Overview

• At the first cabinet meeting after the summer break in Berlin, the CSU research minister stood out by arriving in traditional Bavarian dress.
• She opened the Federal Research Ministry’s employee Oktoberfest at 11:00 directly following the cabinet meeting, explaining the attire in the session.
• The timing dovetails with the approaching Munich Oktoberfest, which runs from 20 September to 5 October.
• Bär has recently appeared in Tracht at regional events, including a visit to Haßfurt alongside Bavaria’s leader Markus Söder.
• Fashion observers say traditional dress is back in trend, and Bär is cast as a style-focused figure with nearly 65,000 Instagram followers as Julia Klöckner also highlights fashion in contrast to predecessor Bärbel Bas.