We hear all these amazing stories of the summer of ’69, the summer of love. The summer of Woodstock.

An iconic music festival that took place forty years ago this summer, and we’re still seeing influences resonating through contemporary fashion culture that indicates the love-in hasn’t quite ended.

Which is fortunate really, because although we missed seeing the likes of Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner we weren’t alone.

Joni Mitchell passed up on the party of the century, and Bob Dylan was nowhere to be seen either - a shame as he was one of the first musicians to discover the iconic festival and lived at the Woodstock site for much of the Sixties.

Not that he didn’t want to be there, but he’d had to pull out due to his son becoming increasingly ill. It was probably fortuitous in part, given his lack of tolerance for the invasion of newcomers to the place he called his refuge.

In honour of his infamous musical influence scores of fans paid homage to his get up of customised rough denim, cowboy shirt and boots and the obligatory pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses.

Now that’s a style combination that’s never gone out of fashion. Wear it for all you’re worth this autumn and mix with tie-dye and bell bottom jeans for maximum effect.

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