What your Bestival fancy dress says about you
A psychological analysis
The Wish Fulfillment
The outfit: Perhaps the most anthropologically elegant and psychologically revealing of all fancy dress phenomena, the Wish Fulfillment simply involves dressing up as a person or thing that you would like to be. With adult aspirations like wealth, sexual potency and educational and career success rarely translating into photogenic costume, it's easier to return to the dreams of childhood. Common Wish Fulfillment costumes include the Train Driver, the Knight in Armour, the King / Princess, Doctor, Rock Star, Movie Idol, Wizard, Vampire, DJ and various animals.
The wearer: While this is fancy dress at its most liberating, bear in mind that it can occasionally bring out feelings and desires perhaps best left repressed. Be wary of anyone dressed as a policeman or Jigsaw from the SAW movies. And NEVER have casual festival sex with a girl dressed as a bride.
See also: 'The Cross Dresser'
