Woodford Folk Festival fashions, 2009

Woodford Folk Festival fashions, 2009. The fashion espoused by the attendants of the Woodford Folk Festival is especially distinctive.  Dreadlocks, henna, kaftans, tie-dye and beads are typical, while eye-catching colour is a predominant feature of the peopled festival landscape. The alternative fashion sense becomes infectious over the course of the festival: South American seed pod hats, Thai fishermen’s pants or Arabian harem pants and Muslim elfin leather shoes are often key purchases for first-time festival goers. The festival also gives the once-a-year hippies a chance to get their alternative on! The weather at the festival comes in two extremes: incredibly hot and dusty or incredibly wet and muddy.  Campers and festival goers are encouraged to ‘prepare for any eventuality’. Photographs by Ana Stevenson, 2009