Trachtenhut With Gamsbart, Bavaria and Austria

A green felt Styrian hat with a corded band, pins and a real gamsbart, the brush of chamois hair rising from the side. This is the Alpine hat of Bavaria and Austria, worn with lederhosen or a dirndl to Oktoberfest, church festivals and village parades. The gamsbart is the status piece: it is bound by hand from the long, white-tipped hairs along a chamois buck's back, gathering enough good hair for a big one can take years, and the best are prized heirlooms shown off at Alpine costume contests.