How to wear and shape your beret

You will have to put some work into making your Beret fit correctly; you can't just stick it on your head and think it will shape itself. If you don't want it to look like a heli-pad you're going to have to Shape it to fit your head.

How should the Beret be worn?

• The headband should be horizontal across your forehead, one 1 inch (25mm) above the eyebrows.

• The badge must be above your left eye.

• The excess material is draped over to the right ear, extending to at least the top of the ear, and no lowers than the middle of the ear.

• Females with long hair are required to wear a hair net the colour of which must match their hair colour as closely as possible.

How To Shape Your Beret

1)      Take the beret and dunk it in warm (not hot!) water.

2)      Then dunk it in to cold water

3)      Once you get it soaking wet, put it on your head, make sure the badge is over your left eye and smooth the material over your head and pull it down towards your right ear.

4)      Once you've got it all set, wear it until it's nearly dry.

5)      Carefully take it off and set it down to dry. You may need to shape it a few times to get it right.

6)      Fit your badge onto the mounting and fasten it with the split pin.