Rhino Consultants and Facilitators User Name Password   Forgot Your Password? No account yet? Register Now Home | Contact Us | Site Map     Caps & Hats Caps & Hats Customized Services   Gallery   Knitted Scarves   Wooly Hats   Berets   FAQs   Caps & Hats > Berets Beret or berret is from the diminutive form *birretum of a latinized Celtic word birrus or birrum, which was the name of a short coat with a hood. This word is probably a close relative to Old Irish "berr" (short), Welsh "byr". According to a tradition, the beret was a shepherd's hat in the Pyrenees. We don't know exactly where it was invented, but it is probably the south west of France. There, it remains nowadays a strong sign of the aquitaine and basque (French and Spanish) identity.   The beret fits snugly around the head, and can be "shaped" in a variety of ways – it is commonly pushed to one side in America and Europe. Military uniform berets feature a headband or sweatband attached to the wool, made either from leather, silk, or cotton ribbon, sometimes with a drawstring allowing the wearer to tighten the hat. The drawstrings are, according to custom, either tied and cut off/tucked in or else left to dangle. The beret is often adorned with a cap badge, either in cloth or metal. Some berets have a piece of buckram or other stiffener in the position where the badge is intended to be worn. Berets are not often lined, but a few are, usually partially with satin. In military berets, the headband is worn on the outside; military berets often have external sweatbands of leather, pleather or ribbon.           Medical & Healthcare | Teamworks | Animation | Caps & Hats | Outsourcing | Marketing Collateral | R & D | Software Development | Back office services Apparel & Clothing | Metal Works | Finance works | Sub Contracting | Reverse Engineering | Quality Control & Inspection     ©2010 rhinoconsultants.com. All Rights Reserved. Partnered by S P Solutions

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