The Shanghai Beret Project

By Tina Kanagaratnam | March 27th, 2018 | Berets, Concession Era, Jazz Age, Shanghai fashion | 1 Comment

Meet the beret-wearing gentlemen of Shanghai. It's a classic Shanghai sight: older Chinese men sporting rakish berets. The iconic headwear of the French never seems to have gone out of style among gentlemen of a certain age in Shanghai, a legacy formed during the period of the French Concession (1849-1945). Some ...