Are you suggesting that olive drab would be too exciting for our quiet friends up north?

 

Having thought about this matter for about 30 seconds, after watching Frank Gehry on PBS, I would think your friend Andrea might consider some sort of dome-like structure matching the shape of the deployed parachute.  The parachute(s) would rest on this dome (or might be inflated from below by gigunda fans) in their deployed configuration,  similar to the way that costumes are displayed on a person-shaped mannequin, supporting the fabric in the shape it was intended to form.

 

Tell me how many ways this is wrong.  And I don't want to hear that Andrea doesn't have enough space.

 

Ralph