Women wearing Lederhosen - Munich

This is my first Wies'n, so many things are new to me. One thing that has surprised me is seeing several women wearing Lederhosen. Is this a recent development? A fashion or social statement? (I haven't [s]seen[/s] recognized any men in Dirndln yet.) Your thoughts?

Why not? Women sometimes *gasp* wear jackets and trousers to work.

Seen a few kilts running around as well, and those are kind of not really pants on men either ...

i cannot take your post serious. why would it be odd or surprising to see women in trousers/lederhosen?

@planetmoni: I have absolutely nothing against it but had thought that men wear Lederhosen and women Dirndln.

how was it tradtionally in 'olden times'?
did they even have super-short porn-esque dirndls back then too?

oo we saw a man in a dirndl...think he was on a stag do though. he got loads of female attention I have to say!

Whereas a dirndl makes nearly everyone look better, lederhosen are alot trickier. It's like very short hair on a woman - when it works it really works well(see fig.1) but when it doesn't it really doesn't.(see fig.2). With lederhosen and short hair there is a fine line between beautiful and butch.
(fig.1)(fig.2)

I can tell you, 12 or so years ago, it certainly was NOT common. In fact, for the longest time, a woman wearing Lederhosen was really a bit of cross-dressing. Now though, I don't think it's that strange to see.

From what I understand from family - 20 years ago - nobody wore the local fancy dress except the really old fuckers. So was like 1 in 30 people and considered very uncool.

Personally I think chicks in Lederhosen can look seriously hot. But then I also think girls look great in boxer shorts, so obviously I got some issues that DON'T need further analysis right now.

p.s. I think if you got some junk in the trunk then clearly shorts are not a wise choice.

My personal feelings - as a native - are mixed as well. It's the same as those super-trendy shorts, most women/girls just don't seem to get it that this looks only good if their bottom is right for it.

If it isn't - and on top of it most girls don't have any (visible) muscles around their thigh - then it really look like chicken legs. Some of my friends are wearing them and think they look hot (for above reasons), but they don't ... But don't ever even think about telling them.

Women wear suits with jackets that are cut to fit women. Their suits are different. Period. Seeing a woman wear lederhosen is about like seeing a woman wear a tuxedo. It would be strange and that's hardly a chauvinist thing to say.

Putting all that aside, I'm rarely impressed (in a heterosexual, checking out chicks sort of way) by women in lederhosen. It just doesn't look right, somehow. However, I'm with Johnny English that gals in boxer shorts look awesome. They look even better if there's a group of them playing soccer.

Good to know I am not the only gay in the village.

Scandalous! Women in trousers, be smoking and drinking next! And driving cars and getting jobs and raising families without the benefit of a man to show them the way things are done.
Jebus! I´ll be wearing a skirt next...wait a minute I do ! Silly me!

Some of the larger stores sell Lederhosen in the ladies department... am assuming those are cut to fit women???

**Women wear suits with jackets that are cut to fit women. Their suits are different. Period. Seeing a woman wear lederhosen is about like seeing a woman wear a tuxedo. It would be strange and that's hardly a chauvinist thing to say.**

What do you mean? Those are not men's Lederhosen. These Lederhosen are cut for women -- it's women's Lederhosen. Wherever they sell Tracht they not only sell Dirndl for the girls but pants as well.

Some women just wouldn't look good in a Dirndl and if they still want to wear Tracht why not go for the Lederhosen. They can still look feminin.

I am with you on this. I also do not wish to be analysed at the moment.