Berets, Anyone?

[Babbo Philipe]

Fe"ro italy pipe and MdB

 

[Mm25]

Unlined brown boina with a small Butz-Choquin Canadian.

 

[Babbo Philipe]

a jeanette and a Lorenzo

 

[Fern]

a jeanette and a Lorenzo

The one on the right has a cool texture.

 

[Babbo Philipe]

The one on the right has a cool texture.

i am building my collection up a little , used yo have more but sold them,

 

[Mm25]

Barn boina

 

[Babbo Philipe]

Lorenzo imperia and MdB enjoying the day

 

[Daan]

While enjoying the old relics out on the Kapiti Coast, I much enjoy my new Orthesa Universel in 10.5p. The MdB berets are only getting better!

 

[Babbo Philipe]

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While enjoying the old relics out on the Kapiti Coast, I much enjoy my new Orthesa Universel in 10.5p. The MdB berets are only getting better!
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nice brown color

 

[Fern]

Getting too hot and humid for my wool boinas, but sipping the basque drink (pacharán) all the same!

 

[Mm25]

Getting too hot and humid for my wool boinas, but sipping the basque drink (pacharán) all the same!
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I still haven’t found it in stores by me, but I keep looking!

 

[Fern]

I still haven’t found it in stores by me, but I keep looking!

Also try it at a Spanish restaurant in your city.

 

[Mm25]

Blue skies, grey beret.

 

[Babbo Philipe]

Getting too hot and humid for my wool boinas, but sipping the basque drink (pacharán) all the same!
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where does one aquire this from

 

[Daan]

As the cliché goes, all artists wear berets...; it is interesting to see how many paintings and other art (sculptures, in fashion, etc.) actually depict berets.

These two paintings of Chasseur sized berets (above) are by the Norwegian painter Sigurd Skou (1922 and 1924, respectively).
Picasso is probably best known for his various paintings of berets, but he was not alone. Many berets, or boinas, feature in the works of Basques Ramon de Zubiaurre and Valentín de Zubiaurre Aguirrezábal (below).

Alexander Altmann was from Kyiv, Ukraine and was inspired by his surroundings to paint boineros while studying and working in Paris.

And of course, Billy Childish is well known for both wearing and depicting berets.

Sculptures of berets come in all sizes and forms, like this bronze 'Sawing Men' on the branch of a platanus tree in Amsterdam, or the massive Txapeldun in Peru-Harri (Navarra).

As for art in fashion, the beret features well in this jacket designed by French designer Castelbajac - made completely of red berets.

 

[Mm25]

My plans for later today include this black beret and pipe. Interesting claim, the world’s oldest pipe makers.

 

[Daan]

My plans for later today include this black beret and pipe. Interesting claim, the world’s oldest pipe makers. View attachment 426409

Nice plan, and what a lovely pipe! One of the last productions by Zenith; the factory shut shop in 1984 (after a massive fire that destroyed much of the factory).
Following my previous post of the beret in the arts, there are many (typically Old Dutch and Flemish) paintings depicting boineros wearing these clay and ceramic pipes!

Then, there were clay pipes depicting boineros too, like this Chasseur Alpin (Great War, 14-18).

or this model by an unknown artist (from the Pipe Museum in Amsterdam):

And as so often, the reality of the day was found in the labels sewn into berets:

 

[Babbo Philipe]

My plans for later today include this black beret and pipe. Interesting claim, the world’s oldest pipe makers. View attachment 426409

Well I guess the new addition to our addiction is beret and pipes

 

[Babbo Philipe]

Oh and easy cloudy day

 

[Fern]

where does one aquire this from

Philipe—look in the cordials/liqueurs section of you fave liquor stores for a Spanish basque drink called PACHARÁN. Different brands are available. The sales people usually check on their phones as well.

Good luck finding some!