Dress
The traditional dress in the Netherlands is best known for its footwear, which are wooden shoes or clogs. These were primarily worn in the muddy low-lying fields as they lasted longer than other materials in these conditions and leather shoes were quite expensive. More than just the shoes, the traditional dress for the Dutch varied from region to region, but there were some similarities. For women the traditional dress included a long, loose-fitting skirt, a blouse, and an apron, while men generally wore long pants, a shirt, a jacket, and a hat. Most of these outfits consisted of darker colors, but most had color in them, although many of the pants men wore were black.
Today, these traditional outfits can only be found on certain cultural occasions, and even then are rare as few people wear them or even have them. Not even wooden shoes are popular today in the Netherlands as modern boots tend to do the trick just as well, if not better as they are tall and keep the mud from falling into the shoes. Modern western-styled clothing is the norm in the Netherlands today and styles vary from individual to individual.
As a visitor to the Netherlands you are welcomed to wear just about any western-styled clothing. The Dutch are also quite liberal so wearing tight-fitting clothing or more revealing outfits is acceptable, but not encouraged as the Dutch tend to deflect attention and anything that attracts attention is viewed negatively by most people. Just try to dress for the occasion, meaning dress more conservatively and formally in business settings, churches, and other formal locations, but wearing shorts and t-shirts is common if just wandering around a city or going for a bike ride, which is a popular past time.