Whatever the case, these five performers reminded NYLON, and many others, why there’s still nothing quite like doing it live. Perhaps the tacit costume (and vaccine) mandate freed performers and audience members alike to let loose more than they normally would’ve. It was obvious festival goers were there to peacock, and the largely maskless crowds mixed, mingled, and moshed with a carefreeness that felt both self-congratulatory and actually congratulatory. Peoples’ costumes ran the gamut from classics like the Scooby Gang to new hits like Squid Game, though by far the most popular costume was some combo of cow print and western wear (think Doja Cat’s “Mooo!” era x yeehaw culture). Though the fog occasionally rolled in thicker than a rustic slice of sourdough, the biggest Californian music, food, drink, and smoke festival in over a year unfolded in unusually auspicious conditions, with the past weekend’s storm leaving the grounds smelling freshly of bay and eucalyptus. As soon as the festival, which took place this past weekend on the ocean-bordering edge of Golden Gate Park, opened Friday afternoon, the costumed revelers - taking advantage of Halloweekend, streaming in on foot or scooters, festooned with capes and wigs or zipped into kigurumis and other novelty onesies - were treated to dizzyingly bright sun and sublime slices of cloud strewn sky. Somehow, Outside Lands escaped San Francisco.
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