Think "beret" and an image of a cool-looking French woman who looks like Brigitte Bardot might pop into your head. She's smoking a cigarette and/or eating a baguette. It's raining, and she's wearing a ...

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 ...

BERETS REPRESENT three things I’ve always aspired to be: French, chic and confident. The first is a lost cause, given my Italian heritage and American upbringing. I’m working on the latter two. I’ve ...

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 ...

Our Olympic athletes have been doing back handsprings since they were six weeks old. They have sweltered on track team buses. Slept in loud hotels. Sucked liquid protein. Ingested wheat grass. Been ...