As fashionable festival-goers dress to impress in the crowded desert, a culture of overconsumption has become the norm. And one thing is urgently clear: we can’t keep going like this.
After a three-year pandemic hiatus, Coachella 2022 marked the return of in-person festivals last year. The fashion-forward affair was first in the line of various upcoming summer music events, including Canadian festivals Osheaga and Veld. Coachella 2023 kicks off on April 14 and the much-anticipated festival is shaping up to be bigger and buzzier than ever. And that means lots (and lots) of one-and-done outfits. As the climate crisis intensifies, it’s impossible to ignore the environmental nightmare that is festival fashion.