Festival fantastic

From wonderful wellingtons to cut-offs, festival fashion has entered into the mainstream. Ahead of Electric Picnic, Annmarie O’Connor explores the latest trends.

IT WAS Coco Chanel who once said that fashion could be found in the sky and in the street. Little did the style savant know it would relocate to a muddy field.

Yes, festival fashion has officially ingratiated itself into the mainstream thanks to music-loving celebrities like Kate Moss and Rihanna, whose Glastonbury and Coachella visits are never without an attendant string of paparazzi.