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Prince Luitpold also wore Alpine folk cotumes. We see both the Austrian and Bacarian royalty wearing them. Both Prince Lepold and his brother were dressed in Alpine folk costumes. Folk costumes are often a recreation of the clothing of the common people often at at about the 16th-17th century. What is often unclear is at at what stage privlidged classes began to wear these clothes as folk costumes. The priviliged classses in the 17th and 18th century would not wear such clothes, seeing them as the outfits of uncouth poor peasants. We are unsure as to just when such attitudes changed. We note that Rupprecht's children wore Bavarian folk costumes at the turn of the 20th century. We are unsure if Rupprecht and his bothers in the late 19th century wore folk costume in the late 19th century. We note that Prince Ludwig and Otto wore folk costumes in the 1870s. We also see Austrian royals wearing Alpie folk costumes at about the same time. What was going on in Bavaria was not disimilar to devlopments in other European countries. A good example was the Scottish kilt which evolved from a 18th century symbol of barbaric resistance to Enhgand to a respected symbol of the British empire. We are not sure to what extent Prince Luitpold actually wore folk costumes. Most of the images we see or posed portraits, rather than informsl photographs showing the prince in actual unposed settings, The garments he wore were standard Alpine items.
Prince Luitpold also wore Alpine folk cotumes. We see both the Austrian and Bacarian royalty wearing them. We have noted several such portraits. There are several Both Prince Lepold and his brother were dressed in Alpine folk costumes.
Folk costumes are often a recreation of the clothing of the common people often at at about the 16th-17th century. What is often unclear is at at what stage privlidged classes began to wear these clothes as folk costumes. The priviliged classses in the 17th and 18th century would not wear such clothes, seeing them as the outfits of uncouth poor peasants. We are unsure as to just when such attitudes changed. What was going on in Bavaria was not disimilar to devlopments in other European countries. A good example was the Scottish kilt which evolved from a 18th century symbol of barbaric resistance to Enhgand to a respected symbol of the British empire. We are not sure to what extent Prince Luitpold actually wore folk costumes. Most of the images we see or posed portraits, rather than informsl photographs showing the prince in actual unposed settings, The garments he wore were standard Alpine items.
We note that Rupprecht's children wore Alpine/Bavarian folk costumes at the turn of the 20th century. We are unsure if Rupprecht and his bothers in the late 19th century wore folk costume in the late 19th century. We note that Prince Ludwig and Otto wore folk costumes in the 1870s. We also see Austrian royals wearing Alpie folk costumes at about the same time.
We are not sure to what extent Prince Luitpold actually wore folk costumes. The portraits show him dresed up in the outfits. We do not know if the portraits were for show or if the boys actually wore the outfits on outings or a regulsar day. Mot do we know whst the Prince thought about the outfits. The images we see or posed portraits, rather than informsl photographs showing the Prince in actual unposed settings, We wonder just howoften the boys went for hikes dressed in Lederhosen. Some of the family castles (schloss). So you would think that there would have been ample opportunity for hiking. We are not entirely sure what the boys wore when they went hikling.
The garments he wore were standard Alpine items. We note alpine hats, tie, haltar, Lederhosen, and knee socks. The knee socks always seem to have bands at the top.
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