If the best part of an “indie” festival isn’t the music – it’s the fashion. The hits, the misses, and the completely off-the-maps are guaranteed to be there. I am particularly charmed by festival goers who suffer for their style. Weather be damned! On Saturday morning, somewhere in Texas, a little hipster picked up a black leather jacket and said to himself: “Hey this will be great to wear outside… all day… in September… when it’s still like 95 degrees.” Hot. Literally. Sometimes a fashion Mecca and other times a bit of a freak show – here’s some of the best and brightest. I’ll hit you with the highlights — oh and leather jacket boy, this one’s for you!
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[The beard is always a great touch, but seriously, who is making out with this boy? Where does he get his love? Speak up girls or boys!]
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[Bandana around the boot shows she’s familiar with the Western style.]
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[Showing Texas some love. Those boots look suspiciously new though, and nothing screams poser more than looking like you planned your outfit. Shit should be effortless. Cell phone plus cowboy takes the cake though. A+]
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[More stylish and versatile than a backpack, the messenger bag is a festival essential for carting in liquor.]
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[Plaid had a strong showing at the festival. This fool pushes it to limits previously unknown. It’s Ryan Adams… from the future!]
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[Cowboy or Hasidic jew? The line is becoming too blurred. There needs to be a war.]
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[Wrong. It could only be worse if those shoes were replaced with sandals.]
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[So cute. I love the colors in this sundress and she looks effortlessly stylish in the hot sun. The guy looks a little over-dressed though, maybe they met in the parking lot. And pink is over. Salmon is the new pink.]
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[Fashion statement… or a criminal’s disguise? If it’s the latter, he’d be more inconspicuous in an orange jumpsuit. He just looks confused.]
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[Here you’ve got a mix of fashionable denim, retro kicks (I love the red ones), a cute tee, and edgy haircuts. The one guy screams, just-left-Urban Outfitters and the other one looks like he just got over his goth stage. They border on, ‘I like’. However, I will not give my nod of approval to any man with legs skinnier than mine. I just can’t do it. ]
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[I was dying to photoshop in a Coors Light can, but something told me that would be wrong.]
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[Best dressed by a landslide! Horizontal rainbow stripes don’t work for everyone, but this fashionista knows how to work it. She’s way ahead of her time with skinny black jeans and an artist pass around her neck. Looking good and staying hydrated. Fabulous.]
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[I think the overall winner of the day goes has to go to this guy, though. I don’t think I even need to explain why. So I’ll just say that a combination involving a florescent pink cap, Orlando Magic jersey, red gym shorts, and Toms hemp moccasins requires a vision beyond what most can conceive. Or a darkly lit room… And what you can’t see in this photo because of the lighting, is the very faint molestache he is sporting. Sexy.]
All in all it was a romp of a good time and once again thanks goes out to our man Dan Padgett for slayin’ it with the photos.
What’s with you guys suddenly putting up posts about festival fashion, how dumb the VMA’s were, and the bonus features that appear on Pitchfork? I started checking this site on the regular because it was a good source to find new music and to watch the videos from Artists that I love. And I liked that it didn’t feel like a casual blog, one that didn’t just post…anything. If there was a dry spell in material, there was a dry spell in material, I didn’t care if things were posted all the time. I cared about the content.
Well Noah, we still hit you with the music and videos that you need to know about. We also offer smart editorials about the state of music videos and the music industry. We also do show reviews which gives us an excuse to use our cameras. We also talk about film.
Sorry if we put up a few non-music video posts once in a while, but comparing us to the causal blog that posts about every band that ever gets sent to their email address is a little off base. But thanks for the input. We’ll keep that in mind. And keep up the commenting so we know what ‘you’ the reader thinks about our content.
Michelle,
Wow! Shallow judgmental, and just plain mean spirited.
Genius!
making fun of people’s appearance is awesome… when you have something funny to say.
Also choose your victims more wisely next time.
The “cell phone cowboy” is Justin roberston and he has been dressing like that since he was two years old. He is the real deal and I do believe he was debuting some new kickers (hence the jeans-tucked-into-boot action).
Emil really is a Hasidic jew cowboy and a terrorist… he will cut you.
The girl with the bandanna around her boot does know about western style and all sorts of other styles. She owns the most bad-ass vintage shop in the metro-plex. Alter Ego in denton, check it out sometime.
and the poor guy in the hot pink hat, is a real live retard. not cool. not cool.
So go hide out in the dressing room of Urban Outfitters and meditate while caressing a scarf, on how to make fun of people harder.
fearbabe,
claws back in. relax. if you read the whole post, you’ll see that the point wasn’t to make fun of people as viciously as possible. let me just clarify that the guy in the pink hat is not mentally handicapped and i never implied so. nice plug for alter ego, though. it really is the best. if you’re in the dallas area:
http://www.alteregovintage.com
xo,
mp
if you notice, i was also wearing them on the wrong feet, they have little blue sailboats on the sides but, alas, i should have payed closer attention.
Thanks for stopping by green socks guy. I love colored socks, but I go for more of a patterned look. Stripes or checkered. I hope our comment will not detour you from visiting more often.