At the latest when it is called “O’Zapft” in Munich again in around two weeks, the dirndls and the lederhosen will not only be taken out of the closet in the state capital. The most important question “Is it still possible?” – the second stands: “Do you still put it on?”
“You can perceive a lot of different traditional fashion,” says Rainer Wenrich, art and fashion expert from the Catholic University of Eichstätt. “I am not yet sure whether it can be identified as a trend, but according to my observations we can perceive the use of high -quality materials, clean workmanship, clear, precise cuts, pure colors, not bright, hardly any decorative elements, even if there are also high quality in the longest to the knee and beyond. In addition, there are natural substances, together and also. also.”
By that he means the ballerina-like shoes with straps above the back of the foot. Marijuana, who also likes to be called Mary Jane, is of course still prohibited at the Oktoberfest. After all, Munich is still Bavaria.
Wenrich sees “overall a turn to the high -quality and permanent” – and “exactly the opposite of the Fast fashion from previous years”.
It fits that there will be hand -made dirndl from Uganda at the Oktoberfest – albeit very isolated. Annette Weidner brought her to Germany for her label “Isarhippie”. Bavarian design, traditional, African fabrics.
“Tradition also plays an important role in Uganda and that fits Bavaria very well, and that’s why we thought that you could combine it well,” she says. “Tidder was fashionable, then we had them with the top of the top and why not even with fabrics from Africa?”
Dirndl as “IT-Piece”
For the designer Angelika Zwerenz, who called her label “Dirndlpunk”, the dirndl has become “IT-Piece” in times of influencers who bust at the Oktoberfest for social media attention, as she says: “In the past, a dirndl was more of the Brave girl look. Today, the dirndl holder is self-confident and proud. reflects the general social change: fashion has become content, not just clothing. »
Incidentally, for men and women, she sees the cowboy hat as an additional IT-PIECE this year, which may also be due to the fact that her current collection has in its program.
Fashion expert Wenrich sees the classic hat on the head of the Oktoberfest goal: “The men, young or middle-aged, also wear traditional hat, whether made of merino wool or rabbit fur with the costume. Of course: “Lederhosen” – and the “also vegan, but in any case stylish, dignified, but not bourgeois, like vintage – and very important – in the right size – with good freedom of movement. A few beautiful sneakers, fresh in white, loafer made of velor leather, otherwise very good oat shoes” – the traditional traditional shoes.
On the other hand, oat shoes no longer work for dwarfs: “Instead of oat gates, you wear stylish sneaker. This is a fashion statement.” Her no-gos at the dirndl: “The short mini virndl is out, 2025 is knee or in calf length. Unsignable accessories are out”- it means head and neck or shoes that do not fit in color.
So far to express no-gos, Wenrich would not go: “There is still a lot, and nobody should feel subject to the choice of his clothing of a traditional costume fashion dictatorship. Life is difficult enough and we do not want to experience what we are currently experiencing of unrest, restrictions and oppression in the choice of our clothes.”