The strap is way too short to put your head thru it like the picture shows, but it will hang off your shoulder securly if you are wearing epaulets for the strap to catch on.
I purchased this because it is masculine and it has a strap, otherwise I'd walk off and forget it if it wasn't strapped to me.

One more thing...when I use this umbrella, I always get comments from strangers, and I was even stopped by the police once! HA!