For the last seven months or so we’ve been treated to enlightening — okay, eyebrow raising — topics on the world around us. From petting animals to walking, Know What’s Fucking Crazy? is a hodgepodge of musings on the everyday craziness around us. To get a taste of the kind of random subjects KWFC? brainchild Jake […]

Most umbrellas have the personality of a spoon — ever functional, but infinitely plain and unremarkable. But if you’re the type of person who likes his accessories to have some bite, then you may want to check out Archer Adams London‘s Westminster Umbrella. Fashioned with a silver-plated handle and of quality materials — including Swarovski […]

A new series of luxury umbrellas from typically couture French designers Jean Paul Gaultier and Guy de Jean, all patterns lifted from Gaultier’s always famed runway collection. Ranging in price from $70-$160, some of the umbrellas have Gaultier’s logo as their image while other use his signature navy blue stripes. Pick them up at Opening […]

I actually love rainy days. Something about the gloom sets my brainwaves in a warm and thoughtful vibration, and other than wet socks I see no downside to rain whatsoever. Of course I live in Los Angeles, where we get about  7 days of rain per year. If I lived in the Pacific Northwest, I […]

This Samurai Umbrella is brilliant in its simplicity and pretty straightforward in execution. When it rains you can traipse around the city like a fancy lad afraid of drops falling on your head, but when it dries up store the umbrella over your back like Toshiro Mifune all drunk and angry like. Who needs a […]

So, here’s the thing about the Japanese…they strive for efficiency. To be Japanese is to work hard and waste no time doing so. For that reason, I’m not shocked to see a product like the Stand Umbrella come out of the land of the rising sun. What can be more efficient than than an umbrella […]