Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by slowcheetah on Feb 26, 2012 13:04:01 GMT -5
Hi everyone! Thanks for all the great advice and information. This is going to be my first time going, and the information here has been helpful (I'm already getting my clothing budget together!).
Glad to see some other rookies in here! Hopefully with all the great advice of this thread we'll get everything right (or the fashion part at least)!
I picked up a couple tops from TJ Maxx last week—racerback tanks with built in bras and a cute tie-dye/zebra pattern for $15 each. I'm normally a "bra at all waking hours" gal but there is no way in hell I am wearing underwires at Roo.
PEPPER! you maybe camping with me again this year? also, Friday for use of "Incredimazing" also also, Im sooooo happy you have a sweet job. AND that you got stuff at H&M! I adore that place.
Maybe! I really have no idea yet. Between school and work and stuff it doesn't look too good for Ed being able to go, so if I decide to go anyway I will pretty much be completely at the mercy of...somebody. Not really sure what to do.
Welcome to all our new GFTers!
I really have to upload my pics from last year...like, y'know, before THIS year. Ugh. I don't remember having any pics of mayo and/or me in our lighted RooTus, but I'm not sure, there might be something in there. It's always so hard to take good pictures of glow stuff and LED stuff and everything, though.
Post by plasticpepper on Feb 26, 2012 21:21:16 GMT -5
OH - and I got some of those bandini bras y'all were talking about from Target. Spotted 'em on the clearance rack, a 2-pack for $11 or something like that, and couldn't resist. I tried them on though and I think I'll probably just be sticking with bikini tops at Roo for the most part. The bandini things just flatten me too much, and I don't really need any help in the flatness department, haha. Plus I am just too...uh...pointy...to be able to go braless at all, and I still end up a bit...pointy...even with the bandinis on.
I'm sure you all needed to know that, haha.
They will be decently useful just as sports bras though, which is good since I don't have any of those. If I ever go running again they'll come in handy! (Bah, I seriously do need to go running. So tired of feeling chubby.)
Post by popsicle sarah on Feb 26, 2012 22:59:57 GMT -5
I was shoe shopping online (one of my favorite things to do) and I came across these:
DEAR GOD! I MUST HAVE THEM!!
I have 3 pairs of sanuks and they are my absolute favorite shoes (er, um, sandals). I wear them every day, but I'VE NEVER SEEN THESE!!! So stinking cute. Ugh. Want.
CKS - sorry I missed your question about the tutus!! - I don't have a tututorial, but it's crazy easy. I can knock one out in an hour or so. I DO have an etsy store - I shut it down bc I wasn't knitting as much as I used to... Maybe I will open it back up for RooTus??? Good idea.
Yeah, please do! For the less crafty of us who still would love their very own rootus
Thanks ladies for the Roo-Tu tutorial! I went to the fabric store today and they didn't have the six inch spools. The have a ton of them on Amazon but I couldn't wait. ( I am not a "tomorrow" type of person; I want it "to-NOW") ;D Anyway, I bought 3 different colors of the most fabulous sparkly netting from a 60" bolt. I cut it all into strips tonight and am going to assemble it tomorrow after work. I can't wait to finish it!
Thanks, me either! I am safety pinning the elastic together for now and will do the final sewing a week before Roo. My homegirl Jennifer Hudson and I are doing the Weight Watchers deal and I would like to drop another 30 before Roo. I gained weight since last year, ugh, but am now down 5lbs from last year's weight. I refuse to trade in my Roo-Tu for a Roo-MuMu.
Yay, tutus! Or RooTus. Haha. I'm loving that my tutorial lives on....and that makes me happy that I used the word "INCREDIMAZING" in it.
Since we were briefly on the topic of sunscreen a page or two back, I have a question I've been meaning to ask - how do you ladies keep your scalps from burning where your hair parts? Mine always burns and the only way I can avoid it is constant bandanas. But I mean, sometimes I want a hairstyle that doesn't involve a bandana, y'know?! My hair is always gross enough as it is, I really don't want to be spraying sunscreen into it.
I guess the obvious answer is "buy a damn hat already" and I WANT to, really, I do, but then every time I get all IT'S HAT-BUYIN' TIME OKAY I go put one on my head and look in a mirror and suddenly it is no longer hat-buyin' time. I'm never happy with the way I look in 'em. Soooo I thought I'd see if someone out there has a magical scalp-protection secret.
