"The Happiest Place on Earth"

Festival season in the Coachella Valley is coming to a close, after this weekend my town goes back to the boring, hot desert that it always is and I get my home back from the crazy festival goers, but before that happens we have one more festival left… My favorite festival of the season and as I prepare for my favorite weekend of the year at Stagecoach, I reflect on the festival before it…Coachella… I wish I could tell you that I loved Coachella and that when I attend I go for the music, the people and just the overall experience of it all, but if I told you this, well I would be lying through my teeth, and that’s just not in my nature. You may judge me for the real reason I attend Coachella every year but oh well… I go to Coachella every year because that’s what festival my friends go to, I get to dress up for the occasion, style my sister and friends, eat a copious amount of fantastic food, people watch, lay in the grass in the way back of the performances, take cool pictures, and most of all I get to see all THE FASHION.

If I'm honest the fashion at Coachella is the top reason why I choose to attend this festival in the first place; I love getting to see what new and funky styles are being worn and how people decide to style themselves. I start shopping for my outfits months in advance and the number of times I change my mind about them is ridiculous… the happiness I get out of picking out the outfits and doing my hair and makeup for the festival is immense, and I am probably happier doing those activities than I am at the actual festival. In my opinion, Coachella is just as much about the fashion as it is about the music, people dress up in hopes of being seen and in hopes of starting a new fashion craze. It is a place for fashion to be seen and appreciated by all types of people. You see so many different kinds of people when you're there, anywhere from a celebrity in super stylish high-end clothes to a girl in a bathing suit and a fanny pack. It’s crazy how in one place you can see so many different variations of what people think is fashion and I love it. The way people express themselves through clothes is so evident at the festival, and while I don’t like that many things about attending Coachella, I adore the fashion that it brings with it.

I know what you guys are thinking… that is not the purpose of a festival at all and don’t worry I already know that. I know that my reasoning behind going and what I do at the Festival when I’m there aren’t really what it is intended for but well that’s the way I do things and it works for me. This year my outfits and my friends were the highlight of the whole weekend and made every penny I spent on a ticket worth it because, in all my years of attending, I have never seen so many people on the polo grounds. I am not a claustrophobic person who hates crowds, but it felt like you were in the Sahara Tent when you were just walking around the festival. The art this year was also a little bit funky… the valley of dildos and big “unicorns” which I was later told were Piñatas just didn’t do it for me… and while this interesting year at Coachella ended in a hellish sickness that lasted a week, I wouldn’t trade it for the world because well not to brag or anything but my outfits were stellar. And to prove it to you I’ve included some photos of the three days:

Day One: Day two: