August is here, and what better way to celebrate the remaining days of summer than with a picnic? Wow your friends with these classy essentials, emphasizing warm-weather materials like wicker and linen. Up your mood by sporting reds, pinks, oranges and yellows — the colors of a summer sunset. Go beyond the traditional picnic basket with a portable cooler and a fun lantern-speaker combo. Then cap off your afternoon with a game of croquet to, as they say in the Big Easy, laissez les bons temps rouler!
- Wicker Picnic Basket | $244.97 (sale price) | Williams Sonoma
- Paint + Petals Picnic Blanket | $79.95 (sale price) | Anthropologie
- Amish-Made Croquet Set | $229 (plus shipping) | Houzz
- Rolling Cooler | $269 | CB2
- Multicolor Party Fans | $24.95 (set of 8) | Paper Source
- Uma Sound Lantern by Pablo Designs | $479 | Design Within Reach
- Gardenia Candle | $65 | A Mano, Georgetown
BONUS: What to Wear!

Margot Colorblock Shirt | Dress | $440

Hat Attack Wide-Brim Boater | $79 | Club Monaco