Why has this dress been met with surprise at the Oktoberfest in Munich?
We are Brazilians and we have been in Oktoberfest, so my wife made a dress here in Brazil trying to do something close to the Dirndl dress, but during the entire party the people looked a lot to her dress with some surprise in their eyes like: "OMG, looks what she's dressing" and sometime asked smiling to took photos.
So there's my question, why? What does this dress code mean?
Best Answer
Well...it has no meaning as "dress code", it simply looks wrong.
Here a picture of actual "diandlgwand" (girl clothes) with different
cuts of colors:
and here the short form:
All clothes have one-piece (!) skirts which at least reaches the knee, very often combined with a apron. Your wife skirt is too short and it is not one piece: it shows a second skirt under the first one. This is...unusual.
The skirts have all muted colors, even the brights one are pastel ones. The skirt of your wife has a loud color, a very strong red which is very unusual and stands out (not positively). You can wear bright colors, but not in Tracht.
The length of the skirt is not only short, it has the wrong length, it does not really fit. The black top reaches some part over the waist, so to get a harmonic impression, the skirt must be either longer or if you have a short skirt, the top recedes back over the waist. The combination of your wife does not look good for German eyes.
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What is the dress for Oktoberfest?
Almost everyone at Oktoberfest wears traditional Bavarian attire; the men wear lederhosen, and the ladies wear dirndls.Why do people in Bavaria wear trachten?
Bavarians who didn't work with their hands for a living wore clothes called tracht in German, as a symbol of their connection to the land, tradition, and homeland. It was part of building an identity.What do you wear to an Octoberfest party?
The most iconic Oktoberfest costume for women is the beer maid outfit or more widely known as the \u201cdirndl\u201c. This is a traditional outfit that represents the celebration. As for men, the \u201clederhosen\u201d are optional but highly recommended. These are knee-length leather shorts held up by suspenders.What do you wear to Oktoberfest if not dressing up?
Regular Clothes If you don't plan on wearing a dirndl or lederhosen to Oktoberfest, just wear your normal clothes. Plenty of people show up to the Oktoberfest tents wearing just their everyday sweatshirt and jeans attire. This is especially perfect for Oktoberfest-goers looking to stay on a budget.What to Do at Oktoberfest in Munich
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Answer 2
I'm not sure I completely understand the question, but if it is "Why has this dress been met with surprise at the Oktoberfest in Munich, I see two points:
- Comparing to pictures of random dirndls the white underskirt strikes me as very long and visible, it is typically not or barely visible/there.
- Also the typical apron is missing.
See Wikipedia on Dirndl for a start.
Answer 3
The existing answers and comments explain the situation quite well, but for completeness I just want to add a picture of what is evidently the model for your wife's costume:
Practically every detail matches. This costume is currently on sale for 17.85 USD at AliExpress, described as "Womens Sexy Beer Girl Maiden Oktoberfest Bavarian Halloween Dress Dirndl Costume". As the description makes clear, it's a sexy Halloween costume based on the Dirndl. You can contrast this with the images of actual Dirndl posted in other answers.
For comparison, here's a nurse's uniform on sale from the same supplier:
So, it really is as Jan and others have said: your wife had the misfortune to model her creation very closely on a novelty "sexy" version of the traditional dress, and it stands out in much the same way as the nurse's uniform above would stand out in a hospital.
Answer 4
Answering from a non-Bavarian point of view, your wife more closely resembled a Funkenmariechen than someone wearing a Dirndl. The former is the name for female dancers in a specific costume of a different German tradition from a completely different region of Germany.
Just google for pictures of Funkenmariechen. They are typically bright blue or sometimes red with white often visible underskirts at less than knee length. A three-pointed hat would have made that outfit almost perfect, except for the black top and too few ruffles.
The associated tradition is the carnival, which is a bit different in Germany compared to Brazil. Think of a Brazilian carnival's Samba dancer showing up in any other region and time to a party.
Would she get looks?
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