Gumboots, mullets and forest green: What the people of Fieldays wore
With gloomy weather shadowing the event, attendees came prepared for downpours, mud and wind.
While you’d expect the crowd to be packed with Red Bands and Swandris, this year’s Fieldays had much more of a smart casual vibe going on.
No matter where you were at the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agriculture event, there was always someone in a checkered shirt, tucked into blue jeans, paired with a smart dress boot.
Extra points if also wearing a company-branded vest. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon even got in on the Fieldays uniform.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon at Fieldays on Wednesday.
Marika Khabazi
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Outside of that there were a good amount of mullets, stubby shorts with gumboots, and a lot of camouflage.
Some even travelled to the event to buy new clothes.
If Fieldays had a signature colour, it would be a dark, forest green. There were fleeces, rain jackets, hunting shirts, Swandris, and boots all in this colour.
Here's some of the best looks on the folks at Fieldays.
Eight-year-old Zoe is rocking a Western-inspired look.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Jackson Greathead, from Bombay, is sporting a mullet - which he reckons is cool.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Cody Fitchers, from Bombay between Auckland and Waikato, comes to Fieldays every year.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Cody Fitchers, from Bombay between Auckland and Waikato, comes to Fieldays every year.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Shantell Carter, from Cambridge, is wearing her pink hat and staying dry inside the shed as the rain pushes on.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Michael Greathead from Pukekohe wearing a cap with a neck flap, Red Band gumboots, and a Stoney Creek shirt
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Michael Greathead's cap is signed by Knux.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Jason says he just threw on what he had.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Mary from France is wearing gum boots she got from an op shop.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
The Spargo family from Taupo came in various styles.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Collin is wearing a Swanndri Bush jacket that is 25 years old. The brand itself is more than 100 years old.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Chris is wearing a jumper that’s 40-50 years old.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Alex is wearing Red Band gumboots, RM Williams belt, Stoney Creek shirt, and Hunters Element pants.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
Red Band gumboots are an iconic Kiwi staple.
RNZ / Marika Khabazi
