Greek dress At the rural areas, a popular clothing was the "fustanella", a traditional skirt-like garment. Fustanella was worn also by the klephts and the armatoloi. and predominantly by the Arvanites of Greece as described by foreign travelers. Apart from them, the wealthy Greeks of the urban centres adopted the Western European-style dress. In the independent Greece, Otto and Amalia were the first to be interested in fashion matters. Amalia created a romantic folksy court dress, which became a national Greek costume still known as the "Amalía dress". It follows the Biedermeier style, with a loose-fitting, white cotton or silk shirt, often
Dirndl Dirndl A dirndl (, ) is the name of a traditional feminine dress worn in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It is based on the traditional clothing of Alps peasants. Dresses that are loosely based on the dirndl are known as "Landhausmode" ("country-inspired fashion"). A dirndl skirt generally describes a light circular-cut dress, gathered at the waist, that falls below the knee. The dirndl consists of a bodice and skirt or a pinafore dress, a low-cut blouse with short puff sleeves, full skirt, and apron. While appearing to be simple and plain, a properly made modern dirndl may be quite expensive