Here Comes the Sun

Summer Music Festival Fashion

Summer is right around the corner. Only a few short weeks of classes until days can be spent lying in the grass, listening to music with the sun shining brightly overhead. Summer has always been my favorite season with its lazy, sun drenched days and warm, starry nights.
Lying by the pool, taking beach vacations and road trips, dining al fresco and camping out in the backyard are all ways I while away the summer days. One of my favorite (and most expensive) summer hobbies involves live music. And there is nothing quite like seeing and hearing live music while eating a massive piece of watermelon at a music festival.

The music is what matters, but one of my favorite parts of a festival is the fashion. People -watching/ style-wathcing is a great pastime between sets. At such events, styles tend to get fairly avant-garde. Often times, guys and girls alike take the bohemian, or gypsy, route with their manner of dress. People pile on the wooden and beaded jewelry, paint their faces, and wear headbands with flowers or feathers ala Jimi Hendrix for they are doing their best to play the part of groupie. Festivals encourage freedom of expression after all so it’s common to see girls in bikinis or shirtless guys wearing short-shorts.

Grand U.S. music festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza all provide a variety of inspiring style options. The relaxed atmosphere calls for laidback, “oh, I just threw this on attire” when in fact, festival fashion decisions are a big deal. It likely that the girls in the crowds have been planning what to wear for months deciding whether that dress and boots really look effortless. After seeing the amazing style in pictures from Coachella, which took place this past weekend in Indio, California, I am getting awfully excited for the sunny weather and summer music festivals to come.

Here are some of my favorite style inspiring looks from Coachella 2010-