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A First Time Ever: Boinas de Argentina on SPECIAL! Export restrictions and currency exchange regulations make importing from Argentina a difficult business; hence too little stock usually to do a SPECIAL on these fantastic berets. So, for a first time ever, on SPECIAL this week at a 20+%... -
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The 19th battalion of Chasseurs à Pied (“Hunters on Foot”) is a unit of light infantry in the French Army that was created in 1853. The regiment participated in the Crimean War and both World Wars. Between the world wars, the 19th BCP became a Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins, while stationed in... -
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From the very beginning in 2008, South Pacific Berets operated from the Ngaio Plateau, located in the hills around Wellington. Moving houses and a lack of storage saw the business move to a temporary storage facility in the city last week. All going well, SPB will move to a permanent store again... -
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A great video of Billy Childish interviewing Billy Childish, to accompany the new weekly Special of cotton Fear' Naught berets. The cotton berets on Special are available in Raven-Black and 3 earthy colours: Earth, Rock and Indigo. Exclusively at South Pacific Berets from $49.40 @ $39.50. -
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This week at South Pacific Berets, a true collector's Special: two genuine boinas of the autonomous police forces of Navarre and the Basque Country. These are Boinas Elosegui berets in the best Super Lujo quality, made for the Ertzaintza (Basque Autonomous Police Force) and the for the Foral... -
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These days, the most common diameter for French berets is 10p or 28cm; quite a difference from the 1950s and 60s when berets were typically smaller at 9p/25cm or (extravagantly!) 9.5p/26.5cm. Berets carrying the 'red cows of Béarn' label were available in smaller diameters, but only in black... -
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Last week I spent on Fiji, a lovely break from the New Zealand winter (and an interesting testing ground for berets). Leaving home at 4am to catch an Uber to the airport, I managed to forget to put my beret on - a very unusual thing to happen. However, the need for my 10.5p Auloronesa was small... -
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The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern. The word is also often used in musical contexts to refer to the twelve-bar blues, a particular blues song form, or talking blues, a form of country music. Blues or The Blues may also... -
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Laulhère (established in 1840) is the last of the historic French beret manufacturers that is still alive, after first Beighau had to close shop (1996) and then (France's oldest beret manufacturer) Blancq-Olibet (in 2014). The "new guys" are both companies that started from a strong sense... -
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This weekly special are berets in Graphite, Charcoal & Grey; not “just” another colour, but in my opinion one that really stands out from other shades and colours in berets. There is something about grey berets that sets them apart from any other colour. Grey shades are unobtrusive, while... -
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Different (to say it simply in one word)! When developing these berets, I was after the density and weight of berets like the Spanish Basque Super Lujo, but without the stiffness and need to be broken in of these berets. The boinas Super Lujo certainly belong to the very best berets available in... -
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Nice to see how many boineros/as took on the offer of an added Chyldish Fear' Naught label - I like the confirmation that many beret wearers share my passion and admiration for the work of Billy Childish. Although I aim to keep posts here at TFL principally informative (instead of commercial)... -
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You are so right! Yes, there is something about the colours that Billy uses, and the combinations, that blow me away, time and again. You can find this in many of his paintings (typically depicting berets too). For those interested in a Chyldish Fear’ Naught woven beret label, happy to... -
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Although freezing cold here in Wellington at present, the weather pages in my Dutch newspaper and the increasing sales of cotton berets tell me that life is much better, or at least warmer, in the northern hemisphere of this planet. Cotton is the way to go then! One can easily be forgiven... -
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An old label has been reintroduced at South Pacific Berets, one of a series on preview here at The Fedora Lounge (see post 2 April this year). I chose the Rafale label as the latest in a series of old, 1950's, beret labels to be reinstated in high quality modern berets because of it's once... -
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It took me a couple of days of adjusting, but now I'm here, back in office, behind my PC, after spending 2.5 weeks in my native Netherlands and surrounding countries. A great trip in many ways; catching up with family and old friends, hearing and speaking my own language and an escape from the... -
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Ha! I do see some likeness alright! Alas, the time that my beard was thát impressive, is a good while ago now. The outdoors are, of course, the place where the beret's qualities come out best. A good trigger to dig into my photo files. Above two Chasseurs Alpins, wearing their standard navy... -
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For many decades, the only true “Basque” beret manufacturer was Boinas Elósegui (from Tolosa, in the Spanish Basque Country). Not anymore though, as Le Béret Français has moved its factory from Làas (in Béarn) to Bayonne (the capital of the French Basque Country). Le Béret Français has done... -
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Great photo! I'd say you should have a look at the new Super Lujo, in tūī-green! -
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South Pacific Berets has expanded its range of (custom, handmade) ‘txapeldunak’. The txapeldun is the quintessential Basque beret, the most perfect embodiment of a tradition that goes back centuries, a symbol for champions (in the Basque Country the txapeldun is used as a trophy in competitions...
