Festival Essentials

Are you festival bound this Summer? Browse our collection of music festival essentials for whatever the weather; jackets, tees, shorts, sunglasses & of course, bucket hats! Whether you're going to Glastonbury, Leeds, Parklife or the Isle of Wight, you need to pack for rain and sunshine - this is Britain after all! To make life easy, here's our quick shop festival essentials: 

1. Bucket Hat 

The Bucket Hat has long been the uniform of the music festival since the heady days of Britpop. This seasons favourites come from Ellesse, Pretty Green and a budget conscious retro pick from Failsworth.

2. Music Tee

Naturally you'll need a couple or more of these. Merc provides the classic Mod Target t-shirt, Lambretta is always cool with the Northern Soul scene or you can't go wrong with a Pretty Green tee - the Pretty Green x Elvis collaboration was made for festival time!

3. Festival Jacket

Hope for sunshine but expect rain, and as such, make sure you take a decent light jacket. Fred Perry has a great mod style over-the-head, Pretty Green's smock style jackets have become a staple on the festival front and Levi's® has a stand-out art school print smock straight out of the 1990s! - And it's water repellant too!

4. Summer trainers

Lightweight and comfy trainers required for when you're on your feet all day. Gola's Hurricane and Harrier range combines a sporty 70s look with a retro 90s rock and roll plimsole.

5. Retro Sunglasses

Need a pair of sunnies! Ray-Ban is the rock and roll choice and you can't go wrong with whatever you fancy; Aviator, Wayfarer, Clubman and Meteor are all classic looks, or on trend for this summer are 60s inspired John Lennon round sunglasses. 

6. Summer Shirt

A sort of smarter look for the evening and right on trend for this season is the retro resort shirt - Hawaiian Shirts, Ginghams or Madras Checks are all perfect for summer. Take your pick, the more outlandish the print, the better - but our favourites are the new mod check shirts from classic menswear outfitter Tootal, and Pretty Green's aply titled Festival Paisley print shirt. 

7. Shorts

Forever optomistic, we're packing our shorts too. Pick a classic pair of denim shorts like Levi's 501®, a casual understated chino short or fantastic for carrying everything you need at a festival - the cargo short. 

8. Bag

Don't lose your cool or your phone when you're in the crowd. A mini bag is order of the day for stashing your phone, keys, wallet and whatever else you deem a festival essential! Gola's retro micro pocket bag is perfect for this.