Women's German Alpine Beauty Fancy Dress Costume

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In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the Enlightenment was especially associated with France, which had sent its armies across Europe in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815).

Inspired by the lively innkeeper heroine, the dirndl became an international fashion phenomenon, always with an apron and usually with deep décolletage.

The Female Alpine costume or Women's Oktoberfest outfit , is not just reserved for special events or festivals. You could book a trip to the Swiss Alps and legitimately claim that your vacation was a health expense. As worn for national dress, the bodice is decorated with silver embroidery featuring a princely crown in the middle of the bodice. Read more about the condition New with tags: A brand-new, unused, unworn and undamaged item in the original packaging (such as the original box or bag) and/or with the original tags attached. The Austrian postal service regularly issues postage stamps featuring dirndls and other Austrian folk costumes.

Other popular accessories include waistcoats, silk aprons and vibrantly coloured, hand-printed silk scarves (the latter especially in the Austrian Ausseerland). She's lost weight since I last saw her so the dress didn't fit perfectly, but it's incredibly well made and adjustable thanks to the apron's ties so it ended up looking great on her! Each piece is carefully tailored to perfection, ensuring a flawless fit that accentuates the wearer's natural beauty. a b Anita Ericson, Österreich [Marco Polo travel guide], 13th edition, Marco Polo, Ostfildern (Germany), 2017, Pp. In the past few years, "Oktoberfest" celebrations have developed in parts of Germany remote from Bavaria, such as Münster in Westphalia.However, all the innovations Pesendorfer said were made by Karasek were actually already present in the previous decades during which the dirndl evolved as a fashion. Folk costumes for women in Liechtenstein correspond to the definition of a "dirndl" in English, although the local tracht association ( Liechtensteinische Trachtenvereinigung) discourages the name "dirndl".