JimK
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32cm Tolosa Tupida... I'm standing in the marina on Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake, Utah. I imagine I should be waist deep in water, but the lake is at a record low.
Love the photo (not the circumstances...). One of the very last Tolosa Tupida's in 32cm (I have only 2 left in stock and that's it...).32cm Tolosa Tupida... I'm standing in the marina on Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake, Utah. I imagine I should be waist deep in water, but the lake is at a record low.
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The photo made me think of all the "Despoblados", the forgotten towns that were submerged to create hydro lakes in the Spanish mountains under Franco's dictatorship - often a revenge on the "Reds" who lived there.
you know what i have done before is use a small inner tube on the inside and either let dry or steam to get wrinkles outAs the weather heats up and I do more acitivies in warm weather,
my cotton berets will tell me it's time for a wash.
So, in a small tub of warm water with Woolite detergent
I soak them for 30 minutes. Then squeeze, rinse and squeeze again.
Then to dry sun for that final sun bleaching.
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the Che beret had a sweet satin linerAsk anyone to name a famous person wearing a beret and 9 out of 10 will say Ché Guevara. Not an “easy” role model really; the cliché of “the hero to one is the terrorist to another” is certainly valid for Ché.
Either way, he did wear his beret (a Laulhére in 10p) well and certainly did his best to re-popularize the beret.
Arsenio Garcia Davila, a combatant with Fidel Castro and survivor of the 1956 landing of the Granma in Cuba, owns Ché Guevara's original beret.
Many films have been made about Ché Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries probably the most famous.
A film with a different twist is Ernesto, following the friendship between Ché and a second-generation Japanese-Bolivian named Freddy Maemura Hurtado.
“Ernesto” is the creation of Junji Sakamoto, “the rebel from Osaka”.
Ché was so taken with Hurtado’s personality and medical skills (Ché himself was a doctor), that he granted him full use of his first name, Ernesto.
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It’s a slice of political history that few Japanese are aware of — that and the fact that Ché once visited Japan for 12 days, in 1959.
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These days the Ché-Beret is still very popular, outside and in Cuba. Part of the uniform for Cuban schoolchildren and with Ché "lookalikes" making some money from tourist taking their pictures.
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The enormous popularity of berets in Japan, certainly has a lot to do with Ché Guevara.
Yes, I certainly can! That beret is one of the new Bérets Merino d’Arles made for South Pacific Berets by MdB/Auloronesa.Daan, I am hoping you can shed light on the Instagram post by
Manfacturedeberet that showed a beret made from undyed brown colored wool.
Here is a cropped portion of the photo showing the beret
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An undyed brown/khaki beret from MdB would be different.
these do seam nice but more grey then brown i was talking to Sara a few months ago about them , my daughter was interested, Sara has themDaan, I am hoping you can shed light on the Instagram post by
Manfacturedeberet that showed a beret made from undyed brown colored wool.
Here is a cropped portion of the photo showing the beret
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An undyed brown/khaki beret from MdB would be different.
I am sorry to say that you haven't got your facts right, Philipe.these do seam nice but more grey then brown i was talking to Sara a few months ago about them , my daughter was interested, Sara has them
for sale she replied today im pondering on getting a couple myself
Well she seemed to indicate she was selling these. I actually asked her months ago. But I would assume your decent size order triggered it either way good on youI am sorry to say that you haven't got your facts right, Philipe.
The production of these berets is a joint venture and South Pacific Berets is the sole retailer where these can be ordered - Sara has a small number for sale in her physical shop in Orthez only.
Depending feedback and interest in these berets, I may be able to restock over time and Sara may decide to sell these herself - but that would be a while into the future.
Meanwhile the berets have arrived here in Wellington and shall work tonight to get these available on the website!
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Here is a nice little warning on being gentle when stretching a beret. I've stretched many a beret in my time (using the Ron Greer method) so I think this was probably a lack of attention to the thickness of the felt in comparison to the force applied!
There may have also been a bit of a weakness in the felt. I'd already been around once without problems.
Very happy to now officially announce the release of the Auloronesa Bérets Merino d’Arles!
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What more to say after yesterday's post here..?
It is fantastic to see (and wear!) the result of years of attempting to get these berets into the world - I wish Auloronesa's founder Denis Guédon could see and feel this achievement.
Apart from the specialized artisan work required to manufacture these berets, the raw Merino burel wool from Arles is hard to source and very expensive, making it hard to produce on demand.
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The berets are now available online.