Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885 – 1948), known simply as
Hugo Boss, was the founder of clothing company
Hugo Boss AGHugo Boss AG is a fashion and lifestyle house based in Metzingen, Germany, that specializes in high-end mens- and womenswear apparel. It is named after its founder, Hugo Ferdinand Boss .-Today:...
.
In the third quarter of 1932, the all-black
SSThe , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the Führer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men ,...
uniform (to replace the
SAThe , abbreviated SA , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party...
brown shirts) was designed by
SS-Oberführer Prof.
Karl DiebitschProfessor Karl Diebitsch was an artist and soldier responsible for much of the Third Reich SS regalia, including the Chained SS Officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch worked with graphic designer Walter Heck to design the all-black SS uniform...
and Walter Heck (graphic designer).
Hugo BossHugo Ferdinand Boss , known simply as Hugo Boss, was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss AG.-Famous designs:In the third quarter of 1932, the all-black SS uniform was designed by SS-Oberführer Prof. Karl Diebitsch and Walter Heck...
company produced these black uniforms along with the brown
SAThe , abbreviated SA , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party...
shirts and the black-and-brown uniforms of the
Hitler YouthThe Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung .-Origins:The first NSDAP-related organization of German youth was the Jugendbund...
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Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885 – 1948), known simply as
Hugo Boss, was the founder of clothing company
Hugo Boss AGHugo Boss AG is a fashion and lifestyle house based in Metzingen, Germany, that specializes in high-end mens- and womenswear apparel. It is named after its founder, Hugo Ferdinand Boss .-Today:...
.
Famous designs
In the third quarter of 1932, the all-black
SSThe , abbreviated SS- or - was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the Führer's "Praetorian Guard," the Nazi Party's "Shield Squadron" and a force that, fielding almost a million men ,...
uniform (to replace the
SAThe , abbreviated SA , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party...
brown shirts) was designed by
SS-Oberführer Prof.
Karl DiebitschProfessor Karl Diebitsch was an artist and soldier responsible for much of the Third Reich SS regalia, including the Chained SS Officer's dagger scabbard. Diebitsch worked with graphic designer Walter Heck to design the all-black SS uniform...
and Walter Heck (graphic designer).
Hugo BossHugo Ferdinand Boss , known simply as Hugo Boss, was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss AG.-Famous designs:In the third quarter of 1932, the all-black SS uniform was designed by SS-Oberführer Prof. Karl Diebitsch and Walter Heck...
company produced these black uniforms along with the brown
SAThe , abbreviated SA , functioned as a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party...
shirts and the black-and-brown uniforms of the
Hitler YouthThe Hitler Youth was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party. It existed from 1922 to 1945. The HJ was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after its adult counterpart, the Sturmabteilung .-Origins:The first NSDAP-related organization of German youth was the Jugendbund...
. Some workers are acknowledged to have been prisoners of war forced into labor.
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