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Berets, Anyone?
On SPECIAL this week, the Foulards Aotearoa with Linen Lining! Some visitors/customers found that the large diameter berets are overvalued and over-represented in the SPECIALS... Okay, time to do a great SPECIAL on one of the nicest small plateau berets available, in 9p (25.6cm) and 10p (28... -
Berets, Anyone?
What a great picture! I should hire you to model my berets... -
Berets, Anyone?
Problems -again- with the restocking of Argentinian berets. The previous shipment took 16 months between placing my order and it's delivery here in Wellington and I fear it is going to be a close race for the present order. What does that mean? A few models have already sold out (especially... -
Berets, Anyone?
Good news from Boneteria Aotearoa (and not just for bearded boineros;)): much looked forward to by many customers, the small diameter 9p/256mm luxurious foulards with linen lining. The world's top quality beret in a small plateau. Available in sizes 56-61 and better still, all linen lined... -
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Unfair advantage..? Just stop wasting your money on razor blades! Personally, I never quite understood the sense of removing hair every morning that's back at the same length the next day... -
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Lovely, but really, nothing beats Wellington on a nice day! 28oC and enjoying a bike ride to Pencarrow Head, together with my cotton boina Tolosa Tupida. -
Berets, Anyone?
I would say between late 1950's and late 1960s. Bayadere lining wasn't much used anymore by the 1970s. -
Berets, Anyone?
This is a generic label. In the middle of last century there were an incredible number of beret manufacturers in France; usually very small businesses, often just owned and run by one person. Some of these businesses manufactured their berets, but many bought the "raw hoods" from larger... -
Berets, Anyone?
On a real SUPER-SPECIAL this week, the Boinas Exposición Super Lujo! The Boinas Exposición SUPER LUJO are Boinas Elósegui's quality berets, made with the craftsmanship and eye for detail passed from generation to generation to generation, since well over 150 years. 100% Australian merino wool... -
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News from the South Pacific: after a long absence, the genuine heavy felted merino wool chechias from Tunisia, in Bordeaux, blue, black and grey! The chechia is the national hat of Tunisia and a close cousin of the beret. In Tunisia, eastern Libya and the region of Benghazi (where it is called... -
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These berets are between 40 and 50 years old, made by UČA in Vršac, then in Yugoslavia and present day Serbia. These labels followed the original Zrenjanin labels (like the "Super" and "Montgomeri"). The factory is named Uča after Žarko Zrenjanin, aka "Uča". Uča was the friendly nickname for... -
Berets, Anyone?
On SPECIAL this week, the Boinas Exposición Basicá and Exposición Clásica The Boinas Exposición Basicá are Boinas Elósegui's most economical berets, but still made with the same craftsmanship and eye for detail as any other Elósegui beret; 100% Australian merino wool, satin lined, fitted with... -
Berets, Anyone?
One of the most beautiful things that can happen to a bonetaire, is receiving a phone call from the new owner of an old uniform factory, asking if I'm interested in buying a few boxes full of (new) old berets. Military berets of the NZ Army and SAS, UN blue berets, Scottish tam 'o shanters... -
Berets, Anyone?
Below a photo of the Aotearoa in navy, which is identical to the Auloronesa in colour. And below a picture of myself, wearing the Auloronesa Alpin in navy: -
Berets, Anyone?
Nice words and much appreciated! As for the collaboration with Boneteria Auloronesa, after many requests for small diameter berets, I expect to have 9p Foulards Aotearoa with linen lining in by the middle of February; identical to the larger 10, 11 and 12p Alpin berets, only in a small plateau... -
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Yes, and how ridiculous that was, of course. Banning what really is a round piece of felted wool to suppress feelings against the oppressor... Ironically, the pro-Nazi Vichy paramilitary Milice Française adopted the Basque beret as a symbol of their Frenchness: And so did the fighters of the... -
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Darn, could have something to do with wearing berets, you reckon..? Same happened to me. Endless walking, at least an hour every day, did a lot better for me than the surgery! -
Berets, Anyone?
Hours after NZ Post confirmed that the shipment of Spanish berets had been returned to sender (for reasons varying depending on each operator I spoke to), the berets were delivered in Wellington. The mysterious ways of NZ Post... Alas, never before did South Pacific Berets receive so many... -
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Lovely photo, Foamy. I wish I could get my 3 teenage daughters into wearing berets (again), but no such chance. I guess following in your father's footsteps, being a teenager, is the most un-cool thing to do... Your Laulhère Bayadére Isturitz is on its way to you; a very beautiful, well made... -
Berets, Anyone?
You are dead right, the retirement of the manufacturer of Boneteria Auloronesa is a huge concern to me. Not easy to find a suitable candidate to take over this business (working long hours for little money on a highly specialized technical job). One reason for me to keep stocks up, but who knows...
