Get Soaked in Style: Cool Outfit Ideas for Songkran Celebrations This Year
Whenever the outside temperature rises over 30 degrees Celsius, you know full well that Summer is just around the corner. And with it, comes Thailand’s traditional New Year’s celebration like the “Songkran Festival” where everybody gets to fight back the summer heat with a cooling festivity. Friends and families gather from all around to join a world-renowned water celebration that happens during mid-April of every year.
It’s almost mandatory that you bring out the but of your summer wardrobe to join in the famous celebration. Many of us take this opportunity to wear what they usually wouldn’t dare. We’re sure everyone wants to at their best or, better even, stand out from the crowd while getting soaked from head to toe from the water fights throughout the day.
If you’ve already got your water guns loaded but is still blank on the outfit front, we’ve got a list of cool ideas for you boys and girls to go mix and match at home with these 5 recommended looks for Songkran celebration. Check out which one you like best and be sure to get soaked in style this year!
Colorful
Let’s kick things off with some colorful fashion! These items will be sure to bring out the brighter side of who you are. Songkran is all about fun and festivity, and vibrant colors will resonate with the overall mood perfectly. The heart of this look is that the clothing and accessories extremely contrast each other, resulting in a super “chic” look that is very hard to ignore.
Radiant-colored tees, no matter short-sleeved, long-sleeved, or no sleeves, goes super well with shorts with contrasting colors. We recommend that you wear pants or skirts with buttons or ropes better than the elastic ones, so you bottoms don’t soak in water and fall off after a few minutes of water fight. Ladies can choose to wear bright colored bikinis underneath instead of regular undergarments, so you don’t have to worry about things getting too revealing. Top all of this off with some dazzling accessories like a pair of bright-colored sunglasses to fight the sun rays, a cap or beanie to keep your hair in check, and a gigantic neon pink or orange water gun to splash your way through the night.
Striped
This classic pattern fits well with any situation. You never have to worry about looking fat with a striped outfit, because if you mix and match them well enough, you just might come out looking slimmer than a runway model.
One good thing about striped clothing is that it is super easy to find. No matter which store you turn into, you’d find at least a collection or two with this type of pattern. If you're the kind of person that likes to takes things to the limit, then you can go for both a striped top and a striped bottom. But if you're still a bit cautious about your fashion, you can also bring in a single-colored item to cut down the soften the striped item down a bit. Items like hats, bags, shoes, glasses with a solid color can cut down on the mesmerizing element of a striped outfit. But it’s Songkran! Why stay in your comfort zone like any other day? Just put on a Red-Green striped shirt or a Rainbow striped shorts and have some fun!
Tropical
Tropical and flowery clothing, coincidentally, just happens to be the popular “uniform” of Songkran already. It’s easy to find, extremely stylish, and gives off a summer holiday vibe like no other type of clothing can.
Wherever you go nowadays, you can see that flower shirt and tropical vibes are trending and becoming more and more popular as we speak. Whether you like big flowers or a variety of blooms, there’s an endless option to choose from in the market. You can simply pair up a Hawaiian shirt with some jean shorts or go flip-side and wear tropical bottoms with a plain shirt. For ladies, why not try out a flowery bodysuit and pair it up with plain jean shorts or boot cut pants? It looks super stylish, to say the least.
Sportswear
A sporty style fits well with both men and women. The best part about it is, no matter how hot the sun may be or how wet you’d have to get, you’d still be comfortable in them. The reason being that these clothes can “breathe”, and they let your sweat out during an exercise.
If we were to ask you what kind of outfit that exudes a “sports” vibe, you would probably say a tracks pants and workout leggings. Pair that up with a cool tank top, and you’re all good to go! With an outfit like this, you never have to worry about sweat or water from the celebration at any point during the day. You can also try it out with running shoes and sneakers to complete the look, but you’d have to clean them up when you get home after a full day of Songkran. It’ll be worth it, however, and you can even throw in a little bandana as a cool accessory as well!
Denim-Like
Even though jeans absorb water more than any other types of cloth, that doesn’t mean you can’t wear them to Songkran. Let’s take a look at some basic outfits that everyone has at home. They’re easy to wear and fun to mix and match. You don’t even need a real pair of jeans; just some denim-looking items will do the trick just fine.
When we say jeans, the first thing that pops into our heads is the color tone of blue. So if you really don’t want to wear jeans out for Songkran, just pick out some items with a similar tone. These are very simple styles, and we’re sure that everyone should already have quite a number of these items to have fun with at home. For example, pick up a blue or white plain t-shirt and pair it up with jean shorts or even go vice versa. Top that off with some flashy sunglasses or a stylish hat, and you’ll keep that cool vibe throughout the day.