Like the colour orange, skinny jeans and velvet, I almost died a little inside when I heard that the beret was making a comeback. Of course, a girl's allowed to change her mind...!
Not since the early 90s have I worn a beret. I bought a black one for a fancy dress party at college where I went as Faye Dunaway's Bonnie Parker - just about the most stylish fancy dress outfit there is, no?! - and they were on trend for quite a while during that decade (think Cher Horowitz in Clueless). Maybe because that's the last time I remember them being a thing that hearing about their return made me cringe a little? ❝
[THE BERET IS] THE PERFECT NEUTRAL COLOUR AND WILL GO WITH SO MANY THINGS IN MY ALMOST-DEVOID-OF-BLACK WARDROBE.
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Anyway, I probably wouldn't have bought one (despite the beret being THE hat of the Dior Fall 2017 Ready-to-Wear collection) if I hadn't seen this camel wool beret from Asos. It's the perfect neutral colour and will of course go with so many more things in my almost-devoid-of-black wardrobe than a black one would have.
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