The Best Of Festival-Ready Style

Woodstock. Glastonbury. Falls. Festivals are the place where history is written and memories are made. That time Noel Gallagher threw his tambourine your way (RIP Oasis). The time you first saw Kendrick Lamar. Or the time you somehow talked your way into the photographers' pit – front and centre – for Missy Elliot, sans any kind of camera.

A festival, too, is a free pass. A leave ticket to go right ahead, to wear whatever you want, to go as big and as bold as you like or to play it as cool as you feel. An all-in affair, there’s a communal understanding: you’re there to go your own way, no matter what way that is. To dance how you want, to dig who you want, to dress how you want.

No matter your festival of choice  – be it the dusty plains of Burning Man or the hot hot heat of Coachella or something a little closer to home  – your festival style is a choose your own adventure kind of affair. Think feel-good threads and classic shades. The kind you want to wear on repeat.

For eight decades and counting, Ray-Ban have been there, front row and centre stage. The festival wear of choice, they’ve been worn by – and worked with – rock legends like Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and The Smiths’ Johnny Marr. And now, they’re at the top of our list.

For those who are about to (watch) rock 'n' roll, we salute you. Here are some festival-ready styles for you to make your own…