Get 始める，決める for a long hot summer... with one of these stylish parasols that will bring sun and fun to your home

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Finally, it's summer. And if it's anything like last year, it could be an 絶対の scorcher. Long days spent in the garden beckon, but 炎ing sun doesn't just warm you, it can 燃やす before you know it.

We're all a lot more aware of the dangers of sun 損失 than we used to be: from painful 燃やすs to premature 肌 ageing, and the 可能性のある for 癌s.

全体にわたる, the best defence is shade. And for that, there's nothing like a good garden parasol. Don't worry: they don't have to be the tired and tatty items you find in pub beer gardens.?

有望な stuff: The 'Poppy' by East London Parasols whose 特別奇襲隊員 are 手渡す-（手先の）技術d in workshops in Britain, Bali and India

They can be beautiful, playful or antique ― so long as they throw some 影をつくる／尾行する over you, they're doing their 職業.

あへん on the King's Road in Chelsea is laden with treasures, both antique and new from Rajasthan. You find yourself stepping over worn marble statues of the elepha nt god, Ganesha, baskets of steel lassi cups, and newly woven fabrics.

The shop's owner, Tracy Kitching, goes to India on 正規の／正選手 buying trips to see what turns up. And while there, she 監督するs the 生産／産物 of the shop's line in 手渡す-printed parasols.

'We use many 封鎖するs for the designs, so each one is unique,' says Tracy. 'What's lovely with 封鎖する print is that when you're underneath the parasol, it's like you're sitting in a decorated Indian テント. It's not just 保護するing you from the sun, but visually 控訴，上告ing.

'A parasol brings something beautiful and whimsical to your garden, offsetting your lawn and your flowers. It's a 焦点の point for socialising and dining.'

熱帯の: あへん's palm print. The King's Road company's parasols 範囲 in price from £145 to £275

あへん's parasols 範囲 in price from £145 to £275.

If you want something new and pretty, then take a look at East London Parasols. They are 手渡す-（手先の）技術d in workshops in Britain, Bali and India.?

The company 創立者, Lucy Ferguson, fell in love with parasols when she was living in southern India and saw them used during 宗教的な 祝賀s.?

She now 雇うs craftsmen in Bali to 手渡す-make 類似の pieces for the European market.

'Each Balinese 一連の会議、交渉／完成する bamboo parasol is made in 20 separate 行う／開催する／段階s,' she says. 'From cutting the spokes from bamboo 政治家s to threading the tassels for the fringing'

She's keen on making her 会社／堅い socially responsible, too. 'We use 維持できる 急速な／放蕩な-growing bamboo and durian 支持を得ようと努めるd.?

'And making these parasols gives work to communities of people. The 伝統的な gold lotus design on our Balinese 一連の会議、交渉／完成する bamboo parasols is painted by 手渡す, it's a work of art.'

Vogue called her 会社／堅い 'a sustainably conscious brand that reimagines the colourful parasols of India and Bali and brings them to our own gardens'.?

They are vivid and vibrant. A lot of use is made of tassels that will waft in the 微風, 追加するing a touch of gentle movement to a 蒸し暑い afternoon. There's also a 範囲 of complementary cushions made in Rajasthan.

The 一連の会議、交渉／完成する Balinese parasols, 含むing canopy and 政治家, 手段 2.3 metres across and start at £399. A supporting base in carved bamboo costs from £185.

If that's a little 法外な and you want something simpler to keep the sun from your 注目する，もくろむs, John 吊りくさび's aluminium 勝利，勝つd-up parasol in a fetching olive green features a useful 機械装置 to take the heave out of putting the canopy up, and a 攻撃するing 共同の so you can angle the parasol to shade you as the sun moves.?

The にわか雨-抵抗力のある canopy 対策 2.7 metres across and it all costs £79.

Alternatively, Ikea sells an array of sun shades that seem to 異なる only in small 詳細（に述べる）s.

Most fun の中で them is the ultra-cheap 立ち往生させる?n. At £17, it looks like it should be in a seafront ice-cream shop, in a polka-dotted lurid orange, and with a 政治家 that can be plugged straight into sand on a beach (or a separate base). Easily transportable too, it's one to pack up and go.

For something a little more 抑制するd, 長，率いる to Selfridges for a blue pin-（土地などの）細長い一片d parasol from the 適切な 指名するd 商売／仕事 & 楽しみ Co. for £500.

No one seems sure when 正確に／まさに the humble garden umbrella became a parasol, but the choice has never been greater ― or more colourful.