From summer day fits to festival favourites, here’s how you can rock sustainable outfits this season.

Summer is usually synonymous with music festivals. They’re the perfect place to express your style. Your fits don’t need to be expensive either (because let’s face it, it’ll get pretty dirty!), so you’ll be pleased to know that shopping sustainably won’t break the bank.

There are tons of ways to shop outfit ideas for summer without having to resort to fast fashion. Heck, if Love Island has ditched it, so have we! With apps like Depop, Vestiare Collective, eBay and the like, you can shop your favourite trends for less cash and at no cost to the planet.

Whether you’re trekking to a festival or not, here are just a handful of trends you can try finding sustainable swaps and dupes for this summer.

Y2K (AKA noughties fashion)

The Y2K trend shows no sign of disappearing. Us Gen-Zers and millennials love it. Don’t believe us? ASOS released a Tammy Girl collection bringing us back to our noughties fashion fantasies.

Think butterfly hair clips and tops, low-rise jeans, baby blues, pinks, and sequins. The past month has seen over 26,000 searches for Y2K in the UK, so it’s clearly a big one for us festival-goers to consider.

If you want to get your hands on some nostalgic Y2K pieces, then head on down to a charity shop where they’ll likely be brimming with all of the above. Don’t be afraid to get creative either by cutting a long top into a cropped tee, or investing in that daring sequin skirt. You might even get lucky and find some old Tammy Girl vintage gems!

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1970s crochet chic

1970s crochet chic is a huge trend for UK festival fashion this summer. You can find all sorts of items crocheted like flared trousers, halter neck tops, bikinis, cardis, and co-ords alike. If you decide to ditch fast fashion this festival season, you’re bound to find some pretty unique items.

Again, charity shops are your friend, but sites like Vestiare Collective may be able to offer something a little more premium like this Zimmermann bikini that can be worn under tanks and jackets:

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Better yet, why not have a go at crocheting your own pieces? You’ll create something unique that isn’t fast fashion!

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Wild west fringes and cowboy boots

Cowboy boots and fringe-y jackets, tops, and trousers are in abundance when you go thrifting. In fact, outfits inspired by the Wild West are a recurring theme ever festival season, and the summer of 2022 is no exception.

We’re obsessed with these Sergio Rossi cowboy boots on Vestiare Collective:

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Most vintage, charity, and thrift stores stock all sorts of items related to the Wild West trend. Even something as simple as a fringe jacket can help you channel this look.

We hope this has given you a few ideas on how to nail festival fashion trends in a sustainable way! Sign up to Student Beans to redeem offers across fashion student deals and much more.