Categories: general-nonsense
Date: 22 June 2009 14:31:23
Once upon wellington boots came in red, black, blue or green and were generally worn only by young children or gardiners. Now, in an age when festivating is an accepted part of the middle class summer, they are fashion accessories. The Independent has it's pick of the Ten Best Wellies, just in time for Glastonbury, which Third Party is heading off to on Wednesday once she has finished her exams for this year.
The changing face of the wellington boot and the fact it's become as much part of the early summer fashion season as flip flops is interesting. It is a sign of the way the festival scene has mushroomed over recent years.....and has logically reached saturation point. A quick trip to the Virtual Festivals sight shows 271 in the UK alone. Admittedly amongst those 271 are some events which are not festivals they are concerts....or a series of concerts, but most are. The question we now have to ask ourselves is have we reached festival overload or is there no such thing?