As Europe's largest music festival approaches, we look back at the event's most memorable style moments: from Barbours and Wellies to silver suits and boho chic. For more than 50 years, Glastonbury has been a place for people to express themselves, a melting pot of sounds, cultures – and styles. Throughout its history, the festival has seen countless subcultures, from the early peace-and-love era through punk, goth and grunge to rave, Britpop and grime, with fashions shifting accordingly.
A weekend on Worthy Farm offers an escape from everyday life, and that sense of playfulness and freedom has always played out in people's outfits. It wasn't until the early 2000s, though, that festival fashion emerged as its own concept, thanks to the likes of Kate Moss and Sienna Miller turning the mud-filled avenues of Somerset into a new catwalk. With the rise of social media and street style, Glastonbury fashion became increasingly prevalent, and retailers responded accordingly, curating dedicated festival edits.
At one point, things veered into fancy dress, with bohemian style becoming less an attitude and more a checklist of items – from flower crowns to fringed waistcoats. In 2015, Glastonbury banned the sale of Native American headdresses following a petition that called the wearing of them of by non-Native Americans "disrespectful". While the boho look is having a revival on the catwalk, and there's sure to still be plenty of billowing sleeves and crocheted tops at this year's f.
