Anyway, what I meant to say was that I love a good umbrella and/or parasol. Unfortunately though, my ability to sail through life just beyond the brink of functional retardation has led me to lose nearly every pretty umbrella I've ever owned. My favorite kind of umbrellas are the kind that can be swung around or used as a cane (which you might need in case a car tries to mow you down on your way to work). However, I've never used an umbrella on a sunny day. That is, I've never carried a parasol à la this guy, whom I just spotted going into the Giant located near my office:
He'll see the sun in hell.Yes, e-friends, DC is ahead of the fashion curve! If you'll recall, the parasol hit it big last fall when designers were showing their Spring '08 collections. Check out Anna Sui and Tracy Reese, respectively:
Yes! Pasty white is in!
Wait, no. No it's not.So there! Who says this city has no fashion sense?! And so what if the man I saw shuffling to the grocery store was possibly either a) homeless, b) crazy, or c) some combination of the two. That man clearly knows the parasol is hot this season and he is making that sh*t work! In fact, he's practically a goddamn Monet painting:
But with the grace of an ancient Japanese noble woman:
And the pinache of Mr. Fonzworth Bentley:
And, of course, the overall zest of, um, this guy:
Congratulations, DC, you have arrived!
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Hey, I have zest. Where can I purchase this fabulous fashion statement? Currently all I have is the ridiculously practical but unfashionable portable tote. Where is Stacey London when I need her?!
Ahh yes. Finding a good-looking umbrella that isn't ridiculously expensive is hard. I've always found good ones at the original Filene's Basement in Boston or Century 21 in New York, but have yet to find a discount spot in DC that has anything comparable.
However, online is my best friend in DC. I just found for actual parasols and for umbrellas.
(I love creative naming...)
Zoinks. Those links work, but they did not come out as planned. Let me just go to Plan B:
For umbrellas: www.umbrellas.com
For parasols: www.greatparasolz.com
Phew. I hate technology. Yet I love it.
Seriously? "greatparasolz"?
This is the story about how Goose becomes Mary freakin Poppins.
I wish two things:
-that everyone else could see what those of us who witnessed this firsthand saw, which is that this dude was also rocking a full brimmed canvas safari-style hat under this umbrella ... some would argue eliminating the need for the secondary sunshade altogether
-that i had that dude's umbrella when we got out of the hip hap show tonight.
leo--
That hip-hap show was super-duper.
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