!!!Dirndl

Dirndl, female dress copied from the  Trachten, consisting of a top 
(Austrian: "Leibl") and blouse, wide skirt and a colourful apron. 
Originally, the dirndl was the working dress of female servants 
(Austrian "dirn": maid, maidservant); hence the term "dirndl" as an 
abbreviation of "Dirndlgewand" (maid's dress). Around 1870/1880, the 
upper classes adopted it as a modern dress under that name and wore it 
on their summer holidays. Today the wearing of the dirndl is generally 
regarded as a sign of national pride; in material, colour and shape it 
is increasingly subject to modern influences.

!Literature
F. Lipp, Frauentrachten I und II, in: Oesterr. 
Volkskundeatlas, 4%%sup th/%  instalment, 1971; F. Lipp et al. (eds.), 
Tracht in Oesterreich, 1984.


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