beret is Going Nowhere Fast (1999)

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The Iconic French Beret is Going Nowhere Fast (1999)

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Hats Off To Culture (1999) - The quintessentially French beret is going the way of the small farm, but like everything in this proud nation, they're not giving in to the American baseball cap just yet.
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With Gallouise locked firmly between tight lips a weathered face peers out from beneath a felt beret. Here in the foothills of the Pyrennes they say you can learn a lot about a man by the way he balances his beret. "Those with an eye for the girls pull it down to the side," relates a local enthusiast. But the young are not impressed by the body language of the beret. "Perhaps they're just not old enough to realise what the beret represents," despairs a father whose teenage son rejects the ancient headgear. There's now only one beret factory left in France. But countryfolk are not yet despairing for another lost piece of rural France. "When you're young you follow fashion but in fifty years? Everybody will be wearing a beret."
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@theultimatehunt 4 жыл бұрын

Glad the beret looks good on me. Screw baseball caps

@hu3bman 3 жыл бұрын

Got that right. It's time for a hat revival XD

@orgonsolo6291 2 жыл бұрын

100% agreed!

@erwangd6968 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the numerous old fashion Netflix' series, beret and flat caps are coming back trendy in the youth french's mode ! Obviously it's much less widespread than in the past days but it's funny to see young people wearing those nowadays. To tell you all I'm a 22 years old french and my friends and I are wearing them from time to time haha. Btw *cheers* !!

@silverbullet2008bb 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the question of the day is - should us English guys wear a beret?

@ElstonGunnII Жыл бұрын

@@silverbullet2008bb Stick with the flat cap my friend, that's surely the English hat

@silverbullet2008bb Жыл бұрын

@@ElstonGunnII I have a fair few of those mate!

@rjwrightrw30 2 жыл бұрын

I wear mine every day. Got my first beret about 30 years ago.

@Ivanmaradonaaa 4 жыл бұрын

Berets are from the Basque Country

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

no it come from the pyrénées but it was worn a lot by the basque people

@silverbullet2008bb 3 жыл бұрын

@@danemon8423 Pyrénées is Basque country, no?

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

@@silverbullet2008bb yes lol, i wrote my comment too fast, the beret come from the Béarn region in the french Pyrénées too.

@navarro4238 3 жыл бұрын

No the beret is from the Bearn and Gasconah neighbours of the Basque but the Basques have greatly participated in popularizing it so it's a great association

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

@@navarro4238 indeed

@Chilam. 11 ай бұрын

I recently found myself in the Basque Country for a week, the heartland of beret users (or the Txapela, as the locals call it). During my time there, I visited several towns and cities, including Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Lekeitio, and Hondarribia. Throughout my whole time there, I had the opportunity to speak to many locals, one of whom showed me a picture of his grandfather and some of his friends at a social event in the 1980s; they were all wearing their berets. After that, I started looking out for them. Unfortunately, during my week-long stay, I encountered fewer than half a dozen beret users, all over the age of 75 (possibly more), and basically none in major cities. A shame, really, because they're so pretty and unique. I stopped by a shop that stocked Elosegui berets, the classic ones that have been made in the Basque Country for over a century. It cost me €40, but it was well worth it. Who knows, maybe next time I'll be there, they won't be in business anymore.

@juliaisafilmbuff123 7 жыл бұрын

Occitan culture is making a comeback. I visited Toulouse back in 2014 and saw plenty of berets, Occitan crosses, bilingual street signs, and whatnot. Same thing in Nîmes, Montpellier, Narbonne....

@Ryan-Gartland-Ryan-Gartland 6 жыл бұрын

This is perfect for my AP Human Geography chapter on folk culture....thanks!

@harrymarsden3090 10 ай бұрын

Did someone have a bag on their head in the market 😂

@alvarofortunatosamayoa8640 Жыл бұрын

France in the Basque French/Spanish region, I wear my beret all the time, especially now that am half bald

@ronalddunne3413 2 жыл бұрын

I've worn a beret on and off my whole life, since I was a kid.... Kind of a family thing brought here when the family immigrated from the Low Countries generations ago.

@yvnggn Жыл бұрын

i mean if celebs in france wore em then everyone would but we like rare fashion

@louisefeher2862 3 жыл бұрын

Emily in Paris 2020, has shown the beret in many ways. I enjoy wearing mine during the winter except when it is windy😉. The beret is great because it doesn't give a girl hat hair.

@orgonsolo6291 2 жыл бұрын

Fake news! The amount of positive feedback I get from wearing my berets says that this most versatile and beautiful hat is anything but obsolete.

@johnharvey3069 Жыл бұрын

To be fair, this was filmed quite a while ago. Things have likely changed since then.

