This hot weather honks of festival season. Absolutely stinks of it, to be honest. In fact, it smells exactly like ruined trainers, 9:00 am cans of Magners & mild bouts of sunstroke. If all those glorious things don’t make you feel excited, then perhaps you should skip this post… Festivals, in our view, are a transformative experience. An opportunity to put your body & mind through hell, with no guilty conscience. They’re events based purely around boosting dopamine, whatever that form takes, and should be celebrated as such. When else are you surrounded by your mates, music you’re into and acres and acres of green (gradually turning brown) space? Festivals are about self-expression, and what better way is there to do that than through the clobber you decide to wear? There are various genres of festival attire – bucket hats, tie dye tees, lads in luminous PE kits, and there’s even that lot that opt out of clothing completely. Each genre serves some kind of purpose, but in our view, a festival rigout has to be at least a little bit practical… At its core, you’re going to want there to be some element of breathability – dancing around a field, even without chemical assistance, is sweaty. Secondly, you’re going to want to be prepared for the worst – expect mud & rain, and the disgusting sludgy combination of both. Finally, you need your clothes to let other people know what you’re about – it’s the perfect opportunity to wear the non-league football top that’s been cowering in your wardrobe for far, far too long. Now, we’re not entirely sure if there’s any good festivals going on in Lincoln this year, but what we do know is there’s a good retailer to kit you out for one – @eqvvsmen. So, although it might not be here quite yet, we’ve put together a list of attire from them that is bang-on for festival season…