Hope you don't mind a lady popping into this thread... or me, anyway.
I like the look of a cane, though I think of it as more Victorian or steampunk than Golden Age vintage. I also have ongoing issues with my left foot: I don't limp at the moment, but I have before (rather gruesomely, actually) and do occasionally if I've had a bad day or taken a spill or whatever.
But were they EVER really used by ladies or is that more of a Marlene Deitrich sort of menswear-chic look? Or should I get a reinforced, solid, non-folding umbrella/parasol?
I like the look of a cane, though I think of it as more Victorian or steampunk than Golden Age vintage. I also have ongoing issues with my left foot: I don't limp at the moment, but I have before (rather gruesomely, actually) and do occasionally if I've had a bad day or taken a spill or whatever.
But were they EVER really used by ladies or is that more of a Marlene Deitrich sort of menswear-chic look? Or should I get a reinforced, solid, non-folding umbrella/parasol?