I used to have a dirndl outfit, but it was much more modest than the ones pictured in this thread. It was really pretty-red with edelweiss flowers embroidered on it.
My mother-in-law brought it back for me from her visit to Switzerland.
It was fun to wear for Halloween parties.
I’m actually thankful you had to describe a “modest” dirndl...being this long out of country away from the wife.
It’s actually the short cropped under blouse that determines the Dirndl’s level of modesty. My daughter bought one for herself two years ago, and has switched out the blouses for different styles.
What I’ve always found both fascinating and lovely is seeing young people in their teens and 20’s still willing to go out in public and party wearing Tracht aka.. Dirndl and Lederhosen.
Although Oktoberfest or die Wiesn begins at the end of September, the festivities of Bierzelt begin in upper Bavaria during the summer, usually in late July, and you will still only see a small minority who won’t wear Tracht.