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Lindsay Sword's avatar

Best post of the summer, hands down. You have the best picnic wardrobe, so much good gingham and stripes and poplin! I love your collages, and I so wish we could all meet in Sheep’s Meadow with this feast and these friends!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you!! Your gingham post got us all in the mood!! A giant picnic with all my Substack buddies would truly be a dream come true.

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Emily Grady Dodge's avatar

AGREE

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Elin Strong's avatar

Please consider this my official RSVP.

Sogole! This was ridiculously good. I love the way you write about fashion and how your outfit formulas somehow always feel so refreshingly new. You’re a genius? And thank you so much for including me! In my dreams, this picnic party is real life — I’ll be seated in “The Clambake” but will need to make a quick outfit change into “The Pool Party” before dessert.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Elin thank you!! That means so much coming from a writing talent like you!! My dream is that we all meet up at a summer picnic or clambake one year!!

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Kelly Williams's avatar

The way your brilliant little brain works is so fun! You literally tied like 12 trends into one; BUTTER yellow (c’mon) and wicker and gingham. I am very obsessed with this idea of picnic core as the best summer vibe.

Also, I LOVE seeing YOUR outfits. The Onia suit and the Cara Cara dress! You are so chic.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Kelly!! Thank you friend! It was so fun to put together and I’m honestly relieved to have a summer dress code to refer to as it takes the stress out!! Butter yellow + baguette 🥖 brown forever…!

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Sydney's avatar

I agree!!!! It’s so nice to see your interpretations from your own closet Sogole, makes me think about how I can use my own clothes rather than just clicking purchase on something I don’t need!!!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Yes exactly!! Chances are we all own bits and pieces of “picnic core” and it’s such an easy way to bring that summer energy to life!!

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Annie Davenport's avatar

Ugh wish I saw this before the fourth! Great inspo.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you! But plenty of other fun summer events ahead I hope! Xx

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Reiko Megan's avatar

Way to bring the summer vibes! 🙌

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Yessss!! Now we just need to plan a giant picnic!! 🥖 🧈 🧺

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Harriet Hadfield's avatar

Genius! And i love allllll these looks!x

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you HH!! 😘

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Angharad Jones's avatar

Aaand now I want to attend a very stylish picnic. Excellent read as always, Sogole!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

You’re top of the invite list!! Thank you xx

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LESLIE T's avatar

This is sooo good and so perfectly summery, Sogole! I LOVE summer clothes for the ease and the casual-ness.....and I think it is easier to go classic with these summer patterns!!! Love the gingham, striped tees and your Suzie Kondi outfit. (I had the dress in that plaid on my TRR obsessions but someone snagged it before I could. I can't really wear red so all fine! But that is a GOOD plaid!!)

I love my Sarah Bray hat because is is A ginormous and B has the interchangeable ribbons! We are hat sisters! A Substack summer picnic with those recipes would be sooo fun! Happy Summer! XX

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you Leslie!! I agree that summer event dressing needs to be super easy and these codes help us!! I LOVE that you also have Sarah’s hat! She is a dear friend and I love seeing what she’s created. My dream is to one day host a giant IRL picnic for us all!! Would be such an epic party!! 🎉

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Asta / Aastha's avatar

Sogole, you are brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. I love how your mind works. SO good. This post is so good of course but just how you think about things is brilliant.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Oh my Asta THANK YOU! That’s so kind esp coming from you— bc I think YOU’RE brilliant with the way you always challenge us to think different about colors and styling. Thanks again!!

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Angie Uh's avatar

So fun! The outfits were great but the vibes were 💯I was vicariously at your picnic in my havaianas sipping wine and eating all the delicious food!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you Angie!! I love our virtual fashion picnic- maybe one day we can make it IRL!! 😘

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Jordyn Sharfe's avatar

love everything about this! picnic-core! corn dip! a lululemon crochet hat! gingham! feels like summer ✔️✔️✔️

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you! In my mind you are the queen of summer dressing with your adorable shorts and cutie tops so this means a lot coming from you!!

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Jordyn Sharfe's avatar

thanks so much Sogole! right back at you 🙂

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Maria Hyde's avatar

This is the perfect summer post!Love these themes, and your cookout outfit is my favourite! And those recipes… so so cute and fun!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you Maria!! A bit of fun and hopefully easiness for the summer festivities that lie ahead!! Xx

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Jennifer Klee's avatar

Wait wait wait. What is preppy porn? I LOVE the idea of making picnic core my summer dress code. Holy-doing it now. Love the recipes. Need the fish tote. Thank you so so much for including me and with such amazing company. Eeeek! ❤️🤍❤️🤍❤️

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Your recipe is top of my list to make. That yummy basil and cream cheese combo sounds divine!

Preppy porn = ⚓️ 🦀 🧭 🦞

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wantd's avatar

Okay literally obsessed (as always)!!! I literally can’t get dressed for the life of me for casual events and to your point it may be bc no dress code??? Will be referring back to this all summer!!! Also obsessed with your crawfish and pool party looks - the gingham is superb!!!!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Thank you ladies! That's EXACTLY it! The lack of any sort of dress code sends me into a tailspin, bc I could go any which way! Picnic-core = easy button! Thank youuuuuu for reading! xoxo

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vanessa Bogosian - Kellogg's avatar

obsessed with this post... and well, picnic core.

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Xoxo!!

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FINDS By Ginny's avatar

This is ridiculously amazing! Love the outfits, the gingham, the picnic, all the things!! What a gem!!

Everyone needs to read this.

I bought the Jcrew striped tee last week and can’t wait for it to arrive even more now!

And thank you so much for sharing my fruit edit! Your encouragement and support mean so so much to me. It’s a blessing. Thank you! 😊

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Oooooh! We need to see that tee when you get it! Thanks so much Ginny! So glad you liked this. Let’s all have a big giant picnic together!!!

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FINDS By Ginny's avatar

Yes, loved it so much. And yes, def need to have a giant picnic. I will bring some cards! 😊

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