{"id":32666,"date":"2016-04-27T23:58:04","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T03:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=32666"},"modified":"2016-04-28T03:03:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T07:03:53","slug":"coachella-2016-what-wendy-and-other-people-wore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/coachella-2016-what-wendy-and-other-people-wore\/","title":{"rendered":"Coachella 2016: What Wendy (and Other People) Wore"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s easy to get a bad impression of Coachella fashion, especially after the media deluge of stories about how to dress<\/a> for music festivals<\/a>, followed by the stories on how music-festival fashion<\/a> has gone too far<\/a>. Style cliches abound on Instagram and then are beaten into the ground by style writers: the culturally inappropriate Native American headdresses and faux-boho flower crowns of previous years; 2016’s bandanas, braids and black-ribbon chokers<\/a>; perennials like fringe, face paint, crop tops and cheek-bearing denim cutoffs.<\/p>\n

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Cornrow-style braids were a very big look.<\/p><\/div>\n

From all the press, I expected to be appalled when I got there, but after I looked around for a while, a few words that MrB has said to me many times sprang into my mind.<\/p>\n

“So what? You’re on vacation!”<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n

MrB says that to me when I’m berating myself for sleeping till noon after an insomniac night, instead of springing up to do all the great things I should be doing when I’m traveling. Believe it or not, I’m the one all full of “shoulds” and “shouldn’ts” while MrB is ready to go with the flow.<\/p>\n

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Pretty young lady in face paint and a flowing top.<\/p><\/div>\n

So, while I laughed a little to myself when I first saw stereotypical Coachella fashion in the flesh — frequently exposing a lot of flesh — it hit me pretty quickly that everyone was<\/em> on vacation. And I love costume<\/a> and theme dressing<\/a> — including concert outfits<\/a> — so if there’s a Coachella look, why shouldn’t people have fun with it? It’s a way to take a break from regular life.<\/p>\n

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First glimpse of #coachellastyle …. #coachella #coachella2016 #coachellafashion #festivalstyle<\/a><\/p>\n

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