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A festival of fas shion; Style rocks at Glasto. Emma Pinch looks at what to wear with your wellies.


Byline: Emma Pinch

G LASTONBURY unfurls this week in all its muddy, psychedelic, cider-sodden glory, and it's not only the musicians hoping to strike the right note.

Each year gets more and more fashion-conscious, as befits a line-up that gets ever more stellar.

Shorts, wellies and a matted doghair jumper just won't do these days, as festivals aren't just for old hippies.

Wading through the mud in recent years, we've had Kate Moss and her ubiquitous rock chick look, Peaches Geldof's studenty Boho, and Lily Allen's mildly unstable prom queen.

Perfect festival gear is practical, waterproof and, as everyone who has ever been dragged up Moel Famau Moel Famau is a hill and country park in Denbighshire, Wales (though its peak is shared with Flintshire, since the border between the two counties runs through it).

The park is an important part of the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
 on a wet Sunday knows, lightweight layers you can strip off and stow in your r ucksack.

Alternatively, of course, rough it the celeb ce·leb  
n. Informal
A celebrity.
 way and bowl up in a Winnebago.

That's rock and roll.

* THIS week's shoot took place in Sefton Park This article is about the public park in Liverpool, England. For the place in Adelaide, Australia, see Sefton Park, South Australia.

Sefton Park is public park in the Sefton Park district of south Liverpool, England.
 and the Alicia Hotel, Winner of "Merseyside Hotel of the Year" for two consecutive years. The Alicia Hotel offers 40 top quality bedrooms, a much sought-after conference and banqueting centre, and the delightful "Glass House" restaurant and bar overlooking the park.

emma.pinch@liverpool.com

Notes Model: Jessica Fletcher Jessica Beatrice Fletcher is a fictional character portrayed on the American television series Murder, She Wrote by veteran British Oscar-nominated actress Angela Lansbury.  Photographer: Andrew Teebay Hair and Make-up: Nicola at Peaches & Cream, 61, Garston Old Road, Liverpool L19. Tel: 0151 494 3535 Venue: The Alicia Hotel, Aigburth Drive, Liverpool L17. Tel: 0151 727 4411.

Stockists: Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet is the UK's largest outlet centre, with 145 stores. It was, at one point, the largest in Europe. It is located at Kinsey Road, Ellesmere Port, close to Junction 10 of the M53. , Junction 10, M53, Ellesmere Port. Tel 0151 348 5600.

Evans - www.evans.co.uk, tel: 01277 844 143.

Dorothy Perkins - www.dorothyperkins.com, tel: 0845 121 4516.

Topshop www.topshop.com, tel: 0845 121 4519

CAPTION(S):

Dress, pounds 35, French Connection; sunglasses, Tom Ford, pounds 132.65; wellies, pounds 24.95, Prima Tessuti; socks, pounds 5 at Topshop; pink ring, pounds 5, Daisy & Eve at Evans. Also, front cover: shorts, pounds 24.99, Vans; waistcoat, pounds 25, F sunglasses, pounds 132.65, David Clulow; necklace, pounds 15, Freedom at Topshop; bracelet, pounds 7, Dorothy Perkins Codes: 5, Warehouse; earrings, pounds 12, Freedom French Connection; Tom Ford at110609cfashion-6, above, and at110609cfashion-4, front Playsuit, pounds 31; Ray Bans, pounds 65.99, David Clulow Code: at110609cfashion-10 Shorts, pounds 18, vest top, pounds 7, French Connection; necklace, pounds 40, Freedom at Topshop Code: at110609c fashion-2
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Date:Jun 25, 2009
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