Hugo Boss Designed Nazi Uniforms

Hugo boss recently funded a study that delves into their involvement with the production of uniforms for german armed forces and the waffen ss during world war ii.

Hugo boss designed nazi uniforms. According to popular wisdom hugo ferdinand boss founder of the hugo boss fashion brand was responsible for designing nazi germany s military uniforms most notably the sleek menacing black ss uniform. The acknowledgement comes on the clicked heels of a new book about the company commissioned by hugo boss themselves in order to shed some light on the era. It was developed in 1932 by karl diebitsch a senior ss officer in conjunction with a graphic designer by the name of walter heck. He joined the nazi party in 1931 and two years later began manufacturing nazi uniforms.

Hugo boss ag often styled as boss is a german luxury fashion house headquartered in metzingen. Hugo boss has never denied having provided nazi soldiers with uniforms but hugo ferdinand boss who founded the company in 1924. Production continued throughout the war and according to profil. When germany began to more intensely remilitarize in 1938 hugo boss began to produce uniforms for the nazi armed forces.

Designed the uniforms of the hitler youth the ss schutzstaffel soldiers the sturmabteilung the national socialist motor corps and other party organizations. The hugo boss co. Hugo boss did not design the ss uniform. It was founded in 1924 by hugo boss and originally produced general purpose clothing.

With the rise of the nazi party in the 1930s boss began to produce and sell nazi uniforms.