wore a signature blue beret while winning Wimbledon twice; Hemingway, Picasso, Fellini and others appropriated the working-class cap for artists worldwide; Gillespie and other Europhilic jazzmen ...

berets (which were not yet known as berets, but simply felt hats) had effectively permeated Europe's farming and artist classes (read: the poorest classes). But then, the 1800s happened.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- Last week, after 10 years of the beret, the patrol cap became the official headgear of the Army Combat Uniform again. But, Fort Jackson Soldiers should not pack away their ...

After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching the black wool beret and allowing soldiers to go back to the old brimmed patrol cap for their ... for Army men and women inside the ...