Don’t Mess with Bavarian Heritage: Cheap, Imported Lederhosen Dubbed ‘Yuppie Outfits’

Travel Blog  •  Valerie Conners  •  09.24.08 | 11:23 AM ET

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Better check your lederhosen and dirndls before heading to the Oktoberfest beer tents: If you’re not sporting a German-made getup you’ll likely fuel the ire of Bavarian purists.

The chairman of the Bavarian Federation of Folk Costume Societies tells The Telegraph, “Our societies exclusively use the domestic lederhosen makers. We don’t use any pseudo-costumes made abroad.” While the whole foreign-made hullabaloo is really something, I’m more intrigued by the notion of “dirndl punk” fashions.

 


Valerie Conners

Valerie Conners is the senior producer and editor at World Hum.


1 Comment for Don’t Mess with Bavarian Heritage: Cheap, Imported Lederhosen Dubbed ‘Yuppie Outfits’

Munich Traveler 09.24.08 | 5:01 PM ET

It is true - Germans are traditionalists. No wonder they have a purity beer law dating from the 14th century and they enforce it still. I kind of admire that quality. If you visit the Hofbräuhaus in Munich you will see the umpaa band members dressed in their traditional lederhosen. :)

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