The luxury picnic — the hamper on the lawn at Glyndebourne, the blanket spread below the Provençal lavender at a vineyard estate, the private beach picnic at a Maldives resort — is an occasion that sits at the most relaxed end of the dressed occasion spectrum while still requiring a wardrobe that responds to the setting's quality. Natural linen in natural colourways is the most at-home it will ever be.

The outdoor luxury context. The luxury picnic takes place in a natural outdoor setting — the lawn, the vineyard, the beach, the hillside meadow. The wardrobe that belongs here responds to the environment: natural fabric in natural colourways, the opposite of anything formal or overly constructed. A PP linen shirt in white or a warm earth tone with linen shorts and leather sandals or barefoot. The most relaxed version of the PP wardrobe.

For the Glyndebourne picnic. The opera interval picnic on the Glyndebourne lawn — one of the most specifically British luxury picnic occasions, where evening dress or equivalent is typical for the opera and the picnic takes place between acts. A PP linen shirt in white or navy with linen trousers and a PP shoe from the collection carries the Glyndebourne interval — more composed than the beach picnic but still essentially outdoor and relaxed.

For the vineyard picnic. The lunch under the vines at a Provençal, Tuscan, or Napa estate — the occasion that PP's collection is genuinely at home in. A PP linen shirt in a warm earth tone or natural with linen shorts or trousers, leather sandals. For women: a PP ladies linen set in a warm natural or earth tone.

For the resort beach picnic. The private beach picnic at a Maldives or Seychelles resort — the most luxurious and most naturally relaxed version. White PP linen over natural swim shorts, barefoot or leather sandals.

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