I look forward to the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic every single year. It’s started to feel a bit like it is the unofficial kickoff to summer. An all-day affair… and more importantly, the greatest excuse to put on something fabulous and drink champagne in the sunshine with some of your closest girlfriends. Is there anything better? Leading up to the event, I’d been rather nervous about the weather… the forecast was predicting rain, which would have been such a bummer. Lucky for us, the weather held up and we had a perfect (very boozy, natch) day of blue skies and sunshine… I even got a little bit of a tan! This was my third time attending. It’s fun having a blog as I can easily look back upon past polo adventures… here are my posts (and outfits) from 2015 and 2014!
Speaking of wearing something fabulous… I wore this awesome ombré green dress from Banana Republic and this epic headpiece from Hat&Love by Cherubina (a super cool Spanish company that makes the greatest hats) and my go-to block heel sandals from J.Crew – comfy and easy to walk in on the grass.
My sunglasses are Karen Walker.
If you go to polo next year, I have a few quick tips…
- Be sure to wear comfortable footwear. Once you step off the ferry, it’s a fifteen minute walk to the grounds. Stick to flats or very comfortable heels. And no stilettos… you’ll be walking on grass!
- Bring LOTS of sunscreen. This was the first year where I didn’t get a sunburn. On that note, stick to a simple neckline… last year I ended up with a horrible bow tan line on my back as my dress had a bow in the back!
- Bring cash as there are amazing food trucks! They take credit cards but the machines can be slow.
Yummy (on brand!) snacks…
And there was pink jenga!
Obviously the giant checkerboard required a mini photo shoot of its own. Don’t worry… the bottle was empty! 😉
That skyline!!! Gets me every time. A big thanks to Veuve Clicquot for having us… I loved being your guest!
I loved all your snaps and the color of your dress couldn’t have been more perfect. Bucket list event for sure 🙂 I should probably make it happen sooner rather than later!
Wow!! Looks like an amazing event! I love the champagne too! 🙂
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The setup of the snacks looks so pretty! And that dress looks beautiful on you 🙂
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Every year, I see photos from this event and think that I want to go the next year…but then it sneaks up on me again lol. Looks like so much fun and love that green dress!
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Sam
It seems like you had a great time! I hope to attend one day! Love that dress too!!
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What a gorgeous day! Beautiful dress too!
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So cute! Loving all of the amazing images you captured!
Loved this post… and the more candid snaps of you!
too cute! love!
love! this is definitely on my new york bucket list. one of these days!!!!
Love, love, love! Such fun photos. Love the one of you on the checkerboard and what a dreamy skyline.
Loved getting a look back at your past Polo posts. While I don’t have a blog, I would imagine that it’s fun to have a little visual history of past events, etc! Thanks for sharing. One of these days I will get to polo!!!!