Do's and Don'ts of Festival Fashion - Access Creative (2024)

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What not to wear to a festival? ›

Don't attempt to wear suede, fur or leather. They will not work well with heat, rain or spilt drinks. A festival is just not the time or place for heavy layers so maybe keep these fabrics for your accessories like bags. Don't even try and wear anything with a heel.

When choosing clothing for an event, consider the occasion's formality, venue, time of day, and dress code. Select pieces that suit these factors to ensure you're appropriately dressed.

Festivals can be notoriously hot and humid. You'll probably be sweaty, which will make your hair sweaty too. Some hats will trap this sweat and leave you feeling even worse. So, look for hats with good ventilation.

Rain Poncho or Light Rain Jacket

We would always recommend the thicker waterproof version which are made to last. They fold away nice and small and tend to have a little bag for storage. They can be used over and over for many festivals to come.

"The best way to plan an outfit for a festival is to take your own personal style and meld it with something bohemian or rock and roll or something with a '60s feel," says Patrickson. "It's just taking your regular style and pushing it to the next level."

Generally speaking, summer music festivals can be hot, sweaty, and long. That's why we recommend dressing in layers. Your base layer should be a cute, soft, and comfortable bralette. Wearing a bralette for a top is perfect for festival wear because it is lightweight, sexy, playful, and fits the mood.

Put It on the Invitation

The simplest way to tell your guests what they're expected to wear is to put a dress code in the invitation. There is a time-honored glossary of dress-code wording short enough to include on invitations, or on a card inserted with the invitation.

-Shorts and Hoodie

Hoodies are a firm festival favourite. They look great, feel great and are perfect for when the temperature drops a little. With a nice hood to help keep the cold away or during sunny periods this can be used to help protect from the sun. Might get a little warm though.

With the excitement, new people, party atmosphere, booze and more, it is lose track of your normal self and engage in new activities. When it comes to sex, most festival organisers recommend people bring condoms with them.

On the no side, some of the arguments included the following: hats create a less safe environment because it is harder to identify someone with a hat, hats create a distraction during class and can hide a student who is not paying attention, hats promote the proliferation of lice, and removing your hat is a sign of ...

How do you wear jeans to a festival? ›

Jean Shorts with Hoodie or Vest Top

Alternatively men can throw on a funky short sleeve festival top and women could grab a crop top. Jeans really are so very easy when it comes to creating an outfit.

When you want to get cleaned up, just put on a bathing suit and pour some water over your head. Wash your hair and let the water and shampoo run down and rub it in a little so that you can simultaneously clean your hair and body without wasting too much water. Then use the water jug to wash your face off.

Makar Sankranti is one of the rare Hindu festivals in which people wear black clothes. Usually, black is considered inauspicious, but two beliefs call for wearing black on this occasion. The first belief says since it is still cold in mid-January, people must wear black as it absorbs heat and keeps them warm.

On auspicious festivals like Diwali, Dussehra, Raksha Bandhan, and so many more, people prefer to wear bright and vibrant colours. Hindus try to avoid black-coloured clothes during their visit to temples or some grand festival celebrations. Black is typically associated with mourning, according to popular belief.

So if you need a literal breather between shows, you can just strip down to your leggings and base-layer top and be ready to rock.