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With summer here, I think, it is almost festival time. If the weather so far is anything to go by, it could well be another season of muddy wet festivals. But how will this effect the fashion micro trends that are a product of the whole summer festival thing. It is difficult to look lovely and hippy like in a floral maxi dress when you are knee high in mud. The sensible thing would to wear a fleece and cagoul and keep relatively dry and warm, but then that would be boring. The key to festival style is wearing what you like but keeping an element of practicality so that you don’t end up looking completely ridiculous covered in mud.

 The festival look has a certain randomness about it that probably, most of us would not wear, most of the time, but at a festival, it seems completely appropriate. Think about the ball gowns and wellies of previous years. Think of the denim hotpants look started by Kate Moss, then universally copied and teamed with wellies, cagouls and mud spattered legs. The festival is all about normal people leaving there normal dress sense at home and exhibiting some of the eccentricity that the Brits are famous for. No longer a haunt of crusties and the like, Glastonbury has become a haven for style icons such as Kate Moss and Sienna Miller who start whole new trends based on what they wear to the summer festivals.

If you want a bit of festival style this summer, these brightly coloured jelly bean boots would look great with a dress in a clashing print.