For those looking to take it a step further, consider styling the hat with a piece ... reach for a beret in a print that doubles as a neutral—think plaid or wallpaper florals.

By the 1970s, it could be a signal of black pride and by now, the 2010s, it can symbolize pretty much anything, from a political stance to just wanting to innocently wear a beret. For a hat ...

She paired the black beret with a belted plaid dress. Princess Diana also put a royal twist on more traditional-shaped hats. She wore this oversized, wide-brimmed hat with a net overlay during a ...

To edge up the otherwise traditional look, go for a faux leather beret, which brings a contemporary element to this accessory. Let your hat be the ... just cherry on top. Black is timeless.

WASHINGTON, APRIL 1, 2011 -- In a fingertip-to-the-brim nod to its American frontier history, the Army is changing hats again - returning ... garrison cap to the black beret, the Army faces ...

Perhaps you don't have a closet full of well-tailored separates or the digestive enzymes for refined carbohydrates; there's now a trendy hat for that. The fashion beret is a costume. Clockwise ...

It wasn't until the 1900s that the black beret became a stylish accessory with both men and women in France. Cheap in construction, the hat was a military staple in the 1950s and 60s.

After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching the black wool beret and allowing soldiers ... blend that looks like a flat-top baseball hat in camouflage green – “you could reach ...

There's no one answer for why a hat associated mostly with the peasant class became a fashion statement. There is only just this: The black beret looks chic as hell. And at the turn of the century ...