An Austria folkloric group

There has been a renewed interest in Germanic traditional costumes, or Tracht. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1101x1452, 294 KB) en: An Austrian folkloric group in Vienna. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1101x1452, 294 KB) en: An Austrian folkloric group in Vienna. ...

The tracht of southern Germans and Austria has inspired an entirely new fashion style, called Landhausmode (Country Estate Style). Landhausmode, influenced by the costumes of the farmers, peasants and rural people, and characterized by the use of linen, loden (a traditional type of felt that has recently gained popularity worldwide) and embroidery, is somewhat analogous to North American Western Wear, in that there is a relationship between Landhausmode and Alpenrock (a style of rock music influenced by traditional Alpine songs), just as there is a relationship between Western Wear and Country Music. The term costume can refer to wardrobe and dress in general, or to the distinctive style of dress of a particular people, class, or period. ... Farmer spreading grasshopper bait in his alfalfa field. ... In a detail of Brueghels Land of Cockaigne (1567) a soft-boiled egg has little feet to rush to the luxuriating peasant who catches drops of honey on his tongue, while roast pigs roam wild: the 16th century was a good time for European peasants A peasant, from 15th... Torn linen cloth, recovered from the Dead Sea Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. ... water resisting material for clothing made from sheep wool; usually green and used in bavarian traditional clothing. ... Felt was also the name of a 1980s UK Indie band. ... Gold Embroidery Embroidery is an ancient variety of decorative needlework in which designs and pictures are created by stitching strands of some material on to a layer of another material. ... Gene Autry in the western wear typical of the singing cowboys of the 1950s - note characteristic piped, arrowhead-end smile pockets, broad open shirt collar, pointed shirt yoke, neckerchief or bandana, and cowboy hat Western wear is a category of mens and womens clothing which derives its unique... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... The Alps is the collective name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. ... Country music, formerly called country and western music or country-western, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...

Pictures of Trachten

• http://volkstanz.at/Trachten/Trachteneinteilung.htm (with navigation via map or via list)

See also

• Clothing, National costume, Austrian folk dancing, Lederhosen

(See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology) Humans often wear articles of clothing (also known as dress, garments or attire) on the body (for the alternative, see nudity). ... Faroese folk dance club with some members in national costumes National costume (also known as national dress, regional costume or folk dress) expresses an identity through costume which usually relates to a geographic area, but can also indicate social, marital and/or religious status. ... Austrian folk dancing (see Austria) is mostly associated with Schuhplattler, Landler, Polka or Waltz. ... Man in traditional lederhosen, 1897. ...

External resources

• La Couturière Parisienne: Ethnic Costume
• List of Austrian trachts, in German
• Austrian Tracht and Folklore Group, in German
• Pictures of Tracht (with navigation via map or via list)

Further reading

• Franz C. Lipp: Oberösterreichische Trachten, volumes 1 - 5.
• Hilde Seidl: Niederösterreichische Trachten. One of the most comprehensive works about Lower Austrian costumes.
• Christl Schäfer, Hannelore Rosenberger: Trachten aus und rund um Wien. Ein Werkbuch (mit Schnittmusterbogen). Leopold Stocker publishing house. ISBN 3-7020-0500-5.