Umbrella's acceptance rose slowly

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 16, 1990 | Copyright information

An umbrella is part of the uniform of the well-dressed British businessman, but at one time the device was shunned in England as a "French parasol."

It was James Hanway, a traveler and fastidious dresser, who, according to an article in Victoria, made the umbrella fashionable in England.

In the 1750s, he adopted the outlandish practice of carrying an umbrella in the streets of London, primarily, according to his valet, to protect his wig. For a while, umbrellas were referred to as "hanways."

Umbrellas quickly became popular with the "walking gentry," in spite of a feeling that carrying ...

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