I was carried along in a tide of mushroom people today. How ridiculous we look with our oversize hats on sticks. Which to me only heightens the comparison between pinstripe suits and pajamas.
There must be a marked opportunity for a metrosexual umbrella. Men’s umbrellas fall into one of three categories: -
- small black numbers dutifully purchased from M&S when they / their spouse / mother figure stocked up on underwear;
- throwaway flimsy versions sponsored by newspapers and bought on sodden impulse (to be regretted five minutes later)l
- golf umbrellas sponsored by the dullest companies imaginable.
Perhaps it’s an accessories thing. Perhaps that’s why women are more adventurous in their choice of hat on a stick. Hmm. Which leads me on to scarves. Which is the point at which I should probably.…