In other news, I ended up spending a ridiculous amount of money on clothes for the new job and still feel like I have nothing to wear. BUT I got some adorable dresses from H&M. Wish I could find pics on their site for you but I don't see 'em. I got one fairly basic gray one, but I also got a black one with little apples all over it, one with a black and white bunny rabbit print, a navy blue one with teeny stars on, and a blue one with red and white polka dots that looks amazing on me if I do so say myself. And I got a pair of blue suede shoes. Well, fake suede. I think. I hope.
About the sunscreen. Nothing is going to make you feel worse than a burned scalp. We almost all look awful in hats so seriously consider one. Also, try a scarf or a bandana that you can tie on . They're murder on your hair but hell, so's Roo
I'm loving all the new GFTers! Welcome everyone. This is probably the best thread on the board
My goal this year is to have a cotton-free roo wardrobe. I wore cotton sundresses every day last year and it wasn't great. Once cotton gets wet, it stays wet foreverrrr. The fountain felt great, but the stank of everything sticking to my wet dress for hours afterward did NOT. I have one dress so far. I only need like 7 more, ha.
Cotton free?! Wow, I prefer cotton! Though, have to say, it should be a thin cotton. I have a thicker cotton dress that is good at the beginning/end of summer, but too thick of a material for comfortable day time Roo wear. I want to get to Target sometime soon to check out their sundresses. I don't like to order online. I am too tall and too between sizes. I'm an XL in 'junior' type sizes (think Wet Seal or Forever21 - but even XL can be too short) but not quite wide enough or something for 'women' sizes. ACTUALLY, know what? Calvin Klein dresses fit GREAT. Size 10. Now, if I could afford all designer clothing, I'd be gravy. haha
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Cotton free?! Wow, I prefer cotton! Though, have to say, it should be a thin cotton. I have a thicker cotton dress that is good at the beginning/end of summer, but too thick of a material for comfortable day time Roo wear. I want to get to Target sometime soon to check out their sundresses. I don't like to order online. I am too tall and too between sizes. I'm an XL in 'junior' type sizes (think Wet Seal or Forever21 - but even XL can be too short) but not quite wide enough or something for 'women' sizes. ACTUALLY, know what? Calvin Klein dresses fit GREAT. Size 10. Now, if I could afford all designer clothing, I'd be gravy. haha
this just made me think -- have you looked at forever 21's "love 21" contemporary line? i've found those clothes are sized more as "women's" clothing than "juniors" so those dresses are longer!
Oh, right on! I'll check it out. I bought a skirt at Forever21 last year and just left it unzipped. ha! (shirts covered the zipper) thanks for the tip, I'm 5'10". I'm not totally prudish with length, but I want to be able to bend over somewhat without flashing folk.
Hmm maybe my dresses last year weren't thin enough cotton? I don't know. I was wet for hours after going in the fountain. I don't want that again. And I know it's dumb, but I'm not comfortable enough to strip down into a bathing suit/undies before getting wet.
Maybe it's just impossible to be comfortable at bonnaroo and I should stop trying
Maybe it's just impossible to be comfortable at bonnaroo and I should stop trying
IMO - it's impossible to be physically comfortable, but the trick is just to make yourself mentally comfortable. The goal of Roo fashion is to make sure none of us ends up regretting that we didn't jump into the fountain because we didn't want to get our clothes wet, or didn't dance because we were worried about a wardrobe malfunction or about how we looked in what we were wearing, or anything like that. ;D
This is not the place to try and be overly fashionable. You want to be comfy and confidant. Nothing worse than having chafe burns, blisters, sun burns, uncomfortable underwires or generally not being confidant.
I have a pair of very broken in jeans, some super soft threadbare tees, a North Face Shell, Columbia 3" hiking shorts, a fold over waist skirt, my hat and two very dependable bikinis that come with me to every Roo (yes, some of the items have made it to the all of the past nine Roos). I add a few dresses, tanks, some leggings and that does it for me.
Dani - i EFFING LOVE your new avatar line. HoneyROOn!!!
what pepper said for sure. wear what you know you can dance in, what you're comfortable sitting on the ground in without flashing your lady parts, what you can sweat a LOt in and still feel cute/sexy And tack on what wont chafe/burn/rub you and you're gold.
