How to dress for festival season

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Dressing for festival season is possibly my favourite and least favourite thing of the year all rolled into one. The fashion that accompanies festivals is everything I love the most about clothes - a lot of fringing, embellishment, crazy makeup, hair accessories and layering! The downside is that I can never quite pull of the perfect festival look quite the way I would like to, which is why, three months in advance, I have started to plan my festival wardrobe. Slightly excessive? Possibly! Although in my eyes, completely necessary.

As anyone living in the UK will understand the Great British summer is, well, never really that 'great'; England sees a hell of a lot more days of rain and grey skies than it does sun. Therefore, the most important thing to remember when packing for a festival is to dress for all types of whether. The sun may be shining on day one, but it can be almost guaranteed that by day three the heavens will have opened and if you've packed nothing but shorts and vest tops you're going to find yourself very wet and very miserable. Meaning essential item number one is a coat! My festival coat of choice this year has got to be a parka; perfect for cooler days, however still light enough to wear for the full weekend regardless of if the sun decides to pop out for a couple of hours or you spend the full weekend trying to shelter yourself from the rain - a more likely option. Meaning, essential item number two has to be a pair of wellies! Regardless of if the festival fields are full of mud or not, a pair of wellies add to your look and give you the perfect festival attire. The high street is full of wellies with a variety of different patterns with an accompanying price that won't break the bank. However, if you're willing to pay that extra bit more, a pair of Hunters are a perfect investment piece (if like me you attempt to visit at least one festival a year) and will make you look like a festival pro! Not to mention they'll also see you through the winter months once festival season has come to an end and the streets are lined with 6 inches of snow.

Practicality is essential at a festival, so when packing your bag be sure to leave out anything that may cause problems when it comes to using the port-a-loos! Yes, playsuits, i'm looking at you. While playsuits may at first seem like a good festival outfit, when it comes to needing the toilet they become a problem even at the best and most convenient of times, not to mention when you're trying to maneuver yourself in and out of one in a festival toilet while avoiding the sides and performing a balancing act with all your essentials that just have to be taken down to the arena, you know, just in case! Stick to shorts ladies, much more practical and you still end up looking great!

Being a girl it is only expected that we're going to need to pack our bag with a smaller bag, albeit one still big enough to fill with a number of things that are essential for down at the arena (these things usually include the not-so-essential makeup, three different types of perfume, and a number of extra accessories and hair products). Therefore, a big, slouchy, fringed bag becomes festival essential number four. Stick to those which can be easily thrown around your body and that secure well, no one wants the burden of carrying a bag in the crook of their arm for a weekend when everyone else is out there having fun.

Top off and perfect your festival look with a crochet waistcoat, a bunch of fashion jewelry (nothing too expensive, you can never prepare yourself for things getting lost at a festival), a floral headband (perfect for the final day when even dry shampoo can't save your hair!), a pair of sunnies, and a lot of neon paint and you're good to go. I think i'm finally ready for festival season and I can't wait!