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Looking Stylish In Your Wellies For the Glastonbury Festival

We pray for of sunny weather to bless us at this years festivals but as we all know, particularly with the Glastonbury Festival, rain always seems to be there. So, it’s best to have some forethought if you want a special look this year, no matter the weather. Of course, there are those who will always decide that flip flops are a more suitable footwear choice than the good old welly for the festivals. But you can count on the fact that they’ll be the ones standing in that long queue to buy some emergency wellies, when their feet start to suffer in the mud and damp weather, or they end up with a broken toe because someone stepped on them.

So, do you head off to the Glastonbury Festival all glamorous and sexy in the hope that some hunk of a musician spots you in the crowd and whisks you away to his playboy mansion or do you dress down for the event? My advice would have to be, (if you want to be relaxed, and not ruin your designer gear in a mud bath) to stick with the more practical items of clothing and footwear. But fear not, practical doesn’t mean no fun, and you can bet your bottom dollar that after 24 hours jumping around to the music that we’ll all look the same anyway, limp and soiled damp weather and dirty!

The key to festival fashion would be to stay casual. Always have an emergency outfit that you keep clean and dry, which will come in useful for your travel back home. Pack some warm clothes like pullovers and t-shirts too as it always gets cold in the evening, and for the day time, look at packing sarongs, shorts and vest tops. Not forgetting to drop that sunscreen in your bag of course.

Sensible footwear is of course an absolute must, and you will be kicking yourself, if you opt for stiletto’s or sandals. A decent pair of boots is fine and might just manage to survive the mud of Glastonbury Festival but for real comfort and style it has to be wellies that are the best. Relax, welly boots can be stylish..i promise.

Wearing wellies at the Glastonbury Festival this year will leave you free to enjoy the excitement you honestly went there for in the first place, instead of having to watch where you walk all the time. Of course, there was a time, when welly boots were not the coolest footwear to be seen in, but all that is changing and fast, and now, no excuses, you can give it some proper welly at the festivals this year. You may even wish for rain when you see the choice of funky wellies on offer today.

Every possible colour, shape, design and size of welly is available for the Glastonbury festival fan to find that is cool and suits their charcter. There are cheap wellies, which are great for those on a budget, but be well advised that a lot of them don’t do the job they’re meant for, and will let in the water and cold quicker than your flip flops. Then there are the slightly dearer kind, which usually have a neoprene lining to give you that extra support, are natural rubber, cushioned and warm to wear, which allows your feet to breathe.

Wellies are becoming really fashionable with the likes of Kate Moss, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, showing off in theirs. So, do yourself a favour and take time out to look at what there is on offer for your welly boot fashion. The boring green farmer/fisherman style will probably get you laughed off the field, so it’s well worth investing a little time to get the look you’re after in funky wellies. By investing in a good pair and spending a little and looking after them correctly will keep you warm for a good few years of Glastonbury style..happy days.

A great trend in wellies that was instigated at the Glastonbury festival 2007 is the personalised welly boots. Dame Shirley Bassey wowed the media and crowds with her diamant pair of wellies last year and these are now the latest fashion trend for Glastonbury 2008. With the option to design them with whatever words you choose, i think the fields of Glastonbury this year will not only be awash with mud, but also glittering diamant.