Traditional Women's Clothing. The dirndl is a type of dress traditionally worn by women in rural areas of Germany, and was especially common in the South prior to the 19th century, though it remains a staple of German festivals.or example, in western Germany women have long worn lace hats adorned with black ribbons similar to the kinds of hats worn in neighboring France. One of the best-known German hats is the Tyrolean hat, also known as an Alpine hat, because it originated in Austria before migrating north.