Wee Birdy Shopping Guide: Festival and Camping Essentials
With Glasto kicking off the northern hemisphere festival season this weekend, I’ve put together a shopping guide to help you navigate all possible outdoor camping scenarios – from the ultimate rinse-free hand wash (that actually feels nice, smells heavenly and is kind to your skin) to the most chic beanie to ward against night-time chill (it has a netted veil, natch).
It’s funny – as I was editing my selections and double-crossing my list of essentials, it all felt strangely familiar. And that’s when I realised that packing for a grubby, muddy outdoor music festival isn’t too dissimilar to packing for a trip to the park with a two-year-old in tow. May your port-a-loos be unclogged, your exit strategy bottle-neck free, and may you get more than a wink of sleep. Have fun!
1. Anorak Kissing Robins sleeping bag, reduced to £45, from Anorak.
2. Anorak Binoculars picnic blanket, reduced to £25.20 from Anorak.
3. Hunter Selfridges yellow wellies, £120 from Selfridges.
4. Lazy Oaf blobby square rucksack, £55 from Lazy Oak.
5. Women’s popping pills print leggings, AU$70 from Uptightso’s Etsy shop.
6. Bernstock Speirs white candy cashmere veil beanie, £95 from Liberty.
7. Lazy Oaf pineapple slob T-shirt, £38 from Lazy Oaf.
8. Jen Booth yellow leather locket, AU$78 from Follow Store.
9. Batiste dry shampoo triple set, £7.50 from Cult Beauty.
10. Ultrasun SPF 50 Face, £24 from Cult Beauty.
11. Blafre green flower thermal flask, £24 from Scandi Cool.
12. Peter Jensen rabbit ear backpack, reduced to AU$124.39 from ASOS.
13. Karen Walker Blue Moon fluoro yellow sunglasses, £137.50 from The Goodhood Store.
1. Falcon enamel mug, £4 from Labour and Wait.
2. Korres pomegranate cleansing wipes, £7 from Cult Beauty.
3. Ray-Ban original Wayfarer sunglasses, AU$210.24 from ASOS.
4. MOTO full length dungaree, £55 from Topshop.
5. BDG fisherman bucket hat, $19 from Urban Outfitters.
6. Backpack No.5 in seafoam green canvas with leather, AU$219.54 from Buluchu’s Etsy shop.
7. Duluth for Pedlars sleeping bag pack, £140 from Pedlars.
8. Lazy Oaf Eyeballs cap, AU$35.04 from ASOS.
9. Mini multi tool, £4.50 from Labour and Wait.
10. Fred Perry oversized parka, AU$324.12 from ASOS. (For a cheaper alternative, check out ASOS reclaimed vintage desert night parka, AU$122.64 from ASOS.)
11. Aesop resurrection rinse-free hand wash, £7 from Cult Beauty.
