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DiCesare Designs at Hakata Daimaru

DiCesare Umbrella Daimaru Hakata

I just got back from Hakata this weekend. I was there for a show at Daimaru Department Store. It’s much more common to see a woman using a parasol here than in Kanto.

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DiCesare Designs at Souvenir From Tokyo

DiCesare 傘 SFT 国立新美術館

We’re back again this spring with a special collection of umbrellas and parasols at Souvenir From Tokyo in The National Art Center, Tokyo! Showing now at the museum is a collection of art dealing with the subject of children from the Louvre.

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DiCesare Designs Sakura Parasol Debut!

DiCesare Sakura Parasol Hanway

The Sakura Parasol series made it’s debut at HANWAY in Roppongi Hills last week! It’s a wonderful shop with a wide variety of umbrellas to suit anyone’s style. If you are in Tokyo and you want to see the Sakura parasols in person head down to Roppongi Hills 4f Walk and check out this exclusive series.

 

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Rainy night Pumpkin Umbrellas in Tokyo

DiCesare Pumpkin umbrella train pumpkinbrella

This wonderful photo was taken on a rainy train platform in Tokyo by a good friend of mine Matias Lasarte. Sharing a Pumpkin umbrella while waiting for a train on a rainy night brings out the romantic in all of us.

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J Wave Pumpkin Umbrella Collaboration

DiCesare Interview Jwave umbrella parasol

I went down to J Wave to do a promotion for a special Tokyo Premiere online Pumpkin Parasol campaign. I always enjoy working with J Wave and Andy Pompilio. because they are kind and a lot of fun to work with.

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DiCesare Designs at Omotessando Hills Event

ディチェザレデザイン あそび 表参道

This is a photo from a little show we participated in from Feb 17th to Feb 19th at Omotessando Hills called “Asobi”. It was a show featuring a lot of up and coming brands. Omotessando Hills is a great place for just such a show. There was even a live painting performance on the opening evening. Great night.

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Parashell Parasol Umbrellina in Venezia

DiCesare Designs parashell venice parasol

At this year’s Carnival in Venice, award-winning costume designer Tanja Shultz-Hess used the Parashell Frill as a headpiece for a jaw-dropping costume called “Umbrellina”. A Kabocha Parasol was also used in the costume. It was wonderful to see the items in Venice with such a fantastical costume.

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DiCesare Designs Parasols at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo

DiCesare Designs parasol Tokyo Canadian Embassy

This year I’ve resolved to post more often. We’ll see how long that one lasts… The Sakura parasol made another appearance recently! Here’s a little photo of it at a show I recently had at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. Look out for it this Spring!

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Sakura Parasol Debut at RoomsRoom!

DiCesare Designs Roomsroom Sakura Parasol

Our booth at RoomsRoom has the Sakura parasol on display! We are also showing our SS08 collection here at Japan’s Premiere fashion trade show.

September 9-11, 2008

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Matsuya Ginza – 100 Umbrella Show

ディチェザレ 日傘 松屋 銀座 雨傘

Every year, Matsuya Ginza Department Store has Japan’s biggest umbrella show. It’s called the The “100 Umbrella Show” 松屋銀座 GINZAの百傘会. There’s nothing like it outside of Japan. The department store even hands hundreds of umbrellas in the air over the exhibition space in a special installation. A must see umbrella event.