Trend of the week: Picnic season

Inspiration

Nothing says ‘retro-inspired’ quite like a summer picnic: a gingham-lined wicker basket, glasses of Pimms, sandwiches without the crusts, bare feet on freshly cut grass.

Even Muccia Prada cottoned on to the reference for her autumn/winter 13 collection, translating the whimsical red and white check into the new Breton stripe.

Why not channel that Halcyon feeling with your own picnic-ready trousseaux.

We can’t promise there won’t be showers but we can promise you’ll look rather fetching!

Style Notes

* Add some rockabilly flair to a retro print dress with a leather jacket and pin tuck curls.

* Be playful with accessories and pair novelty cherry earrings with oversized sunnies.

* Show your style stripes by clashing classic Breton and edgy leopard prints.

* Top trans-seasonal tip? Invest in gingham now; wear into autumn/winter 13!