Dirndl underwear: Just the right thing for every dress

One of the things that dirndl-wearers love most about this traditional German dress is the way it emphasises feminine charms without showing too much: in these times of mercilessly figure-hugging leggings, stretch-tops, and spray-on jeans, it’s almost liberating to be able to cover up. Nevertheless, if it is to achieve its full effect, a dirndl dress needs a little help – in the form of suitable underwear.

After all, you’re aiming for the hour-glass shape – slim at the middle and broader at the top and bottom – and to get it, it’s just not enough to tie up the bodice ever tighter. In fact, not only is that not enough: it’s the completely wrong way to go about it! Having what feels like a Victorian whalebone corset squeezing around your tummy is a sure-fire way to spoil your appetite and makes drinking a litre of beer absolute torture. The best way forward to is to take a tip from grandma and start using old-style underwear of the kind that has almost been forgotten. If you wear a dirndl bra and blouse up top and petticoats under the skirt, the dirndl dress will fill out at both ends, creating just the curves you’re after and making you waist look waspish.

Take it from us: we like ladies to feel good wearing our dirndls, and so we offer a full range of matching underwear in all of the right colours and lengths to make sure that your dirndl – and your figures – look their very best.

Up top: dirndl bra and dirndl blouse

DirndlBH-Trachten-BH-Kruegerdirndl-4700-1-weiss-AqQIIrJGUA0uFNTrachten-Dirndlbluse-Kruegerdirndl-30143-108-weiss56be0befa5308Dirndl blouses aren’t, strictly speaking, underwear; rather, they’re the most visible piece of clothing that you might, perhaps, also refer to as underwear. After all, much of their surface is covered by the dirndl bodice. The visible bits, however, are important, as they set the shape of the outfit across the shoulders. Using puff sleeves, for instance, makes you look broader across the top – and, inversely, narrower at the middle. If you’ve already got a very curvy shape, though, you might want to look at wearing thinner, tighter shoulder-sleeves..

That’s very important is the colour, which should suit the rest of the outfit. That’s why we offer white, black and several colours in between. The same is true of our bras, which are available in both white and black: with diagonal cups and padding, all of them give you the boost you need for real dirndl cleavage; the straps are positioned towards the edge of the shoulder so that you can combine the bras with a range of blouses, including off-shoulder models.

On the legs: petticoats and bloomers

Trachtenunterrock-Petticoat-50cm-Kruegerdirndl-45056d80b5f14396ZFgr1amCBkE5nSpitzenunterhose-Stockerpoint-U35-weiss-NEU-A_785x785All things told, dirndl petticoats have always had three key functions. First and foremost, they’re there to fill out the skirt and apron. Valances and voluminous hems push out skirts towards the bottom, which in turn emphasises a slim waist and – as a bonus – makes your legs look longer. Secondly, petticoats help to trap warm air around your legs (in winter, generations of women would have shivered without several underskirts).

The third thing petticoats do is to keep unwanted eyes at bay while you’re sitting or standing on a bench, swaying to and fro to Oktoberfest music. A light dirndl skirt is liable to get caught in a passing draft, and getting up on the benches with everyone else can make things worse. If you want to go for a shorter, cheekier dirndl, we’d recommend going real grandma and getting a pair of bloomers, by the way. These comfortable mid-thigh underpants will keep you safe from prying eyes – but, thanks to their frilly hems, will still look nice and feminine if anyone should happen to catch a glance…

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