VintageGriffin.com

Who knew that Austrian and German traditional wear could be so chic? Lederhosen, loden and other traditional upland living apparel have been updated and reinterpreted into something a modern gal might actually wear. I received a catalog in the mail yesterday from an (outrageously expensive) company which I'd never heard of, and I almost tossed it out of anti-junk mail principles. But I did leaf through it and was impressed (as well as a bit disenchanted with the poses and the expressions of most of the models, which are a bit off-putting).

If the clothes weren't so outrageously expensive, I might have bought a couple of things. At this point I can only imagine. Me in a smart loden coat on a weekend trip to an alpine lodge. I'd be sipping hot Schokolade next to all the freshly hewn wood I've chopped for the crackling fire, chatting with Liesl and Martin, my friends from Baden-Baden. My other friend Inge (from Heidelburg) would walk in through the front door with its Black Forest carvings, brush a leaf from her hair, look at me and say, "Nice jacket." But she'd say it in German. Meta Leaf jacket, $1598 (told you it was outrageously expensive).