Germany is known the world over for its beer-guzzling fall festival. Even though it's a highly traditional event, DW's Louisa Schaefer says new fashion trends can be seen at the fun-loving celebration ...

If you're keen to do some flirting at Oktoberfest, pay attention to where a wearer places her bow on her dirndl. Germany’s world-famous beer festival Oktoberfest is not just about enjoying the amber ...

Next month, I’m going to Munich for Oktoberfest with my boyfriend and his Bavarian grandparents. Which is why I recently found myself in a thrift store in an unfashionable corner of Berlin, trying on ...

Here are a few thoughts, commonly held by the British public, on German dress sense: middle-aged men wearing socks inside their sandals, overzealous use of the bum bag, T-shirts that indicate an ...

CINCINNATI – Picture this: A woman walking down the street wearing a dirndl skirt and bust-hugging bodice paired with ankle boots. Or a man sporting lederhosen – leather shorts, traditionally worn ...

MUNICH — A decade ago, waitresses and a few locals at Oktoberfest were the only ones in dirndls, the Bavarian peasant-inspired, corseted dresses featuring white blouses and colored aprons, and trendy ...

NEW CHIC: Model Anne Jansen poses in a traditional Dirndl dress made of African cloth in a shop in Munich. Photo: Reuters Prefer us on Google Every year Bavarian women don their "dirndl" to celebrate ...

Every year Bavarian women don their "dirndl" to celebrate the Oktoberfest, but in the beer festival's 200th year the traditional Bavarian dress is becoming something of a national and international ...