Which one are you right now?

Meet the five ↓
Meet the five ↓

Sirca85 makes hand-crafted parasols inspired by Japanese philosophy. Five designs. Five ways of being. The first collection is being decided right now, by you.

Only the designs you choose get made.

We made samples of all five designs. The first production run goes to the design with the most votes. Tap "This one is me" under your favorite design. Your email is your vote, and voters get first access when the winning design arrives.

Ships this season. The five designs are below.

Ensō · the open circle

A circle drawn in one breath — a single brushstroke, left open on purpose. This is the one for lovers of a single bold statement, and for the new chapter.

We carry it for the days we feel whole and still becoming.

Ma · the space between

The beauty of empty space — a single branch leans off-center, and the quiet around it does half the work. For the minimalist who finds luxury in what’s left out.

We carry it for the seasons we make space for ourselves.

Scars made golden, so the cracks become the most beautiful part. For everyone who has rebuilt — and came back stronger.

We carry it for everything we’ve survived and stopped hiding.

Kintsugi · repaired with gold

Beauty that keeps its voice low. The seigaiha waves carry an ancient blessing: calm seas, good fortune, peace that repeats like the tide.

We carry it for the days we have nothing to prove.

Shibui · quiet confidence

Where what we love, what we’re good at, what the world needs, and what sustains us all meet. Four circles overlap, and the center holds.

We carry it for the mornings we wake up certain.

Ikigai · reason for being

From the founder

Why a parasol

It started with a parasol I bought at a music festival in San Diego, where I was living at the time. I held it and had to have it. When I opened it, it stretched wide and felt solid, like a perfectly oversized version of the little umbrella in a tiki drink. It got me through the festival sun, and when I moved back home to Florida years later, it came with me. I cherished it that much.

Then it mostly sat. Until one brutally hot day, facing a long walk with no shade, I finally brought it out. In fifteen minutes I got four compliments from the most random, diverse mix of people. And I beat the Florida sun the whole way. That walk made my day.

Around that time, I'd been pouring myself into a serious brand of mine, and I felt a calling to create something lighter, more joyful, something I could put into the world. The parasol came back to me. And when I sat with it, I wondered: hey, why doesn't everyone living in this heat have one of these? When I went looking for one worth ordering, nothing felt like me. So I decided to make them myself: beautiful, considered, and carrying meaning worth holding over your head.

— Priscilla

The details

Each hand-made parasol pairs a bamboo frame with a polyester canopy, printed edge to edge with one of the five designs. The canopy opens to 84 centimeters across—and the name rounds up, because circa has always meant near.

The Japanese collection: $89–99. The design with the most votes goes into production and ships this season. Voters order first.

Photography of the samples coming soon.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • A parasol is made for the sun. Lighter materials, carried open for shade and beauty. An umbrella is made for rain, built to seal out water. Sirca85 makes parasols: companions for bright (and hot) days.

  • Yes, that's the whole point of it. The canopy sits between you and the sun and blocks the direct light and heat from reaching your skin. It's the same reason any shade works, and you feel it the moment you step under one: the direct sun is off you, and the air in the shade it casts is noticeably cooler.

  • Yes, and they're making a comeback. Parasols were everyday items in much of the world for centuries, and they never left places like Japan and parts of Asia. As more of us pay attention to sun exposure and staying cool, the parasol is finding its way back into daily life.

  • I chose polyester for the sun. It holds color against bright light and resists the fading that would dull a natural fabric over a season of bright days. So your design stays vivid. It also keeps each parasol light to carry and easy to care for.

  • "Sirca" comes from the letters hidden inside the founder's name, Priscilla, and it echoes circa, meaning "around," like a circle. The 85 is her birth year. Even the logo is a circle left open, because we're each whole already, and still becoming.

  • Sirca85 is based in Florida, where the sun gives us plenty of reasons to carry a parasol.

  • The design with the most votes goes into production first and ships this season. Voting on a design puts you first in line—and first to know when it's ready.