What I wore at the Goodwood Revival 2026
Last Sunday I went back to the Disneyland of all things vintage, the one and only Goodwood Revival!
Goodwood weekend is a truly magical place, something between a living museum, a movie set, and a time machine. A festival that’s dedicated to vintage fashion and cars, with its participants taking it to the extreme - but in the most exquisite way.
Every time I’m there, I need to make a few laps of each of the zones to be able to look at the scene properly. Don’t even get me started about the people and their looks. Impossible to notice them all! Everywhere you look, there’s some incredibly stylish lady, with her gloves, tights and a fancy hat, all so perfect like she’s a mid-century movie star. Or a group of lads in their army uniforms, with their hair split up to the side like it’s 1948. And if you just cast your eye to the side, you’ll notice a couple pushing a stroller with those massive wheels, and even their baby looks like it’s just a regular morning sometime in the 1930s. My deepest appreciation to all those folks who make all this effort.
I’m in love with those early 19th century wagons.
As for my part, I understood the assignment, but I had to add my own twist to my period-inspired outfit.
I chose to play around with the colours, fabrics and eras, because I still wanted to feel like myself at the event. I wore a 1950s LVC reproduction jacket in the softest two-tone suede from the Outpost Vintage in Utrecht (it took less than a week to have it delivered to the UK). My red shirt is an early 1940s Nathan Turk piece that I found on Vinted (!!) last year for circa £60, and the denim shirt is a 1960s Wrangler piece. I initially planned to wear tailored wool trousers, but last-minute decided to go for the jeans I repaired and sashiko-ed myself a week before. All that topped with a 20X Stetson, old boots, and a mix of jewellery and accessories, all minus one ring, thrifted and collected over the years, from the 1930s to the present.
My boots are very old but I make sure they’re always clean and shiny, and for this reason I always travel with a tin can of shoe polish. Those coloured ones from Timpson are really good, I have them in all shades of my boots. If I notice the leather on the boots getting dry and flaky, I give them a treatment my grandma taught me. She would rub in the classic, greasy Nivea cream, work it first with her hands, then with a cloth, leave it for a day and repeat if needed. I don’t always have this specific cream at home, but I tested Neutrogena and it works equally fine. It moisturises the leather and brings some extra shine, too.
As for this year’s Revival theme ‘‘La Dolce Vita’’, the Italian ‘accessory’ I brought to the function was my personal Italian ;) This was his first time at the Revival, and he stole the show - got all interviewed and photographed! Sergio wore a 1940s varsity jacket, 70s army pants and a matching Wrangler shirt to mine.
There were a few interesting cowboy looks too, with lots of hats swinging around and people’s own interpretation of the Revival’s theme, which is always very inspiring. I tried taking a few pictures, but I gave up and decided to absorb it all in real time. I am now looking forward to seeing the looks featured at the Revival Instagram profile and can’t already wait for the next one! Thank you to the team for having us! Tipping my hat!
