I have the dirndl, but what shoes to wear?

Hello everyone,
so i am not sure if i should have posted this under "Oktoberfest", but anyways...so i just realized i have the outfit but not the shoes. the thing is i am only going for probably one day, since i am out of town for most of Oktoberfest, so i do not want to invest money in the shoes as well. but still, i am just wondering, what are the "traditional" shoes for the ladies to wear? and what do some of you gals wear? i guess i will have a look in my closet...
(i suppose my comfort is the only thing that matters in this, since i am sure after a couple mass people's eyes don't travel below the dirndl-ed breast area!)
thank you!!

wear trainers that you dont mind getting trashed... traditionally they have normal black high heels with it being rounded at the front... but most i know go for trainers.. cause its easier to continue standing up in

kinky boots!

Said to a mate today, how I had started finding women dressed in a drindl attractive, I said to him all i need now is for one to wear a pair of boots (my other fetish lol) god help that woman if i see her this weekend

Shiny reflective ones work well too.

I'm personally not so keen on the trainers but flat shoes are a good idea.
Why?
Because beer makes you unsteady on your feet as it is, why try and cripple yourself with heels?
And think of the mud if it is raining (ain't called the Wies'n for no reason).
Mary-jane, rounded toe ballerinas or simple low-heeled court shoes do the trick. Even loafers can work. Many wear shoes with fancy lacing or buckles.
Those Trachten-style low-heeled boots are also popular, a blockier heel really is a good idea.
As for kinky boots, I change into them at home - well, home use innit!

Do you have a pair of Doc Marten's? Sorted...

oy, what to do, what to do? i do have plenty of boots of all sorts, stilettos and platform and...i'm a bit of imelda marcos when it comes to shoes
but i will have to agree that comfort, rain-mud-puke-resistant shoes are a priority. now, if i only had those...
thank you for the suggestions though!

There is a great shoe store next to the Comedy Club's place (whose name escapes me at the moment - and still 1 1/2 hours to go!) in Ruppertstrasse with so-called Haferlshuhe - low, thick-soled leather shoes in brown, black and dark green which will help you keep steady and protect you from any broken glass lying around. Don't forget the hand-knit scratchy grey socks.

I'm giddy because I just bought a purple Dirndl and today looking through my closet found a pair of purple Doc Marten mary janes that I had forgotten I even had!

It is your destiny.

I always wear knee high boots with my dierndl... then I can keep stuff down my boots like a comb, makeup brush, lippy, etc and no one knows. ... well apart from all of you now! Its a longer dierndl so you dont see the boots...well not until I start playing air guitar with my legs!!

That way, with the rest, more valuable stuff tucked into the non-existant space in my bra, I dont need to take a bag or anything

Rain? Beer puddles?

It really needs to be a nice pair of these then:

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they look perfect for falling off the bench, but at least when they take you away in the little yellow coffins with windows they use to remove drunks and accident victims you will know that your shoes match the dress.

Doc Martens.

No Question.
nothing more appealing than a girl in doc's... or any combat boot for that matter.

How about cowboy boots??? or is that a step to far

I wore my Teva sandles one year, could be arsed to pack more stuff into my day bag for after the hash. Currently looking thru shoe closet for a flat pair or either black or brown shoes. (call me Imelda- I own over 100 pairs here, and got something like 70 pairs in storage in Canada! )

Nah. Takes away the element of surprise.

I always wear my trainers but I have today...yes today... bought a SHORT dirndl...now what to wear...I dont really want to buy other shoes...so its heels or trainers...whats a girl to do??

How's about...



...or this kinda thing usually works quite well...



Ok, the above probably aren't the most practical.

I'm a big fan of the Landhaus stylee boots. Kind of fancy hiking type boots.

now those are DAMN sexy! (the blue and white of course...they match my dress)

Those blue and white babies are for men. Never mind that they cost more than a good pair of Lederhosen... we can always dream.

If the dirndl fits right, no one will be looking at your shoes (except for those kinky bastards with the boot fetish).

every man at the Wies'n has a boot fetish.

Man, now I have to rethink my ensamble!

I saw three girls walking to the Wies'n in tracht on Saturday. All three were wearing WHITE PUMPS and nude pantyhose with their shorty dirndls. Ugh. Hideous to say the least.

I would avoid open-toed shoes, to save your toes from getting stepped on and since as the days go by and the Wies'n gets dirtier and dirtier, as well as heels as Katrina said, as things get slippery and messy. I'd also avoid wearing any shoes you would mind getting trashed. Those of us with cankles don't look as good in the sturdier Doc M type shoes, so I head for the black shoe with a small bit of heel.

a boot with a small heel...hmm...sounds like a legitimate reason for some shoe shopping!

Oh that's not right.
Everyone knows that bare legs are the only accessory to white stellies.
*tsk*

still having nightmarish flashbacks. i don't wear white shoes (I don't own a flirty nurse costume, ahem), but these weren't even nice looking pumps. oh the horror...

edit: clicked on the link after the fact. where HAVE those Essex girls gone???

Oh, that'd be telling

A Bavarian friend of mine actually got a girl to take her hose off at the tent last night... told her how awful and tacky they looked with her lovely dirndl

I have to agree, she did the right thing...

I wore knee high boots on Saturday, and to be honest, I dont think anyone noticed them ... the heels are not too high, but I still had to be fairly careful when standing on the bench... but all in all, no problems...

The only ones likely to notice what you've on your feet are other girls, and keydeck.

Yeah, and he'll probably take a picture of you while he's at it

Oi.

Hose is a necessity!

a. it's freaking cold

b. minimizes the up-skirt potential

last night was the first time I wore boots with my dirndl, wore shoes last time.
I saw quite a few other girls in boots and dirndls think it's a great look!
and comfortable too!

Which type of boots do you mean though? For example, I saw these last Saturday and think they're minging.

You'd have to shoot me and stuff me to get me to join that bunch.

Brown or black boots, best types could also be used to climb Kilamanjaro. Spike heels not welcome. Never above the knee...

Always wear my knee high boots - comfy for long session at Wies'n and good protection from beer splashes, mud, vom etc.

Also, as I have a short dirndl I always wear cycling shorts underneath it too - really disappoints the Italians when they go for the skirt lift! (only been Italians in my experience, can't comment on other races.)

@Keydeck

I saw Moonboots boots last night and they are definitely high class.

On the other hand those white items, very ahem Las Vegas cowboys on acid kinda thing.

Hey, is that a lost essex girl

thanks for the verification Yeti!
yeah it's Italian weekend this weekend innit...gah! two of my school mates are over and think the cycling shorts thing sounds like a good idea...one of a.m.mates got picked up like a bowling ball by a manky Italian who thought he was a gynaecologist or something last year.

Ok - Oktoberfest first timer here - but you mean that its common place for strangers to basically pull up your skirt for a look

only skanky greasy Italians do this.

Which means this coming weekend about 50% of the blokes at the Oktoberfest!!!

Leider nicht. I think it happens a lot, the bike shorts are a good idea, and don't go to the Wies'n with your eyes closed.

It's basically a 17 day long frat party with a few hundred thousand guests.

Australians do that as well...

Why bother looking at hidden bums when you have a garden of cleavages?!?! some people are just never happy...nor satisfied...

so it's sounds like steel-tipped boots might be just the ticket to wear with the dirndl this weekend...

sounds like a spoiler here

but likely a good idea at Italian weekend