This year a majority of my friends are buying their bikinis and printing their “I’m in Napa, B*tch” t-shirts for their party holidays to Ibiza, Ayia Napa and Magaluf. But me? I’m cleaning my wellies and practice-pitching my tent up ready for the best few months on my social calendar: Festival Season.

What’s not to love about going to Festivals? It’s 3-5 days of listening to the best music, surrounded by your best friends and soaking up a brilliant atmosphere, while some of the worlds best bands and artists take centre stage. This year, I’m being a greedy guts and getting my hands on tickets to Download Festival, Boardmasters Festival and Reading Festival.

Unfortunately for us, we live in a cursed country where the weather is extremely unpredictable. Will it rain? Well, yeah, probably. So this makes finding a decent festival wardrobe pretty hard. This isn’t hate-bashing towards my favourite high-street stores version of “Festival Fashion” displayed every year, but lets be serious for a moment or two. If you’re going to a festival in England where the chances of rain are higher than the clouds in the dull grey sky, would you seriously wear a gorgeous lace babydoll dress to team with your sparkling white converse? UHH NO.

Now, my experiences at festivals are pretty limited. I’ll admit that the two times I’ve been to Download Festival does not, in any shape or form, make me a festival expert. Both years so far, my friend Giulia and I always think “next year we can do/take/use/bring/wear _____ instead”, because going to festivals is trial and error. Sometimes it’ll be hot and sunny, other times it’s going to rain cats and dogs. But it does make me an expert in what to wear, key word: LAYERS.

My fashion knowledge is something I can take pride in, I know that Geek t-shirts are the devils creation and that sport luxe is in full swing. Okay, okay, I’ll put my trumpet down. But if you’re planning to go to a festival where you can showcase your inner model and fashionista, take yourself to Coachella. Because honey, for the time being while you’re still in England, you’re going to be covered in mud, rain and other liquids that you’re best off being oblivious to.

So whatever festival you’re taking yourself to this year, embrace your ugly rain mac, your thick band hoodies and layers of leggings. Because considering we’re in March, heading towards April and it’s still snowing, it’s not looking good for the months ahead we kid ourselves into calling “Summer”.