Did Kendall and Kylie Jenner just dethrone Vanessa Hudgens as the queen of Coachella? Vanessa has long reigned as the annual festival’s resident celebrity boho-hippie, but this year, it seems like all anyone could talk about were the Jenner sisters. It could be because Kendall and Kylie have gotten a lot more publicity this year than Vanessa, like from walking the Marc Jacobs runway and starting their own Kendall & Kylie for Madden Girl shoe line. Or could it possibly be that the sisters have entirely shifted the taste and changed the standard for festival fashion?
While Vanessa had to style her braids in a mermaid fashion and dip them in fuchsia hair chalk, all Kendall had to do with her braids was wear them loose to get people talking about how to get her look.
Vanessa Hudgens’ Instagram snap of her outfit at day 1 of week 2 of Coachella – posted on April 23, 2014; Kendall Jenner sporting braids and a holey t-shirt at day 1 of week 2 of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 18, 2014
Vanessa has been doing bindis since forever, but when Kendall did bindis this year, she got the media all riled up. Don’t forget all the hoopla she caused with the nose ring.
Vanessa Hudgens sharing a selfie of her bindi on Instagram – posted on April 20, 2014; Kendall Jenner wearing bindis as part of her outfit on day 2 of week 1 of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 12, 2014
Kendall Jenner’s Instagram photos showing her wearing a large nose hoop ring – posted on April 14, 2014
Vanessa got criticized for wearing a Native American headdress as a fashion statement, but Kylie got lauded for her stylish and creative use of feathers as shoulder accessories.
Vanessa Hudgens wearing a Native American headdress while dancing at Coachella in an Instagram pic she posted on April 15, 2014; Kylie Jenner wearing a body chain with feathered shoulders at day 1 of week 2 of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 18, 2014
Vanessa had one stylish “tribe” at Coachella, but the Jenner sisters had Selena Gomez in theirs. They even joined forces with Jaden Smith’s group sometime during the second week of the festival, which made for one powerful paparazzi photo magnet.
Vanessa Hudgens’ Instagram photo of her group on the first weekend of the 2014 Coachella Festival in Indio, California – posted on April 15, 2014
Kendall Jenner’s Instagram photo of her Coachella group, including Kylie Jenner and Selena Gomez – posted on April 14, 2014
Jaden Smith, Moises Arias, Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner celebrating Moises Arias’ 20th birthday at the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 18, 2014
Vanessa’s style was sometimes all over the place, and she often looked like she was lost in her own world. Kendall was just simple in the way she channeled her inner flower child in a cropped peasant top and printed bell bottoms, and Kylie even stayed true to her biker-inspired wild-child style.
Vanessa Hudgens’ Instagram snap posted on April 14, 2014; Kendall Jenner channeling her inner flower child at day 2 of week 2 of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 20, 2014
Vanessa Hudgens sharing a post-Coachella Instagram picture posted on April 23, 2014; Kylie Jenner at day 2 of week 2 of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California, on April 20, 2014
Do you think we have new celebrity Coachella queens? What we know for sure is that we prefer Kendall’s and Kylie’s comfy boots and sneakers as festival footwear over Vanessa’s coin-embellished booties and ’90s-inspired flatforms.
Credit: WENN, Vanessa Hudgens' Instagram, Kendall Jenner's Instagram, Kylie Jenner's Instagram