Figure 1.-- Here I am wearing my beret on the way to school in Stuttgart. Note my book satchel. The photograph was probably taken in 1941. |
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I wore berets a lot as a younger boy. We called them a " Baskenmütze " or Basque cap (figure 1). I suppose that my mother thought that berets are practical in not too cool seasons (not in deep winter).
I liked them more than the thick, heavy, woolen caps. I am not sure, but I think berets were considered stylish at the time--perhaps because they had a slight French look. I think they tended to be worn by mothers more concerned with fashion. They also had social class connotations. I supose that we were what might be consideered the upper middle class even though my parents were separated we did not have a lot of money. If I recall correctly I did not wear berets once I started secondaty school.
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