FasHUN FEST!

The festival season is upon us all over Europe, and every festival Fashionista is having the same sleepless nights over what to wear, here's my guide too mastering the festival look without looking like everyone else, My 20 festival essentials and My Future festival fantasies:

Before I Start here's a reminder of why we're here: 

I've partied and worked at a few festivals over the last 3 years, and its definitely where I've gained the best memories and experiences in my life time .. But I'd have to say my favourite part of it all is dressing up you can literally go crazy and explore and express your self in clothes you wouldn't normally wear on a day to day basis.

I always like to mix it up with my style when I'm at a festival and not go for the same look over the 2-3 days your there. Here I've decided to show you through my three looks of V'FEST 2013! 

HAIRSPIRATION!

I decided to dye my hair lavender/purple for V'Fest! I used crazy colours semi permanent Hair colour, I highly recommend it as it doesn't ruin your hair and they have so many amazing colours on their website to choose from, I think I'm going to go for silver hair this year, (keep your eye out). 

www.vividhaircolour.com 

My inspiration for this look was Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen if anyone can work the festival style on a day to day basis its these two they literally ooze bohemian coolness. 

 

Outcome... 

THE FESTIVAL WARDROBE!

OUTFIT 1:

Starting with last year at V'Fest on the Friday night (when nothing is usually happening) I went pretty casual with a pair of denim Levi shorts a yellow and white Ralph Lauren chequered shirt paired with some white Reebok classics which surprisingly stayed clean, not your typical festival vibe but I liked the outcome ... 

My inspiration for this look was this Pamela Anderson photo I came across on Tumblr, I just loved the casual edge of the photo, my outfit would of looked so much better with my original hair colour blonde though.

OUTFIT 2:

On the Saturday I decided to work with the purple hair and go with a Gothic look 

I wore a Ragged Priest dress and shortened it by tying it up with a bobble, black flower crown from Primark and plain black Chelsea boots instead of the normal choice of footwear (wellies)! I loved channelling my inner Goth for the day ... 

Above is a cheeky snap of me and my fellow Huns looking funkayyyy in their festival get ups! 

My inspiration for this look is one of the festival fashion queens Vanessa Hudgens, I loved the Gothic vibe she gave off with this look, however I went one step further and dyed my hair purple and the heels would be a big NO NO at a festival.

OUTFIT 3:

For the Sunday I went for a more vintage approach with denim Levi's vintage bohemian style kimono with a gold leather flower crown and gold vintage Italian heeled sandals (which I can't find a photo of),Just a WARNING this day I had severely mucky feet by the end of the day, maybe I should stop trying to be too different and stick to wellie's next time for the sake of warm clean tootsie's and especially if the festival is in the wet UK! 

This outfit was based on more inspiration from the Amazing Olsen twins and their perfected Quirky bohemian style, along with a very good vintage quote.

So That's my 3 Day Festival outfit looks covered.

I haven't itemised everything I've wore as this was last year and they're probably not available to buy any more, but feel free to ask me any questions, I'm sure I can guide you to something similar.



MY TOP 20 FESTIVAL ESSENTIALS!

Everyone needs to make a list of their festival essentials when it comes to slumming it in the outdoors for the weekend here's my list of essentials to get you through it:

1. Face wipes is a must!!! 

2. Dry Shampoo or enough money to get your hair done by the on site hairdressers.

3. A plastic bowl ..  to brush your teeth swill your face and lots of bottles water to do this.

4. Sleeping bags, neck pillows and inflatable beds.

5. As many warm layers of clothing you can think of for the cold nights, I always take my dressing gown.

6. Your own toilet paper for them disgusting portaloos! 

7. A mirror you don't want to be walking round like you've got dressed in the dark. 

8. A padlock for your tent to keep the creeps away.

10. A fold up chair 99.9% of the time the grass is not always greener it's WET! 

11. A torch or some kind of light, your phone won't always be charged.

12. Get all your paracetamol and ibuprofen stocked up for them nasty hangovers and headaches. 

13. Umbrella for when you've gotta do your make-up outside the tent, also handy to keep you out the sun if you burn easy or the obvious reason to keep you dry.

14. Spare outfits in case your clothes get wet, nobody wants to catch pneumonia after a weekend of partying.

15. Make-up essentials ... waterproof mascara, concealer, bronzer and BRIGHT LIPSTICK! 

16. Buy a maxi phone charger to keep your phone charged and to save on paying for the on site charging facilities. 

17. Throw away cameras are the one for festivals you get such good photos developed from them and you don't have to risk loosing your phone or camera.

18. SPF Sun cream and moisturiser to keep your skin looking good.

19. I always use a suitcase to take all my stuff I find them a lot easier than a ruck sack breaking your back!

20. And last but not least lots of FOOOOD and ALCOHOL!!!!!!

P.S we went all out with a full on mirror we don't mess about!!!
 

MY FESTIVAL FANTASIES: 

If I'm honest there is so many I would like to go to I love travelling and I think Europe does it best when it comes to festivals so much effort goes into them and they have so much more culture and cool vibes about them.

I would love to go to BESTIVAL in the Isle of Wright, TOMORROWLAND in Belgium, SONAR in Barcelona, GLASTONBURY in the UK, and if I was to venture out of Europe it would be to COACHELLA in LA, that's Definitely one for the bucket list.

All these festivals offer different types of experiences and very different types of music genres where as V Fest etc. tend to stick to similar types of mainstream acts, I love trying different things and exploring so to visit even one of these festivals would be a dream come true. 

Here's a link to the to some of the best European festivals around: 

www.globalgrasshopper.com/destinations

BANK'S DESTINATION UNKNOWN COMPETITION!

Bank Fashion are currently running a competition for blogger's to share their festival experiences for a chance to win for you and a friend to go to three different European music festivals and be Bank's eyes and ears at the chosen festivals reporting on the music, the vibe and the festival styles. This has been my attempt I'm new to blogging and I am an aspiring stylist, this would be a great step forward and a dream come true for me, To enter for yourself, click here. http://blog.bankfashion.co.uk/2014/04/10/destination-unknown/  

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