Wherever it is you are going to lounge this weekend, be it by a pool, a lake, or the sea, only one thing stylistically matters: your Instagram photos. Seriously, some of you may be thinking, “I’m going to be chasing after kids, I don’t have time for sexy swimsuits!” Or maybe, “I am going to be sweating over a hot grill, why does what I look like matter?” Let me tell you, it does matter, because your are a queen every day, and you need to rule the fourth.
Even if you are lying on a cheap chaise lounge from Wegmans on a patch of asphalt, there are three things you must abide by this fourth of July:
- Stay Cool
- Look Cool
- Be Cool
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Seaside Living Round Lemon Stripe Beach Towel (Kohls) -
Matte Black Round Sunglasses (Target)
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Lilly Pulitzer Let’s Cha Cha Sunshade (Pottery Barn Kids) -
ban.do Rose Parade Sip Tip Tumbler (Bloomingdales)
Utilize the props above, but, here’s the key: it’s all in your head. Even if you are just on that patch of asphalt, you need to be posed in your one piece with poise that says I deserve to be fanned by scantily clad volunteers and fed grapes in the same fashion. It’s your fourth of July! Live it the way you want, no mind to circumstance.
So until I get approval for the cabana daybed of my dreams at my parents’ lakehouse, I’ll be likewise: lying in a Lilly Pulitzer sunshade with my niece Virginia, and the picture will be amazing.