Oktoberfest attire

so i will be visiting europe for the first time and i am as american as it gets so i am wondering what will be appropriate clothing choice while in munich for oktoberfest i tend to wear jeans and 70's and 80's rock t-shirts any suggestions whould be helpful p.s. i also have a dont hassle the hoff t-shirt:)

Go for the Hassle the Hof look. If you've got money to burn then invest in some lederhosen (google it), otherwise go in anything that you don't mind having soaked in beer and anything else that happens to be floating around. Also don't take anything you aren't prepared to lose...

Hi Mikem409. You can wear whatever you like - not everyone dresses in traditional Bavarian clothing for the festival; there are plenty of people there in jeans and t-shirts too. Don't worry!

If you want to get into the spirit of things and dress like the locals, then it'd be best to wait until you arrive and check out one of the discount Trachten shops around Munich. There are a few recommendations already on this forum, so do a search for Tracht or Lederhosen.

Lederhosen aren't everybody's thing:

You'll be fine, as long as you don't go for one of these semi-funny tshirts with lines like 'beer formed this beautiful body' ;-)

And no matter how drunk you get, hats shaped like a beer glass - or any novelty hat for sale within the Wiesn for that matter - are never appropriate to wear. Just because they sell them doesn't mean that you should buy them. They also sell fake smoked salmon (ersatzlachs, I believe it's called) in rolls. Avoid that too.

or even Lachsersatz. I think if you buy it in shops it gets labelled "Seelachs-filet" or something similar.

I'd claim it was deliberate to show just how little I know about the stuff, but I'd be lying.

Pedant.

does anyone know any sites that sells lederhosens for a decent price. I've been looking around and i can only find stuff that are close two four hundred euro. I was hoping to get something that looked good but inexpensive. Anyone lend an idea?

C&A. 90 euros. Looks good= retain shape when sopping with beer/urine/vomit. What more could one ask?

yea i have seen other people say that C&A was a good place, but i have looked online for their site and can't find it. Can you copy the url for me. Also i was looking on ebay and found some that where fifty USD, and they looked pretty nice.

First link in Google's search resutls for "C&A". From the landing page, select Germany, and there's a link to "Landhaus & Trachten" in the main navigation.

yea thanks for the help, but i noticed it was in euros and i found a place in pitsburg that sells them for cheaper. Also i was thinking about getting a pair from ebay, but i am not so sure about that one.

I'd be wary of anything purportedly leather sold for less than the C&A price, particularly from outside of Europe. You could end up buying something PVC that in context here in Germany just makes you look like a jerk ...

My girlfriend mentioned something to me about we should purchase at the C&A rather than drop 400 euros or more on somthing that I will only wear once a year.

ya i guess your right, but the C&A is still about 200 USD and the only C&A site that i found had lederhosen was all in german, and i don't really know that.

I aint wearing lederhosen what so ever. Blue jeans, Metallica tshirt, and some chucks then I am there.

what sort of chucks we talking about here? only chucks I know are numchucks.

Chuck Taylors. I would bring numbchucks but I think Sarabryd would take them away from me.

Is that the formal face-to-face modding? HHmm, Oktoberfest...I always wear a large green plastic trash bag. Great time saver and effective for the environment (the one you will be in)

Perhaps this t-shirt would interest you?

ha, i went two years ago and it was a blast. Na dress in normal close and enjoy the sensational feeling of having beer being poured on your head and spilled on your clothes. Atleast you smell like your favorite drink at the end of the night

hey if anyone can help me i would appreciate it. I was going to buy some lederhosen off of C&A but they said that they don't ship to the US. If anyone knows where i can get some good cheap lederhosen that i can ship to the US please let me know. Thanks

I wouldn't recommend buying lederhosen by mail order at all. They need to fit tightly (almost too tightly, really) when you buy them because they will stretch with wear. You should definitely try on before buying.

Find an accommodation address for delivery here. Make sure that you can exchange them if necessary and have them delivered shortly prior to your arrival. Try them on - if they fit, fine. If they don't, exchange them.

What is quite popular at the Oktoberfest is a T-Shirt with sick all down it and a pair of jeans with a big wet patch down the front.

When I went a couple of times last year, I had much more fun when I dressed up. I love any excuse to costume though.

Just in case people haven't seen this yet, since I'm leaving before Oktoberfest this year and I can't quite get away with wearing these at home like one can in Bavaria (It's tracht'n tuesday!), I'm selling my lederhosen.

Ladies Lederhosen

ive never been a fan of dresses, so i was thinking bout buying lederhosen and sassing it up with a sexy shirt...why not seen pics, looks fantastic

Perhaps go second hand for a cheap/er pair of Lederhos'n? I can't recommend buying them online, as you def need to try them on. Leather is a stiff material, and the hos'n needs to provide enough extra room for two, three mass and a hendl ;-)?