"You cannot wear the Tracht from the Bregenzer Forest region, " she told me.
BBC: Lederhosen and dirndl dresses make a comeback
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Mrs Tostman thinks that the change in attitude towards Tracht owes a lot to a remark by the British designer Vivienne Westwood on a visit to Austria in 2001.
BBC: Lederhosen and dirndl dresses make a comeback
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At the shop belonging to Austria's Grand Dame of Tracht, Gexi Tostman, there are albums full of personal photos of grooms in brilliant waistcoats and knee breeches and brides in silken dirndls.
BBC: Lederhosen and dirndl dresses make a comeback