While many believe it originated among the Basques12, it in fact, likely came from bearn, a region in Southwest France.
许多人认为贝雷帽起源于巴斯克地区,事实上它可能源于法国西南部一个叫贝亚恩的地区。
The most famous fictional son of Bearn is D'Artagnan, of the King's Musketeers, whom some say was modeled by Dumas upon none other than Bernadotte himself.
In his final book, the Bachelors' Ball, published in 2007, the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu describes the changing gender dynamics of bearn, the region in southwestern France where he grew up.