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Dirndlqueen Collections
At Dirndlqueen all our dresses are lovingly made to order by a dedicated tailor. You get to chose your very own fabric combination for your dress and apron from our carefully curated selection, making your Dirndlqueen dress truly unique and special to you.
Dirndlqueen Collections
At Dirndlqueen all our dresses are lovingly made to order by a dedicated tailor. You get to chose your very own fabric combination for your dress and apron from our carefully curated selection, making your Dirndlqueen dress truly unique and special to you.
Our British-made dirndls are made of bi-colour contrast prints and can be worn with the contrast apron, or just with the simple dress tie, each look works beautifully.
Our handpicked new A/W 13 fabric collections are here. First up the queen of all great English traditional fabrics and patterns: Liberty Rare.
About Dirndlqueen.com
thedirndlqueen.com is the shop and blog of Dirndlqueen, where you see new collections of Dirndlqueen dresses and fabrics and, of course, Shop!
Dirndlqueen regularly hosts one off-selling events in London, where you can view our new fabrics and patterns in person. The next selling event will be held in September 2013, details to follow shortly.
You can also visit Dirndlqueen at our East London studio to browse fabrics, order your own tailor made dress and try on sample pieces of the collection.
Please email heyyou@thedirndlqueen.com to set up a personal appointment.
In Praise of the Dirndl
Dirndlqueen is a dedication to the dirndl, a dress with a legacy going back 150 years. Dirndl, a term for 'young girl', and the name given to the dress, originated as a simple servant's or maid's dress and was made of plain colours or simple check, denoting regional and social background.
There were many variations and styles of these exquisitely embroidered dresses, bodices and aprons; often accessorized with hats, feathers, bust adorning roses, brightly colored silk shawls, handcrafted jewellery, medallions and beads for the neck and waist.
These fine details in the dirndl dresses disclosed regional, social and historic status. Farmers would often show their wealth by displaying it on their wife’s dirndl, and it was common for a woman to show her dowry in the same way.
To this day, how you tie the apron bow on the dirndl indicates your marital status:
If you are engaged or married, tie your bow on the right side.
If you are young, free and single, tie your bow on the left side.
If you are widowed, tie your bow at the back.
The Dirndl and the Dirndlqueen
The beauty of the dirndl is that it can be worn by anyone with style. It is evocative of our fashion past, when dresses were only cut to flatter. Dirndlqueen takes the essence of the original dirndl, but gives it a radical new London look.
Our modern dirndl dresses, whether worn with a simple court shoe, a towering heel or dressed down with a pair of ankle boot, are both flattering and lady-like.
Each Dirndlqueen dress is lovingly made to order by a dedicated tailor and we handpick your fabrics, buttons and zips to ensure a perfect, tailored fit.
The Story of Dirndlqueen
Dirndlqueen was born in Summer 2012 when I was asked to design six bridesmaid dresses for an Anglo-German wedding.
The groom was a traditional English gent, the bride was a sassy Southern German girl. Both were confirmed Londoners, the city where they met and loved. The bridesmaids were aged between 20-35, some very quirky and independent , others more traditional, some from London, some from a small German town. All were very beautiful.
I have always been a huge fan of the dirndl dress and for the wedding I wanted to give the dirndl the London look. I love traditional English fabrics and wanted to stay as true to English heritage patterns as I could. I also wanted to make it work for differently shaped women of different ages, and the Dirndlqueen cut is so flattering, it worked, they all looked great!
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