What To Wear To Glastonbury

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What To Wear To Glastonbury

Words by Mr Stuart Husband

17 June 2016

Worthy Farm’s iconic Glastonbury Festival is a celebration of peace, love and music (obvs), but also a sartorial minefield. Here’s how to dress for partying at the Pyramid Stage and moshing in the mud, whatever the weather may be.

It’s the world’s grooviest . It’s three days of bucolic,  . But without the right kit, you run the risk of sinking into the style mire rather than cutting a spotless dash. Whether you’re hurtling down the helter-skelter in the Field of Avalon, or crowd-surfing to Catfish and the Bottlemen, these are the pieces that will make your Glasto a blasto.

RAIN AND SHINE

Glastonbury givens: people will clamber onto other people’s shoulders and wave their arms about wanly. Innumerable songs will be dedicated to  and to . And some form of  will fall earthwards with greater or lesser degrees of intensity. You’ll be prepared for the latter, if not the former, with this green Scout  from , whose drawstring  will ward off the elements (while proving no barrier to Adele’s sonorous tones), and whose capacious patch pocket will provide access to all your : retractable stick for mosh-pit ; emergency earplugs for when Muse get extra heavy; and this mini-LED lantern from , to light up those moments in Shangri-La (you know there’ll be a few).

LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

There will come a moment, perhaps when ZZ Top break into “Sharp Dressed Man” (“They come runnin’ just as fast as they can/ ’Cause every girl crazy ‘bout a sharp-dressed man”), when you’ll feel that fabled moment of Glastonbury one-ness, as the crowd sway as one and the good vibes coalesce into a giant love tsunami. How appropriate, then, if you happen to be wearing this natty Mt Fuji shirt from , whose motif is inspired by undulating . Pair it with this glass snake-bead  from , and prepare for nirvana. (The transcendent state, rather than the grunge giants, obvs.)

TOAST AND ROAST

When the lines at the  are 15-deep and you want to raise a suitably regal toast as Years & Years launch into “King”, you’ll be glad you secreted this handy Snow Peak hip flask about your person; its anti-corrosive titanium won’t taint your covert scrumpy supply. And should that elusive yellow orb make a welcome appearance – ideally, as Mr Jeff Lynne’s ELO strike up the opening bars of “Mr Blue Sky” on Sunday afternoon – you’ll be ready to binge-bask, while repelling any potential ravages, with this SPF30  from . See you for Ms Lily Allen’s DJ set at Jagz’ Acid Lounge…