Not just wellies … reports, galleries and advice on what to wear for festival season
June 2024
‘Our shirts are from Lidl!’ 32 of Glastonbury’s greatest looks for 2024 – in pictures
What to wear...
New rules: what to wear at a summer festival
Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion
How to nail your festival outfit? First, ditch the fairy wings
Money hacks
Borrow a tent and bring food: how to cut the cost of UK summer music festivals
April 2024
Fashion Statement newsletter
It’s hot in the desert: where next for festival fashion after Coachella?
In this week’s newsletter: From not-suitable-for-work catsuits to dirty denim and skorts, the get-ups at Coachella provide clues for what festivalgoers elsewhere will be wearing this year
March 2024
Vintage fans in London gear up to recreate 60s mood at festival of mod
Tailor-made suits, live music and – of course – a scooter run are expected at this weekend’s celebration
July 2023
Splendour in the Grass 2023 – in pictures
No mud, just fans, fashion and good tunes as the 2023 Splendour in the Grass music festival kicks off in Byron Bay. Getty Images photographer Matt Jelonek captures the Friday fun
September 2019
What to wear in September: five looks for five days – in pictures
As the weather cools, it’s time to cover up. Make summer staples such as strappy dresses, straw totes and midi skirts last longer by working them into your new season wardrobe
January 2019
Why are men at Australian music festivals wearing the same shirt?
Woodford folk festival 2018-19: colour, creativity and crowds – in pictures
November 2018
Sixth Haworth steampunk annual weekend – in pictures
Festival features music, dancers, entertainers, burlesque performers, vintage vehicles, fashion show and masquerade ball
June 2018
São Paulo's gay pride parade – in pictures
Festival (mid)riffs: crop tops lead the fashion field this summer
March 2018
ChillOut festival celebrates queer country pride – in pictures
Events at the festival included the out and proud disco, rainbow storytime and the festival centrepiece, the ChillOut festival pride parade
September 2017
Ask Hadley
Festival fashion is stuck in the era of Kate Moss v Sienna Miller – with one exception
Vintage frocks, hot pants, Hunter wellies: it’s a dress code that works. The only reason to depart from it is at Bestival, the only venue where you don’t look misguided in actual fancy dress
June 2017
Rock bottom: Glastonbury makes it the year of the bumbag
Ask Hadley
Glastonbury isn’t about looking ‘on trend’ – it’s about survival
Still here: reflections on later life
Sorry, poncey fashionistas – you can wear what you like at Glastonbury
Michele Hanson
Festival fashion tips 2017: bumbags, gorpcore – and Corbyn T-shirts
August 2016
New York's Afropunk music festival 2016 – in pictures
Taking its name from the 2003 film by the same name, Afropunk is a free outdoor festival in Brooklyn, which has grown from 100 visitors to about 60,000
