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True tracht is rooted in the traditional peasant dress of Austria and Bavaria.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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"Imagine that you had five friends, and they all wore red sneakers," says Simone Egger, an anthropologist at the University of Munich who studied the increasing popularity of tracht at Oktoberfest.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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Ms. Hoffmann and her husband attend tracht conventions in Germany and beyond to help keep the tradition alive.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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Even though the styles now considered "traditional" evolved from simpler rural garb when tracht was adopted by well-heeled city folks in the late 19th century, Ms. Paltinger's creations have many Bavarians up in arms.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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Public enemy No. 1 for this group is Lola Paltinger, a Munich transplant who grew up well outside Germany's tracht belt in the western German city of Mannheim.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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"It's become like Mardi Gras — it's appalling," says Ursula Fr ö hmer, a Munich tailor who specializes in the authentic Germanic folk costumes known as tracht.
At Oktoberfest, a Controversy Brews Over Racy Designer Dirndls Patrick McGroarty 2010
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Laughed long an hard at that one, there is a saying "Mahn tracht oon gaht lacht" - Man plans and God laughs.
One for the Darwin Awards. FIDO The Dog 2009
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She might be holding the correct flag, but Ms Gillard's red and white puff-sleeved dress and pink apron is distinctly reminiscent of the traditional Austrian tracht.
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Mentsch tracht, Gott lacht: Man plans, G-d laughs.
Latest Articles 2009
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Mit Ledern Schifflein auff dem Meer De grönleinder fein bein undt her Bön Thieren undt Bogelen haben see Ire tracht Das falte lands bon winter nacht] [Footnote 18: The birch which grows here is the sweet-scented birch
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866
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