Paul asked for this page of famous and infamous fellas wearing berets.
His mum is French after all, so it is not overly pretentious of him to wear one!
The beret has always been appropriated by 'outsiders' and 'artists'
And the woven silk labels are beautiful.
old beret label 'Alaska'
archivally mounted and framed
label size c.9cms. x 6cms. ( frame c.26cms. x 22cms.)
available at £125
the greatest artist of them all Picasso
his muse Dora Mar wearing a red beret
Man Ray
English aesthete and artist Ben Nicholson
Composer Olivier Messiaen sports a 'basque' style beret
iconic image of Che Geuvara
and then two ridiculous English comedians:
Benny HIll and Michael Crawford ( as Frank Spencer) in a military style beret
Victor Moscoso - Spanish artist and creator of iconic 60's psychadelic posters
and here is Walter Gropius sporting a beret
and Louise Bourgeois in hers
and here are family members Len Grush and Paul Rennie sporting their berets.
( the last photo in the row is by ex-CSM colleague Marcus Bastel
ps. it is rare to see Paul not wearing his beret.
and 'team beatnik beret' in Folkestone, Paul and Anais
and of course Paul picked up a Euro beret on the historic London march October 19 2019
which is seen here with Mardy the cat!
and here we have Patrick Caulfield's screenprint of a Frenchman from 1971
and Miro wears a 'bucket hat' ( more on that another time perhaps?)