Cool Summer Festival Outfits for Women 40+

Chic resort wear? Put it away. Summer festival dressing is all about loose, carefree, and pretty much anything goes. One look at Pinterest and you may be thinking, hmm, that's really cute when you're 20, but what does a non-20, grown-ass woman wear to nail festival cool and yet still keep it tasteful? That is exactly what I'm showing you today. Ladies, welcome to our 2024 Summer Style Series. Every Tuesday and Friday, all summer long, I'm bringing you fun, engaging style videos to look your very best at all your summer events. From what to wear to a concert, a cruise, or even to the office, how to hide a tummy, most asked style questions, and more. Don't miss a beat. In this video, I am showing you my favorite age-appropriate outfit ideas that you can rock at any summer festival this year. Copy the looks directly or use them as inspo to go into your own closet and create your own unique looks. Let's do this. Okay, ladies, I have for you today a combo of looks from my own closet and outfit ideas that I have sourced for you online. The first one I have to tell you, I originally bought these Levi's to show you what not to wear in an upcoming video, but they were so cute and perfect for a festival that I'm keeping them. Rules were meant to be broken, people. These are Levi 501 shorts, distressed and frayed, which I never, ever, ever wear until I did. I paired it simply with a ribbed knit tank, white sneakers, and this fringed sun hat with light blue detailing to give it a little more festival flair. IMO, sun hats are a must for festivals. Aside from being a cool accessory that ties it all together, it protects your beautiful skin and it protects you from the blazing sun. You don't want to be walking around all day with the sun beating down on you. That's just like not fun. If you've got a layered stackable beaded bracelet, necklace, that would look amazing. Crossbody, always, because we need hands-free. Who wants to walk around with a big old handbag that just looks stupid? And I think this is a totally cool look. Next is this shirred yellow top that I found, I think at Revolve, that says festival all over it. Sleeveless and blousey enough to stay nice and cool with horizontal seaming along the body to give it a bit of waist definition without being binding. We don't want binding. Bottoms. First, this printed short from Farm Real. Front pockets, a front button zip closure in these gorgeous colors. This is just really summer fun. I finished it off with a layered beaded necklace, the sun hat with shell detailing, a sandal or a sneaker, and you're done. Don't like shorts? No problem. Swap in these boho light and gauzy Arum pants. Cool, breezy, perfect festival wear. They came in a ton of colors. I put it with black here. Finish with this coral and turquoise detailed sun hat. Coral and the turquoise picks up the same color in the beaded necklace that I'm showing you and it lightens up the outfit. A sandal, this one by UGG, super comfy and you're done. Ladies, let's talk shoes for a second because I think that shoes is where most women get hung up on their outfit and for good reason. In a nutshell, when you're going to your summer festival, you want to think two things, elements and the situation. You're going to be walking around all day, not only at the event, but think to and from your car as well. It's probably going to be hot and since it's outdoors, it's going to be dirty with a lot of people and a lot of potential spilling opportunities. This isn't the place to wear your expensive stuff. I personally always choose a cool sandal with a thick rubber sole or I love a sporty chic sneaker. I have seen women wearing boots and booties and although it looks super cute, that to me looks really hot and uncomfortable, but it is your outfit. It is your choice. If you have a favorite pair of boots that you're like, I love them, I can wear them anywhere, it is your business and you should absolutely wear them. Keeping the same gauzy hair and pants, let's do an updated version of crochet with this gorgeous black and white ivory crochet top. Slightly cropped so there's no need for tucking. If you are longer waisted and you don't like showing even a sliver of tummy, this probably isn't the top for you. If you're shorter waisted like me, this will probably graze the top of the hair and pants so you're not going to have tummy showing instead of the expected black sandal which is like boring. Try this Havart sandal by Jeffrey Campbell. Gorgeous mahogany color for that unexpected style element. It's got a toe loop, comfortable foot molding bed, rubber sole for comfort, buckled at the ankle for that chic kind of almost gladiator-esque feel to it. Finish with our shell detailing hat and this gorgeous beaded stacked bracelet. So cool and only $95 totally brings it home. Next is classic boho. This is an off-shoulder breezy floral print top with optional shoulder straps. Light metallic threading throughout to give it just a little something, something extra. This ladies is a longer top so I love the idea of tucking the front in and leaving it nice long and flowy in the back. It just kind of gives that high-low appearance. I put it with a linen rayon blend sammy short in this gorgeous mocha brown. So pretty if you have tanned legs. Our Jeffrey Campbell ankle sandal and these gorgeous green drop crochet earrings. A sienna colored floppy hat to bring it home and I think this looks amazing. You knew it was coming ladies. A maxi dress. We love a maxi dress from Anthropologie. A take on a simple boho maxi sleeveless v-neck in breathable viscose turquoise summery floral print. So pretty. The beauty of a piece like this, you guys know, not much to do. Add a favorite sandal, a hat, a stacked beaded bracelet in coordinating colors and you're done. Staying with the maxi, here I am in an Ulla Johnson from my own closet. I incorporated a headscarf here to show you as an option. I have to tell you as I'm modeling this for you, I hear Oliver coming around the corner and he looks he goes, what the heck are you wearing? Anyway, it's a very easy style element and oh by the way, if you're having a bad hair day, this is the secret trick my friends. To get this look, you're going to take a square scarf, fold it into a long thin piece, place it under the back of your head extending the two ends upwards. Now you're just going to twist it twice, bring it down to the nape of your neck again, tie it off and tuck it in. Add big sunglasses for extra chic cool. I added strappy rubber sole sandals and a fringed cross body, done. Same dress, this time I just used an oblong printed scarf from my closet to make it a little more interesting. I wrapped it around my waist and I tied it in the front slightly askew of center. Style note ladies, tying your scarf directly on the side of your hip actually makes your waist appear wider for obvious reasons. People can't see that your waist ends here because you've got a big knot on the side of your waist. Next is a tie waist short. I love these shorts, I just bought them. This is just another really easy look from my own closet. This is a wide rib body suit in this beautiful coral red, one of my favorite colors. I'm wearing a paper bag waist, dark denim shorts, bi-page denim, super cute. They tie at the waist so you can adjust them as you like. To make it a little more festival-y, I added a fringed sun hat with a patterned brim detail, a chain necklace, hoops and a white cross just to lighten the look. If like me, you don't have a ton of boho festival-y things in your closet, this is kind of a good alternative. Sneakers because well, they're comfortable and they're sporty cute. Oh ladies, if you want something a little lighter, this is really pretty too. This is the same short in the rosy color and I think it's really pretty. I actually like this one a bit better than the dark denim because I think it reads a bit more summery. So you know, choice is yours. If you love highlighting your pretty legs, you're going to love this one. A flowy off-top shoulder. Remember ladies, shoulders never get fat. Breezy, easy to wear and we're pairing it with our Farm Rio print short that I showed you a little bit earlier. I added a layered boho chic necklace from Revolve. Our shell detail sun hat just to keep it light and airy and nude sandals because they're leg lengthening. Rubber sole and molded footbeds so they're comfy for walking around all day but they look super chic and cool. I know what you want. More summer style so don't miss my next video. Chic summer outfits to beat the heat and I'll see y'all Monday. Have a great weekend, ladies.