Just one accessory for spring 2022 - beret

15 fashionable options: in the croche technique, leather or corduroy

We immediately suggest that you put all associations with «Emily in Paris» out of your head, because this year’s beret is more than a stereotypical accessory of French women. The history of this thing is much more extensive: this is a uniform item of the armed forces, and an element of overalls, and a favorite headdress of artists of the XX century, and punk culture of the 1980s, and a sign of the fashion of the noughties. In the cinema, berets were a style-forming element not only of Emily Cooper, Bonnie from «Bonnie and Clyde» in 1967, as well as Cher from the cult romcom of the 1990s «Stupid».

Kenzo

In the new collections, designers are also trying to take us away from the «beret + vest» cliche. Creative director Kenzo Nigo suggests wearing berets with overalls and jackets made in the likeness of the working clothes of Japanese potters. The number «1970» on Kenzo berets is symbolic — this year Nigo was born, and Kenzo Takada held his first fashion show. In the Blumarine cruise collection, designer Nicola Brognano recalls the images of Jay Lo, Shakira and Beyonce from the red carpets of the early 2000s — they wore berets with mini dresses, cargo pants, tops and plush suits. In Dior men’s collections, the headdress is worn with strict suits — this technique can be easily repeated by girls.

WOS, 12,700 rubles

The textures of berets in fresh collections are far from classic. Dior and Stand Studio have leather berets. Ukrainian designer Ruslan Baginsky produces them from corduroy, and Andrey Artemov’s WOS has options in sequins, and even fluffy alpaca wool. Bright Ganni berets are crocheted in a «granny» way — their budget alternative can be found in Arket.