Once-ubiquitous hat worn by Picasso and Sam Kinison is worn today by ... whom? Feb. 19, 2014 -- The French beret, once as common in France as baseball caps in America, is in trouble. French production ...

Think "beret" and an image of a cool-looking French woman who looks like Brigitte Bardot might pop into your head. She's smoking a cigarette and/or eating a baguette. It's raining, and she's wearing a ...

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. You know the small hat you ...

PARIS — Laulhere, a 174-year-old beret- maker, is fighting to keep the quintessential French headgear French. Laulhere became the country’s sole maker of traditional berets after it recently bought ...

If anything says French, it’s a beret. The floppy felt hat with the little nubbin on top is an iconic symbol for the country, up there with baguettes and cigarettes. But today, the last of the French ...

The beret is back, once again strutting its stuff on the runways and beyond. Designers like Dior and Versace included the saucy hat in recent shows, high-end retailers like Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus ...

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? One of France’s last remaining ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PARIS — Laulhere, a 174-year-old beret- maker, is fighting to keep the quintessential French headgear French. Laulhere became the country’s sole maker of ...