The Ultimate Summer Dress Guide
Cheap Maxi Dresses And Other Stylish Summer Festival Fashion
Cheap maxi dresses are a great idea for summer festivals or just about any summer party. They are glamorous, cool and right on trend.
With the first of the music festivals only a month or two away, now is a great time to think about how you can incorporate some of the key fashion trends of the season into your festival look. Summer fashion for festivals is all about working the summers fashion trends into a wearable and practical outfit but also adding a unique and fun twist of your own.
Summer fashion for the festivals usually revolves around the boho and global traveller look. This summer with the seventies being one of the biggest fashion trends there is also likely to be plenty of seventies styles around as these fit perfectly with the laid back but glamorous vibe at festivals. The beauty of wearing cheap maxi dresses is that you won’t worry so much about them getting ruined so can relax and enjoy the music and atmosphere. Don’t ever wear your best clothes for a festival as there is a chance that they could get muddy or ruined.
Here are some of our favourite cheap maxi dresses, all from Boohoo and costing £15 or under.
Animal Print Chiffon Maxi Dress
Anything with tribal or tie dye prints, beading or fringing will usually work well for a festival and cutoff denim shorts are really practical for the hot weather. As a general rule festival wear is quite colourful and fun but also comfortable. If the weather is likely to be really hot beach dresses are a great choice as they are loose fitting. Denim dresses are also a good choice as they are hardwearing and fit well with the summer’s seventies fashion trend. To make your outfit fun and unique look for unusual headwear or a flower headband.
There are some great beac dresses at Warehouse
Knitted Beach Dresses – Warehouse
Tribal Print Beach Dress – Warehouse
Blue Wash Denim Shorts – Miss Selfridge
Carolina Fringe Side Shorts – Missguided
70′s Button Through Denim Dress – Oasis
For summer fashion inspiration for the festivals you can look to celebrities like Kate Moss and Alexa Cheung who seem to have perfected this look. The manage to strike just the right balance between glamour and praticality. We are guessing they don’t stay in a tent like the rest of us though.
You will also need to consider is the practicalities of a summer music festival. Depending on the weather you may need to keep warm, keep cool or keep dry. You should also be prepared for the ground to fairly muddy underfoot. You can enure that you are ready for any eventuality with a few festival essentials including a pack away raincoat, some very stylish welly boots, an across the body bag for keeping money, mobile phone etc safe and a sunhat and pair of sunglasses.
Blue Suede Plait Cross Body Bag – Miss Selfridge
Cow print Wellies – Boohoo – For a fun look try wearing these wellies with a floral print dress.
