Austrians embrace traditional dress, despite political connotations

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Many in Austria believe you can quite literally wear your patriotism on your sleeve. “It cannot be denied that people with right-wing ideas are also prone to wearing tracht or like tracht,” said Gexi Tostmann, who ran the upmarket Tostmann Trachten family business before handing it over to her daughter.

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Austrians embrace traditional dress, despite political connotations