Like a giant carnival, every year, Bestival hosts an infamous fancy dress parade that brings together various creative individuals who turn up in their wackiest best. At Desert Island Disco, wigs, props, painted faces, feather boas are a dime a dozen. Here are some that turned heads

 

1. When in doubt, dress as a fruit-basket…

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2 … or a carnival goddess as bright as the sun

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3. Giant peacocks are always a good idea

4. If only the Prince of Arabia saw this…

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5. Welcome to the Desert Island Disco. Watch out for the yeti-like creature masquerading as a DJ

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6. When in drag, dance!

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7. I guess some people really like lizards

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8. Cranky lobster, before he was cooked and eaten

 

9. Some hipster version The Jungle Book

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10. Offending every Native American in just one go

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11. It’s hard to figure this one out

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12. ‘Sound the war drums!’

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13. More Native American inspirations…

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14. ‘I am the largest-walking-disco-ball’

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15. Day of the dead meets Bestival

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16. Arrr! Found me pirate’s bounty!

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17. This costume is so bad, it’s good

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17. The forbidden love of a sailor and a lobster

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18. More disco ball-themed outfits at the festival

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19. If you were an ice-cream flavour, which would you be?

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20.  Spotted: A unicorn’s glittery horn was seen posing for pictures.

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20. ‘At Bestival, we were outfits that made no sense!’

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