Picnicking is all the rage among people craving socially-distant company — and these 7 accessories will help you host the most luxurious al fresco feast

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• Picnicking has become extremely popular as the pandemic continues to disrupt social life and travel.
• Picnics can be done in local parks, and being outside makes it easy to adhere to social distancing measures, in comparison to house parties or traveling to tourist hotspots.
• But just because picnics are often quaint and local doesn't mean they can't be luxurious.
• High-end picnicking products can help make any summer brunch feel like a 5-star vacation.

Picnics are cool again, and it has everything to do with social distancing.

Suddenly, local clean-cut lawns, cold glasses of rosé, wooden baskets, and charcuterie boards with pricey cheeses are more desirable than crowded tourist spots and sweaty clubs.

Spending time in the great outdoors, where people can more easily spread out at a safe distance from each other, also lessens the risk of catching COVID-19, according to science.

And if you really put your mind (and your imagination) to it, picnics in the local park can be just as luxurious as yachting Saint-Tropez.

Here are our picks for the best high-end picnic accessories, to help turn a quaint summer brunch into an extravagant yet intimate outing.

Note: It's important to bear in mind that because your risk of infection primarily has to do with how close you get to people, and for how long you're close to them, any sustained social interaction (whether indoors or outdoors) does come with some amount of risk.