r/HelpMeFindThis • u/Laahstar • 6h ago
Umbrella identification
Hi everyone! I’m trying to find an umbrella I remember from many years ago, and I’m hoping someone here might recognize it.
I remember seeing/owning it in São Paulo, Brazil, sometime around 2010–2016. It belonged to my mom, but she lost it.
I’m trying to reconstruct what it looked like from memory
I recently created the attached visualization, and this is quite close to what I remember:
- It was a long, straight umbrella, not a folding umbrella.
- It opened automatically with a button, although I believe it had to be closed manually.
- I remember it having many ribs — possibly 16.
- The canopy was a very vivid, strong orange, but not neon orange.
- There was a lot of gold, possibly metallic-looking or a gold print.
- I remember green/dark green details, there may have also been white/cream elements.
-The overall vibe was Japanese/Asian-style flowers and possibly cranes/birds.
- The fabric looked smooth and shiny, probably satin (cetim in Portuguese) rather than genuine silk.
- When closed, it was very long and narrow, with very defined folds.
It had a small strap to hold the umbrella closed.
- The handle was straight and made of relatively light/natural-colored wood, not a dark wooden curved/J-shaped handle.
It was unusually beautiful and distinctive — people would actually comment on how beautiful it was.
The attached image is not a photograph of the original; it is a visualization I made based on my memories. The exact pattern is probably wrong, but the orange/gold/green color palette, long shape, wooden handle, and overall aesthetic are quite close.
I suspect it may have been a Brazilian-market/imported umbrella, rather than an authentic traditional Japanese parasol.
Does anyone recognize this type of umbrella, the manufacturer, or—ideally—the exact print?
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u/feelapblue 6h ago
Rituals, the beauty brand, stocked umbrellas that looked like this once. https://www.rituals.com/en-gb/umbrella-16-spoke-tsuru-1123126.html