Umbrella in the film Hello Dolly

In the film Hello Dolly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Dolly!_%28film%29) , Barbra Streisand looks beautiful in the outfits from costume designer Irene Sharaff, and many of these ensembles were topped of with a beautiful frilled period style umbrella. 

If you get yourself one of these frilly umbrellas, you will have a stylish umbrella to bring glamour the rain

Lemon Yellow Scalloped Frill Umbrella - also available in fabulous black colour

FUN FACT: While making of HELLO, DOLLY! (1969), Walter Matthau told Barbra Streisand that she had "no more talent than a butterfly's fart." 

It’s Festival Season – but what are this year’s must have items?

Article from Flux Magazine: 

http://www.fluxmagazine.com/index.php/music/its-festival-season/

It’s that time of year again – festival season. If you’re off abroad to one of those fancy-pants new European festivals with guaranteed sun then you can back lightly.

Back in dear old blighty the age old problem rears its ugly head – the British weather. It’s a beast of a thing to try and predict at the best of times and as for the last few summers, well the less said the better.

So it’s time to hit the Met Office website on a daily basis and listen to all sorts of strange predictions from friends and family – see if cows are sitting or rolling in nearby fields, anything that might give you a clue what you might need to bring with you to your favoured festival. In this country it could easily be bikini and shorts weather or gollashes and jumpers.

We reckon it’s best to be prepared. British festivals don’t need much rain for thousands of feet to churn up that nice green field into a lake of mud. So wellies are the order of the day. Fail to pack a pair of these at your own peril – up to your ankles in mud in plimsolls is not a good look. 

We’ve got some great recommendations for rubberised footwear that should suit all pockets and sensibilities. These cute little spotty ones are pretty much ladies only. The Tottie Laced Front Wellingtons are cute and girly and keep the brown stuff off your toes as you’re cheering on your favourite band. 

Now if you’re expecting some serious mud and you’d like to be able to run, skip and jump through the biggest lake of brown sludge then you need some serious wellies and we reckon we’ve found them. The Upland Zip Neoprene Lined Wellingtons have side zips and are lined to keep your toes warm. What more can be said? 

Now you’ve got your footwear sorted time to think about what you’re going to eat and drink. The myriad of food stalls might seem enticing but eating at them each day will cost you a small fortune and not do you much good. We say stock up at the nearest market with fresh food and take it with you. You can still look the part as you save yourself cash and get to stay healthy. There are some great looking anodized boxes and flasks from Sigg that will keep your stuff fresh and this handy little fold up cutlery set will no doubt prove invaluable.

One last thing you should be without is of course a trusty umbrella. You may pray and hope for sun but this is Britain so be prepared. This Fulton Open and Close Superslim Umbrella in black is nice quality and folds up neatly for when the sun does decide to show. Now you’re all suitably attired and equipped all that’s left to do is soak up the atmosphere gurn along to your favourite act.