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Berets, Anyone?
Laulhere has company videos warning shoppers to be watchful. And with this market as it is, I'm not surprised. Look, I'm going to say upfront, I'm familiar with SO and I'm nit really going to hang around only to be inundated with advertising on their behalf. There's room enough here for me and...- BoinaBuena
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- Forum: Hats
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Berets, Anyone?
Sorry, I'm not going to argue with a commercial advertisement. SP is too far, the shipping too much, for me to bother with it. Lauhleres are available to me, as are vintage Blancq-Olibets, and I'm happy with that.- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,152
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Berets, Anyone?
A correction: wool is hypoallergenic, and I meant to explain the allergic reactions come from the coarseness of wool...I'm being the dopey one, my apologies.- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,151
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Berets, Anyone?
Thank you for your knowledgeable input. My advice is always kindly meant, and I like to believe my advice is timely and correct. You should not, for example, try to imply merino is hypoallergenic. In my experience, it is not. Anyone with allergies will be under medical care--and I say ask your...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,150
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Berets, Anyone?
To be clear: while Parkhurst of Canada is a safe bet for a onepiece, I have seen bad commie fakes with old Parkhurst tags sewn in.- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,146
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Berets, Anyone?
Some issues should be raised about berets--I hope I won't be repetitive about certain points. This is to address, first, the question of getting a beret with or without a sweatband. From there I'll move onward. 1. Onepiece berets are hard for those with a wool allergy. That and any other...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,145
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Berets, Anyone?
That's a great history--I was alerted right away because my first was a Hoquy that somehow had a vinyl sweatband. It makes me wonder how long these companies been using vinyl and not leather. Mine is still in excellent shape, including the vinyl, and I wear it a lot. But it's making me wonder...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,144
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Berets, Anyone?
I'd love to know, beyond the standard online histories, about the U.S. Marines adopting the black beret for their Special Forces in 1950. Everyone knows how the LRRPs took the blackie into Nam in '67, but what about the Marines in '50?--I feel like I and one other guy are the only ones who...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,143
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Berets, Anyone?
OH awesome!! I've never seen one with "beret" on!- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,142
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Berets, Anyone?
...however, in the centuries-old world of berets, I agree with you the sweatband is relatively 'new'. One thing I know as an anthropologist and historian is a lit if people hate a onepiece either because of a wool allergy or they just hate that wool rubbing anywhere on the front of their heads...- BoinaBuena
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Berets, Anyone?
The sweatbands are without doubt rather offputting for the modern crowd, we can at least agree about that. The true horror is the use of vinyl, which I find revolting in the extreme but I get used to it anyway. I don't think you're right about sweatbands being new. My grandfather, who was born...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,137
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Berets, Anyone?
My best buy ever: a vintage old stock Blancq-Olibet Niebla with a 9.5" vuelo. But you've never felt such stiff wool in your life! As bad as a Balmoral. Still, it brought back memories of youth, and in spite of my fat head, it looks tres bien.- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,135
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Berets, Anyone?
One thing that gets to me more is the horrible shipping I have to pay South Pacific--quite understandable and quite horrid. It's no better if I try Laulhere, but at least I can get one from The Village Hat Shop or amazon, eh? SP has such fine berets, too. I'd love to try one of the German...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,134
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Berets, Anyone?
Amigo, agreed...and the best of your post is the advice to enjoy. It kills me, men don't know, let alone enjoy, a beret nowadays. Where I live, in Illinois, U.S.A., few men wear them.- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,133
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Berets, Anyone?
A few observations: probably the oldest beret images that I put my stock in are the self-portraits of Rembrandt. As to el vuelo (overall diameter) there's good reason fir variety and it wasn't fashion. The military and the laborers wore a small vuelo because it was handier, warmer and out if...- BoinaBuena
- Post #1,132
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Berets, Anyone?
You should never need to shave a beret. Ever. That is done at the factory during manufacturer. You can stretch any onepiece beret carefully by hand. If it's quality, it will stay the way you stretched it. Do as I and my forefathers did: yank it on, pull it off and see what it looks like. Then...- BoinaBuena
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