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(Bumbershoot as in umbrella, not the Seattle arts & music festival.)

According to Esquire magazine, The Proper Umbrella for “a grown man” costs anywhere from $50 to $775. Brooks Brothers sells a plaid ‘brelly at the low end of the range. For mere multiple hundreds of dollars more, Briggs offers a plain, black model.

If, as Esquire advises, an umbrella is “an investment”, okay, I can see spending $50. But $775? Are they freakin’ kidding?