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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Mon Jan 15, 2018, 12:38 PM Jan 2018

Did you know, stereotypical French beret and white striped shirt came from.....

The stereotypical French uniform—the portrayal of French people, men especially, in English language films and cartoons wearing a black and white striped shirt and a beret—is likely derived from French onion salesmen found in Britain in the early 1900s who wore such outfits.

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Did you know, stereotypical French beret and white striped shirt came from..... (Original Post) steve2470 Jan 2018 OP
And when French onion salesmen went swimming ... left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #1
*splutter* dixiegrrrrl Jan 2018 #2
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