Also - for the new ladies - last year I made some stellar Girly Fashion Thread pins! I still have a bunch, and I will have them at the Inforoo Brunch. However, if you'd like to have yours before Roo, I am happy to mail them!!! Last year, I only had an issue mailing one to Canada - it returned to me two times. SO - here they are (scroll down to my giant face ;D): bonnaroo.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=logistics&action=display&thread=4892&page=158
PM me your name and mailing address if any of you lovely new ladies would like to represent GFT up in the hizzaroo this year <3
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Hmm maybe my dresses last year weren't thin enough cotton? I don't know. I was wet for hours after going in the fountain. I don't want that again. And I know it's dumb, but I'm not comfortable enough to strip down into a bathing suit/undies before getting wet.
Maybe it's just impossible to be comfortable at bonnaroo and I should stop trying
Have you looked around???? At the beaches, malls, Roo? It's all about being comfortable in your own skin then the clothes you are wearing. I've seen women 3 times my size looking sexier - because they own it. A women can look sexy in a burlap bag. As mayo/pepper and others above have said, wear what makes you feel comfortable. Hate to shock you youngins, but the men don't really care what you are wearing.. they are just thinking about getting whatever you have on - off, if they like what's underneath (and i dont mean the body - well yea - but thats not all its about ladies). ;D
^^^Agreed. Besides, at some point during the weekend, your gonna say "f*ck it" and strip down to that swimsuit anyway. Happens to me every year.
Then there's that story I was found wandering around pants-less (but with undies!) after the late night shows. But that had nothing to do with heat and everything to do with a malfunctioning skirt.
Thanks! I cut the strips to 30" long, so after the fold and the knot, probably about 13.5"-14" if it is laying flat. I put on about 100 strips so it is really full and has a nice "poof" to it. I will try it on before I shower tomorrow to see where it falls. So. Much. Glitter. EVERYWHERE.
^^^Agreed. Besides, at some point during the weekend, your gonna say "f*ck it" and strip down to that swimsuit anyway. Happens to me every year.
Then there's that story I was found wandering around pants-less (but with undies!) after the late night shows. But that had nothing to do with heat and everything to do with a malfunctioning skirt.
Amen.. that would be thursday for me
except the malfunctioning skirt. Bike shorts and tank tops for me all of Roo now, maybe a late night sundress. My excuse for the eventual lack of clothes is that southern heat! (And i'm sticken with that one!) ;D
Hmm maybe my dresses last year weren't thin enough cotton? I don't know. I was wet for hours after going in the fountain. I don't want that again. And I know it's dumb, but I'm not comfortable enough to strip down into a bathing suit/undies before getting wet.
Maybe it's just impossible to be comfortable at bonnaroo and I should stop trying
Have you looked around???? At the beaches, malls, Roo? It's all about being comfortable in your own skin then the clothes you are wearing. I've seen women 3 times my size looking sexier - because they own it. A women can look sexy in a burlap bag. As mayo/pepper and others above have said, wear what makes you feel comfortable. Hate to shock you youngins, but the men don't really care what you are wearing.. they are just thinking about getting whatever you have on - off, if they like what's underneath (and i dont mean the body - well yea - but thats not all its about ladies). ;D
Thank you for this! I am often self-conscious, mostly because of my age rather than how my body looks. i have a much younger husband, and lots of younger friends but really I just think that keeps me young. And then I look around at others and realize I look just fine and I look good for my age and I don't look like someone pretending to be younger. I just look like me! And I am good with that ;D
And that's beautiful! Everyone, seriously!! Whenever I went back to camp the girl next to me was preening excessively and complaining last year while we ran around with body parts hanging out left and right and covered in dust.
Not only is it not worth it to be self-conscious at roo, but don't buy into the conventional image of beauty period...!! we girls aren't born competitive or self-conscious -- these flaws are MAN-MADE
YOU ARE PERFECT... wear what you like... be happy and dance... and screw the rest
And that's beautiful! Everyone, seriously!! Whenever I went back to camp the girl next to me was preening excessively and complaining last year while we ran around with body parts hanging out left and right and covered in dust.
Not only is it not worth it to be self-conscious at roo, but don't buy into the conventional image of beauty period...!! we girls aren't born competitive or self-conscious -- these flaws are MAN-MADE
YOU ARE PERFECT... wear what you like... be happy and dance... and screw the rest
YOU ARE ENOUGH
-my two cents-
YES, THANK YOU!
I stopped caring a LOOOONG time ago what people thought about how I looked/dressed/how much I weigh.
And especially at Roo, which is MY vacation, I could care less if people said I looked like a hippo in a thong; I'm wearing whatever the hell I want.