![Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games. Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.](https://compote.slate.com/images/b4a809be-6697-4eb5-b292-5f07d4324527.jpg?crop=250%2C153%2Cx0%2Cy0)
Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.
![Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games. Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/George_W._Bush_with_US_Olympic_Team_at_2002_Winter_Olympics_opening_ceremony.jpg)
Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.
![Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games. Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.](https://compote.slate.com/images/894dead9-9dec-4bc1-b6f6-f0699f3dee71.jpg?crop=568%2C346%2Cx0%2Cy0)
Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.
![Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games. Olympic beret from Ralph Lauren: We thought it was dead, but the hideous headgear is back for the London Games.](https://compote.slate.com/images/4a3c9b26-a43b-4094-acf2-cf74bc300b41.jpg)