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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sam-Son Farms homebred French Beret stalked the pace, took over at the top of the lane and held off a host of rivals Jan. 12 in the $100,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) (VIDEO) on the ...

What's next, a designer accordion? The humble French beret has gone upscale, with one of the oldest makers of the classic French hat opening a chic boutique in Paris, the Guardian reports. Laulhère, ...

Sam-Son Farms’ French Beret will have a tough time defending his title in the $100,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap (gr. IIIT) Jan. 6 at Fair Grounds, as an evenly-matched field of 10 goes to post in ...

If we were asked to conjure an image of someone wearing a beret, this is pretty much exactly what we’d see: a wool topper tilted to one side. Indeed, this is how the hat was designed to be worn. Step ...

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 ...

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 ...