The Costumer

Germans take their lederhosen very seriously, and lederhosen love is quickly becoming a rising trend here in the United States as well.

So what’s the appeal of lederhosen, particularly in America? They’re culturally identifiable, and items that are such usually garner popularity, like the kilt. People wearing culturally identifiable folk costume pieces are often considered approachable and knowledgeable about their garments.

My friend Stef is a Polish-American college student with a great interest in other cultures. She’s fallen in love with the German language–lederhosen and all. Traditionally worn in plain fashion by young boys and in more decorated fashion by Bavarian men (complete with embroidery), lederhosen are now part of a more international fashion statement, being not-so-subtly incorporated into male and female garments at fashion shows for attention.

Culturally, it seems, Americans tend to take ‘costuming’ in a very Halloween sense, at least according to some moustache and beard champions who compete internationally. Men competing from Germany, they say, show up in traditional folk costumes, such as painstakingly-embroidered lederhosen.

If you’d like to order lederhosen in the United States, check out this retailer.

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