The Loro Piana Cashmere Umbrella, a Rain Umbrella in 100% Cashmere on a Maple-Wood Handle, and What Actually Keeps the Water Out

The Loro Piana Cashmere Umbrella uses 100% cashmere woven in 3 layers, sealed with the house’s own Storm System® membrane. The handle is smooth maple wood, the opening is manual, and the radius when open is 65 cm. It is made in Italy under reference FAQ2178 and sells for USD 1,750 on Loro Piana’s US store.

What the Umbrella Is Made Of, From Canopy to Handle

Every line below comes from the brand’s own product page, with nothing estimated on top:

All specifications from the brand’s product page
Source — Loro Piana

Does 3 Woven Layers Mean 3 Separate Panels Stitched Together?

No. The brand says the cashmere is woven in 3 layers, which describes the structure of the cloth itself rather than panels sewn on top of each other. That is where this umbrella parts ways with an ordinary one at the raw-material stage, because cashmere is a wool normally kept for coats and scarves, not for rain.

Storm System® Is a Membrane Sealed Into the Cloth, Not a Spray on Top of It

Loro Piana states that the canopy is sealed with a Storm System® membrane, the house’s own name for its water barrier. A membrane sits with the cloth rather than coating its surface, which is what separates it from a finish that wears off with use. The product page gives no numerical water-resistance rating.

How Many Colours Are Actually Sold, and Do They Match the Post?

The US store lists 2: Chestnut/Kummel and Navy Blue/Kummel. The brand does not name the outer and inner colours separately, so the lining colour cannot be confirmed from the product page, and both colourways currently show as out of stock.

The Maple Handle and the Manual Opening Come as a Pair

The handle is a single length of smooth maple, and the umbrella opens by hand with no button. On a full-length umbrella those 2 things travel together, because an automatic spring needs a hollow steel shaft to run through, while a solid wooden handle serves as grip and central shaft at once.

Manual or Automatic, What Changes in Daily Use?

An automatic opens with one hand, which matters when you are stepping out of a car. A manual has fewer moving parts and therefore fewer places to fail, and a full-length frame like this one doubles as a walking stick on dry days, which is why the shape has survived at all.

A 65 cm Radius, and How Much Ground It Actually Covers

The 65 cm radius the brand quotes makes the canopy 130 cm across from edge to edge, or roughly 1.33 square metres of shade. That is enough for one person carrying a bag, or 2 people walking genuinely close together.

Area calculated by the Tid Rhoo team from the radius the brand states, treating the canopy as a flat circle. The real canopy curves downward, so the ground it covers is slightly smaller than this figure.

Next to the Other Designer Umbrellas We Have Covered, What Changes?

Most of the umbrellas gathered in our designer umbrella round-up sell on the pattern printed across the canopy, the Louis Vuitton Monogram umbrella among them with Monogram over the full panel. This one sells on the fibre instead, and its canopy carries no pattern at all.

The Price Quoted Comes From the US Store, Not a Thai Shelf

The official figure we could verify is USD 1,750 on the brand’s US store. The figure of about THB 52,600 in circulation works out to a rate near 30.1 baht to the dollar, below the current rate. Loro Piana runs no Thai online store, so a baht figure is a currency conversion rather than a local shelf price, and anyone serious should ask in store.

An Umbrella Sold on Its Cloth Rather Than on Its Pattern

For a reader after a rain accessory that reads as expensive without a logo to decode, this one keeps everything in the material: the cashmere fibre, the membrane sealed into the cloth, and the single piece of maple. · Read our designer umbrella round-up and the Louis Vuitton Monogram umbrella next to compare it against the alternatives.