What you see here is the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic, a.k.a. the only time Americans shield themselves from a tan with parasols. The event is part polo match, part high-class picnic, and for five straight years, it has offered yuppies in the tri-state area a welcome excuse to dress up, drink outdoors, and watch a handsome man named Nacho Figueras jump on a horse and swing around a mallet.
The part we'd like to call to your attention, however, is neither the hot athlete slash model nor the fact that his team is called The Black Watch. Nope; it is (surprise!) the food.
This year, Veuve asked Ben Towill and Phil Winser of NYC's Fat Radish and Montauk's Ruschmeyer's to create the event's custom picnic baskets. And man, are these baskets rocking the foodie buzz words. Each $130 basket includes:
On trend old chaps, on trend.
In case your vibe is less "party like a prep star" and more "party in my backyard," here are a few ideas from Towill for a picnic for four this weekend:
--Danielle Walsh
Photographs courtesy Veuve Clicquot