Aritzia is a reliable source for well made basics and staple pieces, this remains the case when it comes to their newly released Festival Edit. The curated list is a careful roundup of their in-house brands and includes plenty of cotton tanks, denim essentials, poplin dresses, and athletic wear. While most of their selected pieces would serve you well during festival season, I’ve pulled my favorites into a more concise edit, a list of “Nic’s Picks”, if you will.

TOPS & DRESSES

Personally, I don’t love anything too dark or fitted when I’m prancing and sweating in the sun. I omitted pulling any cap sleeves, for the sake of sweat stains, and opted for looser pieces that are easy to style under or over additional layers if and when more are needed.

Denim Forum The ‘90s Vintage Denim Vest, $110

Sunday Best Martine Poplin Midi Dress, $110

LOOSE FITTING BOTTOMS

Similar to my straying away from tight fitting festival tops, I believe dancing is much more enjoyable in a loose fitting bottom. I pulled my opinionated best of all that was included in the Aritzia round up and opted for the more practical skort over a revealing mini.

Denim Forum The ‘90s Vintage Bermuda Denim Short, $78

POTENTIAL SETS

Aritzia kindly sticks to a range of self explanatory colors that spread across most of the pieces within a specific brand. That being said, a lot of single tops and bottoms can easily become color coordinated sets, without fear of one piece being a slightly darker shade of blue than the other. Or am I the only one that freaks out if the color names don’t exactly match?

Sunday Best Chill Nectar Top in Heather Light Oatmeal, $35

Wilfred Bouquet Linen Skirt in Heather Light Oatmeal, $148

Sunday Best Helena Poplin Top in Glimmer, $58

Sunday Best Souffle Poplin Short in Glimmer, $78

Tna Offseason Zip Up in Flame Scrlt/Oak, $148

Tna Offseason Short in Flame Scrlt/Oak, $48

ACCESSORIES

Perhaps this is due to the rising western trend, or the overall existence of Stagecoach, but I’ve seen almost too many cowboy hats included in recent festival edits. No shade to the headwear itself, I did in fact grow up in Texas, but I’ve never understood the strong tie between festivals and western wear. All that to say – I only selected one cowboy hat, out of respect, from the many that were included the Aritzia edit.