Klaus Bensmann is a tailor who has been handmaking leather lederhosen for the past 38 years.
Bavarians have worn lederhosen — knee-long leather pants with suspenders and embroidery — for hundreds of years.
Revelers preferring a more classic look book an appointment with leather tailor Klaus Bensmann for customized, handmade britches fashioned from deer or cow leather.
AP Photo/Matthias SchraderBensmann offers different cuts of Bavarian lederhosen, traditional knee-longs, short ones that end mid-thigh, and longer, looser knickerbockers.
But instead of working as a tanner, he decided to become a leather tailor, and in 1985 he opened his store and workshop, Leder Bensmann.
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