Oom-pah-pah over cheap imported lederhosen
A row had broken out in Germany about the wearing of cheap Chinese import lederhosen at the Munich Oktoberfest.
Purists say only lederhosen made from the hide of a Bavarian deer by a Bavarian tailor should be worn, but this year many of the outfits have been made in China.
The row also focuses on dirndl, the traditional Alpine woman's dress which is being replaced in the imports by a revealing combination of tight leather hotpants and deep-cleavage corsets.
Given it is happening at the worlds largest beer festival it can only be a matter of time before it turns into a drunken brawl.
The Bavarian Federation of Folk Costume Societies are unsurprisingly unimpressed branding many of the costumes "yuppie outfits" that have nothing to do with true Bavarian dress.
Lederhosen made from Bavarian deerhide costs around £500, while the imported kind costs about £150.
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