@henrythoreau645 Жыл бұрын

24 years later and the beret has almost entirely disappeared from France, except for a few women, the odd tourist, and even fewer Frenchmen. It's still a bit more common near the Pyrenees, but there it's mostly men in their 60s and older. Flat caps are popular, though, especially in winter.

@Chilam. 11 ай бұрын

Yes. I recently found myself in the Basque country for a week, the heartland of beret users (or the Txapela, as the locals call it). During my time there I visited several towns an cities, including: Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Lekeitio, and Hondarribia. During my whole time there I had the opportunity to speak to many locals, one of which showed me a picture of his grandfather and some of his friends at a social event in the 1980s, they were all wearing their berets. After that I started looking out for them. Unfortunately, during my week long stay I encountered less than half a dozen beret users, all over the age of 75 (possibly more) and basically none in major cities. A shame, really, because they're so pretty and unique. I stopped by a shop that stocked Elosegui berets, the classic ones that have been made in the basque country for over a century. It cost me €40 but it was well worth it, who knows, maybe next time I'll be there they won't be in business anymore.

@_carbon Жыл бұрын

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@albertom403 2 жыл бұрын

Buen documento de la boina española

@ntmntm4201 2 жыл бұрын

français

@salskars6637 4 жыл бұрын

Laulhere is THE only co. that should be supported when buying a beret.

@dws49 Жыл бұрын

Not the only one! La Manufacture de Bérets in Orthez is an independent, but much smaller and much less known manufacturer, they have pretty good prices, and only two employees making 2000 berets a year using traditional techniques!

@henrythoreau645 Жыл бұрын

And Elosegui, which is a good Spanish brand.

@hard_rock_miner7686 7 ай бұрын

@@dws49most of my berets are from Manufacture de Beret - their quality and comfort is incredible. I appreciate that they are a small, handcraft shop carrying on the tradition.

@gentsracer1845 6 ай бұрын

Important à noter que Manufacture de Bérets les font sans la baleine en cuir. C'est bien plus confortable, et ne va pas rétrécir comme les autres (la taille est réglable).

@Hey_its_Koda Жыл бұрын

Dont Guachos in Argentina were berets?

@saoirse2120 3 жыл бұрын

the origin of the beret is Basque

@petitlakam 2 жыл бұрын

Non c'est béarnais

@sergiofernandez4566 3 жыл бұрын

Berets are "french"???? Berets were traditional in most of Spain too, Vásque berets are bigger

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

Beret come from The french Pyrénées , but because it was worn a lot by the Basques peoples it came to spain

@sergiofernandez4566 3 жыл бұрын

@@danemon8423 Beret is used in the WHOLE Spain for ages man, are the "french fríes" "french" too??

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergiofernandez4566 well some say it french and some say it's belgian, but belgian fries ar super good. And yes i know it's still worn a lot in spain, but it's french. In france we call it "béret basque" because it was worn a lot by the basque, but it was from and built in The Béarn rrgion, even the word berret comes from this région dialect. And because the basque région is kind of spanish it spread to spain a lot

@sergiofernandez4566 3 жыл бұрын

@@danemon8423 It is very funny, who took potatoes to Europe from South América, Guess who were the first taht put sliced potatoes on a fried pan with olive oil??

@danemon8423 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergiofernandez4566 lol yes the spanish took them to europe but the people didn't eat them they were used to feed the animals. And why are you talking about fries dude ?

@crisyorke1328 6 жыл бұрын

I have a red Beret from Laurlhere. Made in France. Very classy hat! I might put MAGA on it!

@yanousse3217 5 жыл бұрын

Im french and when i put mine, ppl are just mocking me-

@salskars6637 4 жыл бұрын

@Saint James - I like berets and if I were French, I'd definitely wear a beret out of pride and tradition. They are functional and conveniently carried. There's also the consideration of modern hairstyles that would be mashed-flat with a beret. This has to be a factor as well. Vive le béret!

@jojobarjo4418 3 жыл бұрын

Do it

@silverbullet2008bb 3 жыл бұрын

@@yanousse3217 I'm English and I love the beret. Do you think I could wear one?

@yanousse3217 3 жыл бұрын

@@silverbullet2008bb when well accompanied, it Can be a really classy hat to Wear ! I encourage you 100% on discovering Your own clothing style

@crisyorke1328 6 жыл бұрын

Now, the French are wearing hijab and burka instead of beret!! Very sad!!

@henrya3629 5 жыл бұрын

Yea.. And their native languages have been overtaken by french

@idrk7509 2 жыл бұрын

they did enough to fight against that... stop complaining