Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn't get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for a nonstop beer party, Sept. 4-6. The annual ...

ALTAUSSEE, Austria – Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn’t get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for a nonstop beer party, Sept.

The humble Alpine dirndl dress, with its distinctive white blouse, full skirt and apron, has won new fans among Austrians and foreign fashion-lovers in recent years. Its folksy appeal has made the ...

"When I was 15 I didn't wear lederhosen, it just wasn't cool," says Markus, 26, resplendent in his traditional Alpine leather shorts. "But now almost all young people have them." Talking to AFP as he ...

Dirndls, lederhosen, an oom-pah-pah band and beer: It doesn't get more traditional than this when the sleepy Austrian village of Altaussee wakes up for its nonstop beer party. The annual three-day ...

The humble Alpine "dirndl" dress, with its distinctive white blouse, full skirt and apron, has won new fans among Austrians and foreign fashionistas alike in recent years. Its folksy appeal has now ...

Model displays her dirndl dress created by Austrian fashion house Alpendirndl, on March 26, at the "Austrian Fashion Networking" evening at 798 Art District in Beijing. [Photo / Provided to chinadaily ...

In Austria and Germany, the traditional costume known as Tracht always used to be the preserve of the ultra-conservative. But these traditional clothes - lederhosen for men and dirndl dresses for ...