Q: Why do men wear berets?

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Even in the military, where I personally think it looks silly, why do men wear Berets? It's a girlie looking hats that serves no function in bad weather except maybe keep the middle of the top of your head warm. I feel like men who wear berets in public and are not painters should be slapped and then given a proper John Deere hat. Why? What is it with berets?

BigJJ (rep: 21.7k) posted Jul 03, 2008

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I dont get it either JJ. Makes no sense. But I bet if Ashton Kucher jumped out and said "You've been PUNK'd" in beret he would get his ass kicked.

moose (rep: 30.5k) posted Jul 03, 2008

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LMAO! Good point! What function DO they serve? At least with other hats they have a bill to keep the sun out of your eyes... Beanies cover your entire head and keep them warm.. I don't know the answer to this question!

dvinegrace83 (rep: 32.5k) posted Jul 03, 2008

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Because they look dashing, and we don't have as many hat choices as the ladies do. What happened to top hats and bowlers? Unless you're going to a costume party, they're gone! Caps are ubiquitous, and so are androgynous winter caps. Cowboy hats, I suppose, but I find so few occasions where that seems appropriate, especially in Chicago. Fedoras are a little over the top. But a beret...hmmm.

Loupgrru (rep: 177) posted Jul 04, 2008

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I agree.

Berets are stupid.

Unless you're that dude from Myth Busters. Then you're technically a genius but still stupid.

tehk1w1 (rep: 46.5k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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hahaha myth busters!

dvinegrace83 (rep: 32.5k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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Don't some men in the army wear berets?

downrabbithole (rep: 3.02k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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Oh I guess you already said that. I guess I'm illiterate...

downrabbithole (rep: 3.02k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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hahah yea..why is thattt??? ive always thought it looked silly =p

Christine (rep: 27.2k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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To wear a beret in the Army used to mean that you were in Special Forces (green),Rangers (black) or Airborne (red). Seeing one of those guys in a black or green beret, you knew instantly their elite Special Operations affiliation: that they jump out of airplanes regularly, and can kill you in a number of different ways. You knew what they had to do to earn the right to wear those berets. Also, the Special Ops guys were super anal about wearing them (the fuzz had to be shaved off, the crest positioned just right, no poofiness, etc.) Then some PC general decided to let everyone wear them so as not to feel left out- boo-hoo. And the Army population in general is lax about how they wear them, so they don't look good.

My husband was in the Army Rangers, and when they showed up in black berets everyone parted the waters for them. They got instant respect. The Rangers went back to brown berets after they made the beret part of the everyday Army uniform.

Outside of the Special Ops wearing them, I don't like them on men. The only men I've seen them on outside of the military are middle aged men hanging out on the Starbucks patio and talking about evil corporate America and the novel they're never gonna write. .

marynd (rep: 1.48k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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Soooooo...

They're SO manly that they can wear something that looks utterly ridiculous that it makes it seem manly even though its inherent nature argues otherwise?

Sounds like Kurt Russel and mullets and lipstick in Big Trouble in Little China. He's so manly that he made those seem awesome on a guy.

tehk1w1 (rep: 46.5k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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You mean to tell me those 60's beatniks were cool in berets?

moose (rep: 30.5k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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Maybe berets are like the pink polo shirts of the hat world.

dvinegrace83 (rep: 32.5k) posted Jul 04, 2008

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I wanted to report that I saw an older man in a red beret getting into his car today, and I stared at him and he thought I was totally checking him out, and then I began giggling because of this thread.

marynd (rep: 1.48k) posted Jul 07, 2008

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My mom gave me a picture of me when I was little in a beret. I thought about this thread. lol

downrabbithole (rep: 3.02k) posted Jul 07, 2008

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hahaha Maryn! And now he's going to think that his beret worked magic since it got you to check him out and all, and he'll continue to wear it!

dvinegrace83 (rep: 32.5k) posted Jul 07, 2008

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We need to set some ground rules for beret wearing.
I'll start--

1. You must be in France sitting under the Eifel tower holding a lit cigarette pinched between two fingers (palm facing up).

2. You must be in a Prince video from 1985.

*add yours**

moose (rep: 30.5k) posted Jul 07, 2008

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You must be an artist working in the privacy of your own home studio shielded from the public eye.

dvinegrace83 (rep: 32.5k) posted Jul 08, 2008

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You must also be wearing a thong. The thong need not show above your pants, but you may be subject to random thong checks.

Loupgrru (rep: 177) posted Jul 08, 2008

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Dear Readers,

The reason that certain men wear berets is because they are not consumed with repressed homo-erotic desire like most of the posters here.

If you are still confused, walk up to a special forces operative and tell him he looks silly.

Throw away your toy hats lads and dress like a man.

estring (noob) posted Feb 28, 2010

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