{"id":3392,"date":"2012-05-22T09:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2012-05-23T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T19:53:12","slug":"a-summer-music-festival-style-guide-do%e2%80%99s-and-don%e2%80%99ts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/05\/22\/a-summer-music-festival-style-guide-do%e2%80%99s-and-don%e2%80%99ts\/","title":{"rendered":"A summer music festival style guide: do\u2019s and don\u2019ts"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER (CUP) \u2014 From Coachella to Electric Daisy Carnival to Sasquatch and more, outdoor music festivals are one of the best parts of summer. With non-stop music, parties, camping and drinking (and other, less legal, forms of escapism), there is really no better place to see the most fabulous and questionable expressions of personal style.<\/p>\n

In anticipation of a festival-filled summer with great music and (hopefully) better fashion, here is a brief list of festival fashion do\u2019s and don\u2019ts.<\/p>\n

DO<\/strong>\u00a0connect with your vintage roots. Music festivals evoke an old-school feeling that can be expressed through a variety of great style choices. Here\u2019s an opportunity to wear that awesome retro band shirt you found at an overpriced vintage store or that hippie fringe vest you stole from your mom\u2019s closet.<\/p>\n

There is probably no better occasion to let your hair down and express your inner flower child or rock and roll god\/goddess. After all, when else will you have the excuse to sport hippie head bands, flower crowns, and fanny packs all at the same time?<\/p>\n

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Just don't dress like this, whatever you do (photo Kai Jacobson\/The Ubyssey).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DON\u2019T<\/strong>\u00a0advertise your love of acid trips through your choice of chapeau. For the love of all things aesthetically pleasing, can we please address the SpiritHood?! These handmade, faux-fur hat\/scarf combos (available in wild roadkill varieties such as hawk, leopard, wolf\u2026 and, yes, panda bear) are a fashion choice that cause even the most style-blind individuals to stare in confusion.<\/p>\n

If the ridiculousness of a stuffed animal resting on your head doesn\u2019t deter you, perhaps the problematic marketing of the \u201cNavajo spirit\u201d should raise some alarms.<\/p>\n

Not only are these hats offensive to the eyes, they are actually offensive to the cultures they claim to express. You will not embody the spirit of the owl. You are not a wolf. You are just a fool who shelled out $150 to look like a hybrid teddy bear.<\/p>\n

DO<\/strong>\u00a0try something funky in denim. Music festivals are a perfectly appropriate environment to shed your everyday jeans and don a pair of cutoff shorts instead. Denim allows you to express your inner wild child, so channel some Nirvana or Courtney Love.<\/p>\n

Whether you shred them, embroider them or stud them, you can\u2019t go wrong; ’90’s grunge, in the form of oversized denim jackets and acid washed jeans, is definitely coming back in style.<\/p>\n

Paired with flip-flops for the California surfer look, or with combat boots for a more punk-rock twist, denim is a versatile and incredibly comfortable style choice for those long, hazy festival days.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T<\/strong>\u00a0dress like a glowstick. Avoid the highlighter tees and the sunglasses at night. This is not\u00a0A Night at the Roxbury<\/em>\u00a0and you are not fooling anyone, \u201cbro.\u201d While those who enjoy their hallucinogens might express their inner\u00a0National Geographic<\/em>, festival \u201cbros\u201d seeking heavy basslines and techno anthems stick out like a sore\u2026 jaw?<\/p>\n

And ladies, never ever get caught in a photo with a pacifier. The ’90’s are over, and so is your infancy. Let the raves RIP.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T<\/strong>\u00a0get a Skrillex haircut. This \u201ctechno-mullet\u201d is not only pass\u00e9, but really quite hideous. The fact that you like the sound of robots copulating with the occasional T. Rex shriek followed by a \u201csiiiick bass drop\u201d does not need to be advertised on your head. In fact, all that your patchy scalp brings to mind is the hair-clipper prank in\u00a0Jackass<\/em>. Don\u2019t cut it off\u2026 Just cut it out.<\/p>\n

Armed with these fashion guidelines, you can now go dance your heart out in the sunshine, confident that you look as great as you feel. Let the festival fun begin!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER (CUP) \u2014 From Coachella to Electric Daisy Carnival to Sasquatch and more, outdoor music festivals are one of the best parts of summer. With non-stop music, parties, camping and drinking (and other, less legal, forms of escapism), there is really no better place to see the most fabulous and questionable expressions of personal style. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3392"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3400,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions\/3400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}