Babbo Philipe
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Good to see a vintage beret back in use - however, it's the JACKET that catches my eye! Wrong thread, I know, yet I must ask: make, model and type of leather please.My vintage Encartada took a spin around town today.
P1220668 by Michael A2012, on Flickr
It was part of an outfit that was very well received.
P1220662 crop by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Encartada Beret Label by Michael A2012, on Flickr
Happy beret days,
Michael
+1,nice.Good to see a vintage beret back in use - however, it's the JACKET that catches my eye! Wrong thread, I know, yet I must ask: make, model and type of leather please.
Thanks Philipe.Great look michael A, dig the beard, berets always are in season
Thanks. Sorry to say that all I can tell you is that Gap sold the jacket. The tag with model info is completely without ink. I assume that means the jacket has a few years on it. By the weight and look of the leather I'm guessing cowhide.Good to see a vintage beret back in use - however, it's the JACKET that catches my eye! Wrong thread, I know, yet I must ask: make, model and type of leather please.
A quick evening snap of me and the Elosegui 1858...
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c'mon everyone-the coolest thing a cat could wear back in the day
was a black beret...and black turtleneck, shades were NOT optional, and
mumbling was the mode of communication; any hep-cat that didn't wear
a beret was wearing a stingy-brim; no base-a-ball caps; dig?
well being a beret aficionado of some sorts i have had many berets and still do, laulhere was the finest, but times honestly have changed and their quality has ,in my opinion , sadly been sacrificed, in may ways , thiner felts, faux leather compressed leather etc, this was my experience in the sized berets (campan, deluxe etc.) the straight wool berets i would think be still salvageable , but thinner, ----I came across this article about Laulhère, which offers an interesting perspective on the beret industry today -- namely Laulhère's perspective!
The article is entitled "Laulhère, dernier fabricant historique de bérets français, se joue des modes." For me, one of the key sentences is this quote by Mark Saunders: "De petits ateliers ont été créés récemment au Béarn et quelques autres réalisent les étapes de finition après avoir acheté un béret brut. De l'autre côté des Pyrénées, Elosegui, un fabricant d'Irun (Pays Basque espagnol) résiste aussi..."
My rough translation is "Some small studios were recently set up in Bearn, and some others do the finishing stages after having bought a raw beret. On the other side of the Pyrenees, Elosegui, a manufacturer in Irun (Spanish Basque country), also holds out."
Presumably, Boneteria Auloronesa is one such recently-established "small studio," and Saunders's comment on it is judgment-neutral. I suspect that Le Béret Français is the firm he is dismissing in this quote. And he acknowledges Elosegui as the Spanish equivalent of Laulhère, a larger, tradition-rich firm in the heart of beret country, hanging in there.
In this English article, Saunders states, "the company was not the only beret-maker in France, but was the last 'historic' manufacturer" -- clearly making a distinction, which is basically what he did in French.