Naughty

 Early 20th century "naughty" picture:

Photographer, model, location and date unknown...

Beret Spy News

 

New material by (my brother) Emile, The Beret Spy.

All from the Netherlands. 

The Hearts of Bwindi

 

Rangers are the last line of defence, protecting the gorillas and their habitat from the demands of the wider world. The Gorilla Organization works with the Congolese Wildlife Authorities to support the rangers working to protect the gorillas in Central and East Africa. 

Discover their success so far, and how you can support their efforts

Grapes from the Gers

 

Vintage photos of grape harvesting in the Gers, 1950s.

Christophle le More

Portrait of Christophle le More, bodyguard of Charles V and free man, by Jan Jansz Mostaert, ca. 1527. 

Christophle, who started out as a groom, had a daily wage that was twice that of a sixteenth-century craftsman in Brussels. When this portrait was painted, before Dutch slavery, people of color from all walks of life lived throughout Europe. 

At the court of Charles V there were two in 1520.

Jean Blaye

Meet Jean Blaye, the 91 years old shepherd from the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Learn about Jean Blaye's daily life as a shepherd. At 91 years old, he takes care of a herd of 80 animals by himself.

Merci, Jean-Marc

Lera Lynn

Lera Lynn is a Nashville based artist/songwriter/producer who got her start in Athens, Ga. She first came to national attention through her writing and performances in the HBO series True Detective. 

Lynn's first LP, Have You Met Lera Lynn, was released in 2011. In 2014, she released an EP entitled Lying in the Sun and also began creating music for the second season of the crime drama series True Detective. 

Working with songwriter and music producer T Bone Burnett, the two collaborated with singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash at Burnett's home in Los Angeles, CA with two of the resulting tracks being included on Cash's 2018 album She Remembers Everything. 

After approving the musical tracks, series creator Nic Pizzolatto cast Lynn as a recurring character who performs the songs in a dive bar frequented by the main characters.

Her 2016 album Resistor was reviewed in Rolling Stone.

At Billy Childish' Record Store

 At Billy Childish' Record Store

Berets At The Record Store #3

 Berets At The Record Store #3

Berets At The Record Store #2

 Berets At The Record Store

Berets At The Record Store

 Berets At The Record Store

Polish Airborne Major

I don't often showcase military berets on The Beret project, but this 1960s Polish Airborne beret is a great example of the typical Polish way of beret manufacturing. 

Similar to the Sosabowski replica berets stocked at South Pacific Berets, this beret is not knitted and felted (like any "real" beret), but sewn together from various pieces of woven wool. 

Another interesting detail is the rank (of Major) which is directly embroidered onto the beret; the badge is sewn on permanently.  

The cost of this collectors items? 2850 Zloty (approx. $720.00).