12 July 2024

Tips for getting dressed up for Oktoberfest

It's hot as hell in Vienna right now, but the fashion business is already looking forward to fall and the winter ski season, which starts in Austria at the end of the year. Well, for the latest ski looks that have arrived at Fashion.at - by the way, the styles are reminiscent of the 70s and early 80s - it's absolutely too early, even though time flies. The Oktoberfest from mid-September to the beginning of October is one of the events that sets trends every year, even though traditional clothing doesn't change much - otherwise it wouldn't be traditional clothing. But it's the small details that change, and the best part is: it doesn't necessarily have to be a new piece of clothing. It's mainly in the styling.

Fashion.at looked through the latest press releases and found very practical tips from the Salzburg-based company Felicitas & Hans on how to 'Update Your Dirndl', as the trend tips were titled. The update tips for the traditional dress 'Dirndl' come with in and out trends that can be followed or not, such as stretchy polyester lace blouses are out and cotton blouses with handmade details like braids and scalloped edges are in. The trachten specialist also included styling hacks to break the common look of a dirndl. The blouse is usually a different color than the dirndl and is often white. For the blouse, for example, the styling hack is to combine your dirndl with a tone-on-tone long-sleeved shirt, which is not only interesting because of the matching tones; on colder autumn days, the longer sleeves are a good choice from the aspect of temperature.

Another press release about the upcoming Oktoberfest provided inspiration for nature-inspired jewelry. Vienna-based Dorotheum Juwelier presented a range of vibrantly colored pieces, such as water-pearl dropping gemstones in earrings and pendants, or gold jewelry decorated with green leaves. Among the featured pieces were also jewelry more commonly worn with traditional costumes, featuring traditional symbols such as clover leaves and lilies with gemstones in vibrant green, in keeping with the harvest season of September and October in Austria.

Images, from left: The picture on the left shows earrings in a set with necklace and pendant from the Wiener Moderne collection Autumn/Winter 2024 by Dorotheum Juwelier. Photo: © Dorotheum Juwelier. On the right: The scarf 'Anne', the apron 'Sally', the dirndl 'Dorothea' and the blouse 'Grete' by Felicitas & Hans.