How to Pick Apples

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

When: last Saturday // Weather: sunny and chilly // Real life: brunch, apple picking

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

^I identify with the runts.^

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

Madewell sweater, tan felt hat, plaid blanket scarf, apple picking outfit, shooties, mini backpack

If you’re new to apple picking, here’s what you need to know:

The most important thing – and I cannot stress this enough – is to wear a cute hat and scarf. If you don’t wear your new fall outfit and post a cliche Instagram pic of it, you might as well not even go apple picking. The process of picking your outfit should take longer than the process of picking apples.

Second, after you and your friends fill two giant bags with apples, go buy baking supplies and wine, and then bake stuff using 5% of the apples you picked, while drinking 100% of the wine.

Now if that’s not a fall day well spent, I don’t know what is.

Sweater // Boots (under $35) // Hat // Sunglasses // similar Scarf // similar Bag

Pre-Fallin’

striped midi skirt, d'orsay booties, shooties, mirrored Ray Ban aviators

When: first week of September // Weather: not fall yet // Real life: work, then out for Mexican

striped midi skirt, d'orsay booties, shooties, mirrored Ray Ban aviators

striped midi skirt, d'orsay booties, shooties, mirrored Ray Ban aviators

striped midi skirt, d'orsay booties, shooties, mirrored Ray Ban aviators

striped midi skirt, d'orsay booties, shooties, mirrored Ray Ban aviators

You know it’s late summer when you impulse-buy a new bathing suit and a pair of shooties in the same Target trip. (I don’t know if “shooties” is the official fashion term for these shoe/bootie hybrid things, but it sounds just obnoxious enough to be right.)

Speaking of pre-fall, let me just go on the record and say: If you want to drink your pumpkin spice latte when it’s still 85 degrees outside, do it. If you want to keep wearing jean shorts through October, do that. There is a special place in hell for women who don’t support other women, so I just want you to know – I support you, girl. And I hope you’ll support me when I’m wearing shooties on the beach.

similar Top // Skirt // Shoes // similar Bag // Sunglasses