Weekend Shopping: Wet-A-Porter! Sunny Rainwear for Festival Season

Coachella officially kicks Music Festival season off in the US this weekend and, as the UK's Summer Festivals loom large, there's one thing you can guarantee - rain. Luckily, designers and retailers, ever quick to herald their Festival Fashion trends, have finally caught on to the fact that floral dresses, a plaid shirt and some cut off denims aren't really where it's at.

Coachella officially kicks Music Festival season off in the US this weekend and, as the UK's Summer Festivals loom large, there's one thing you can guarantee - rain. Luckily, designers and retailers, ever quick to herald their Festival Fashion trends, have finally caught on to the fact that floral dresses, a plaid shirt and some cut off denims aren't really where it's at. What modern festival goers really need are cool, lightweight, at least shower-proof jackets and ideally ones that can be screwed up at the bottom of your backpack or tied round your waist when that sun decides to show itself.

Pac-a-macs have enjoyed a huge resurgence recently but can get a bit 'boil in the bag' so thankfully now there are some serious yet practical fashion options available that are perfect for everyday too and come in this season's cheeriest shade - bright, citrus-y, sunshine yellow. Here's my pick of some of the best rainwear out now, and a selection of cute wellies - including the inspired Moschino Cheap And Chic 'Wet-A-Porter' boots for Net-A-Porter.com - to go with them.

Bottom Row: Petit Bateau Jersey Lined Anorak, £125 from www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk, Ilse Jacobsen soft shell water repellent coat, £110 from www.coggles.com, Primark Paddington Bear shower proof parka, and if you don't fancy going all out yellow, you can rock a hint of primary with this unisex Lazy Oaf parka - I have this, it's awesome - for half price! Now £55 from www.lazyoaf.co.uk.

Second Row: Left and right - Ilse Jacobsen short wellington boots £95 from Coggles.com now plus Poste Mistress Covent Garden and Harvey Nichols from May, and centre - Aigle Yellow Chantebelle boots, £80 from www.aigleboots.com.

Third Row: High shine Original Tall Hunter wellies with neon soles, £85 (Top Tip - try Marc by Marc Jacobs stores 'Special Items' section for cheaper versions of these in a variety of colourways without the fitted style), Hunter vintage Union Jack print wellies, £125, Burberry rubber wellingtons, £250, all from Net-A-Porter.com.

Bottom Row: Aigle lightweight foldable wellingtons - roll them down to stash them in their own little carrier, £75 from www.aigleboots.com.

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