In my insatiable quest to find purveyors of all things over the top, I find an article about Swaine, Adeney, Briggs & Son of London and just take a gander at what they sold circa 1982. Why, oh why can't we bring some of those equestrian accessories back into fashion?
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/02/travel/outdoor-gear-for-milord-and-lady.html
Alas! Where am I ever going to find a child's christening hunting whip now? If only I had an elegant silver box designed for cucumber sandwiches, surely the picnic class would be mine!?! Woe is me. Swaine, Adeney, Briggs & Son: We still need holly driving whips and glove shampoo. After 250 years, why do you only stock unisex hunt shirts and stocks? Unisex? Seriously?
To visit what they sell nowadays without the trip to Piccadilly: http://www.swaineadeney.co.uk/ It is still worth a look. The umbrella I chose online- the Ladies' London Tan with hand stitched saddle leather handle runs a mere $860. If I added up all the money I spent on umbrellas that I consequently left on the Tube, a back of a chair in a bistro or in a dumpster because the wind caught and shredded them, I could maybe have bought 1/2 of this umbrella. The Swaine, Adeney, Briggs & Sons umbrellas keep the rain off Kate Middleton's silly little clip on hats, after all. And, I suppose, if you can spend $860 on an umbrella, you probably won't have to worry about leaving it on the Tube as much as forgetting it in the Roller. In which case you send Carson or Branson to fetch it.
Take some time for a day dream today.
Kind Regards,
Michelle Blackler
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