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Bestival kicks off this weekend on the Isle Of Wight, and thousands of party-goers will this week be putting the final touches to their costumes for this year's HMS Bestival theme.
Aside from the music, perhaps the most famous tradition at Bestival is the annual fancy dress theme, which this year will inevitably see an awful lot of sailors and seamen at the event. Past themes have included outer space, under the sea and fantasy, with festival-goers constantly trying to out-do each other by wearing increasingly flamboyant costumes.
In 2010, Bestival even set the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people in fancy dress at one event, with 55,000 wearing their own interpretations of that year's fantasy theme.
Here, as a tribute to Bestival's dressing-up tradition, Gigwise has compiled some of the best costumes at the event over the years. Who knows, if you're heading to the Isle of Wight this weekend, it may even help give you some ideas...
