The Best Festival-Ready Fashion Accessories

If you think festivals are just a collection of artists performing for a hyped group of people, you would be wrong. Well, you would be correct, but also wrong. The right “festival look” is equally important as the music itself. A dash of glitter and a well-placed hat can make or break your whole vibe. Festivals bring out the sartorial warrior in us. Suddenly, we’re battle-ready, but with bucket hats instead of helmets, and glow sticks instead of swords. There’s no right or wrong when choosing fashion accessories for festivals. It’s completely up to your individual taste. However, we do have some general guidelines. Some of them serve the function, some of them serve the form.
Chest Bag
Worrying about your essentials can be a real pain. Luckily, there are plenty of accessories that solve this problem, like a chest bag for example. There are dozens of models to choose from, even models with integrated LED lights, designed especially for festivals. Chest bags are very practical, and they are so comfortable you’ll forget you’re even wearing one. The front pocket makes it very secure but also easy to reach for essentials. Some models have bottle pockets, meaning your hands will be completely free, and your mind can focus on what you came for – music.
Sunglasses
Speaking of accessories that make bold declarations without saying a single word, a pair of sunglasses, like Ray-Ban sunglasses, would be perfect. You need a pair that says “I’m here to listen to the music I love, while looking as cool as hell,” a pair that can make you look completely disinterested in what’s happening around you, and yet, mysteriously engaged. Moreover, beside protecting your eyes from the uv light, they are also good at blocking the bright lightshow, especially if you’re standing in the front row.
Stylish, Lightweight Raincoat
It’s easy to forget about practical stuff when focusing on stylish festival fashion accessories. But who says practical stuff needs to be boring? There are plenty of stylish, lightweight raincoats to choose from. Lightweight enough to toss into your bag without thought, yet sturdy enough to endure a sudden downpour. It’s as if you’re wearing nothing at all, except you’re dry. Now, some might argue that rain gear dampens the spirit of a festival, but we would argue differently. If anything, being wet and miserable is something that will kill the spirit of a festival. Remember Glastonbury 2007?
LED Bucket Hats
Bucket hats have perhaps become an indispensable part of festival gear. It’s equally effective in protecting you from sun and rain. They pair, strangely enough, with anything. From psychedelic shorts to mismatched jumpsuits – or nothing at all (if that’s your thing). Bucket hats create a forcefield of anonymity, just wide enough to shield you from someone’s wandering eye while still letting in flashes of lightshow. There are literally hundreds of models out there. Cheap, expensive, colorful, minimalistic. Anything you want, really. Choosing something that fits your unique style should be rather easy.
Face Jewelry
Face jewelry completes the outfit perfectly. They are extremely popular, and there are even LED options to make the whole experience even more crazy. There’s hardly anything that will make you stand out more than LED face jewelry. And will most definitely turn heads faster than you can say glitter bomb. You may argue that function sometimes must trump form, but at festivals, especially the dust-ridden outdoor ones, form often serves to mask the lack of function.
Light-Up Shoes
Light-up shoes are both unique and quirky, and will easily make you stand out of the crowd. Should we say they look great when you’re dancing? To be honest, they do make us wonder why do we humans gravitate toward things that glow. Whatever the answer may be, light-up shoes will announce your presence wherever you go. Admittedly, they do offer some utility. One never loses sight of friends wearing such footwear. Although, on second thought, do we really want to be found at a festival?