In case you hadn't noticed, we're approaching festival season, which means a good six months looking at pictures of beautiful, tanned, toned people wearing crochet swimsuits in public. And while we totally admire their dedication to the 'festival look' what we're really thinking is 'that's not going to work at Glastonbury'. 

This famous festival look (pedalled by both the media and the retail industry) seems to consist of the same three elements - a pair of cut-off denim shorts, something fringed or made from crochet and a daisy headband. Which is all a bit, dare we say it - tired and boring. What we propose is taking the roots of what we now know as festival fashion - something fun and carefree, and channeling that vibe into purchases you'll be able to work into your wardrobe post festival season.

View the gallery to see our top 50 suggestions for festival buys if you're over 30 and don't want to wear daisy dukes.