VIVI SKY Pagoda Peak Old-fashionable Ingenuity Umbrella Parasol (Ivory)

I received my purple pagoda umbrella today and so far I'm very happy with it. It seems to have sturdy construction and is of beautiful styling. Overall, I would recommend this umbrella as a sun parasol. I've yet to see it perform in the rain so I'll update this review when I do. As for a fashionable walking stick as one might like an umbrella to function as, there's this strange springiness to the frame that inhibits its sturdiness for such a function. I think that is the result of the pagoda style of the umbrella, the construction springs out to create the shape of the style.First, a description. The shaft and handle are black as well as the fourish inch tip. The ribbing on the inside is also black. Each panel is bordered by cream piping with black polkadots. The panel themselves are purple, the exact color in person quite well matches the website photo. The snap is silver on a band of the same purple fabric. The handle is wrapped in black, leather-like material with strong stitching.The umbrella came wrapped in a plastic sleeve which was easy to take off. The handle also had a plastic wrapping on it like a candy cane.The umbrella isn't as smooth to operate as one would like. The mechanism for locking the umbrella into a folded or open position is that of a basic umbrella, but the push to activate it is no more than a plastic tab! I don't like this, it really detracts from the quality of the build. Opening the umbrella is easy enough, it snaps well into its pagoda shape. But closing it take some extra effort to get it to snap.In terms of blocking sunlight, this parasol does it wonderfully. I look forward to using this all summer.Again, I will update this review once I've gotten more milage with this umbrella. I'll keep y'all posted.Update: I haven't tried this in the rain (stupid drought :( ) but I got the black umbrella too and it's just as nice (if not more versatile) as the purple one. It's the same in every way, including the piping, except of course for the canopy color. I can recommend both the purple and the black versions of this umbrella!

These umbrellas are beautiful and well made. We are using them in one of our theatre productions that needs a stage full of umbrellas that catch your eye. I'm sure they work fine as an actual umbrella as well.

I purchased this umbrella to use during a World War II airfield event in Reading Pennsylvania. It went perfect with my period dress and was great to keep the sun off and the rain. Everyone commented on how cute it looked.

Beautiful, it is perfect!

This is a beautiful parasol, it’s dainty but well made and has some weight to it. It’s just big enough for a normal size person, you can squeeze two small children underneath if needed. With that said the handle is so skinny and dainty that you really can’t man handle it. It’s really a beautiful piece, also light wind and water resistant. It doesn’t look like it would buckle under wind pressure easily. Thank you !

I probably buy more parasols on Amazon than any of their other customers! I’m a medical aesthetician and I completely stay out of the sun. This parasol is so pretty. The first day I used it I got compliments on it. It’s not compact, so keep that in mind, but I don’t care it is just so well-made and truly, so beautiful it doesn’t look like an umbrella, it looks like a parasol and it looks very feminine.

It's even cuter "in-person". I LOVE IT!

did not realize there were polka dots on it, but very cute, the polka dots might even make it cuter! i’ve only used it once so far but it kept me totally out of the rain