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A beret that went to trade school and learned to use panels.

means A rounded, structured cap made of eight panels stitched to a small brim, usually with a button on top where the panels meet.

from Named for the paperboys of the late 1800s and early 1900s who wore this practical, affordable style while hawking papers on street corners — a working-class cousin to the flat cap, cut fuller and gathered to a button so it held its shape and kept the rain off. The newsboys gave it their name long after the cap itself had been around; it was simply the headgear of boys at work, and the name stuck once the job became iconic.

origin
worn by actual working newsboys, not hipsters, originally
construction
eight fabric panels sewn to a small stiff brim
cousin
flat cap's rounder, poofier, dressier sibling
revival
peaky blinders made gangsters wear it, again
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