Oktoberfest has officially begun, and the dirndls are out. Munich’s two-week beer festival may be more famous for its hoppy amber drafts, 600 to 800 pass-out-drunk bodies, and impressive but steadily ...

MUNICH — Hip-hop blared from oversized speakers. Half-finished beer glasses teetered precariously along the bar, and a scrum of teenage bodies writhed on the dimly-lit dance floor. It was a regular ...

CINCINNATI – Picture this: A woman walking down the street wearing a dirndl skirt and bust-hugging bodice paired with ankle boots. Or a man sporting lederhosen – leather shorts, traditionally worn ...

Next month, I’m going to Munich for Oktoberfest with my boyfriend and his Bavarian grandparents. Which is why I recently found myself in a thrift store in an unfashionable corner of Berlin, trying on ...

MUNICH — If there is one thing that Claudia Nowka understands, it is the desire of every woman to stand out at Oktoberfest. Nine years ago, dreading that she might sit down at a beer table only to see ...