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Hugo Ferdinand Boss (8 July 1885 – 9 August 1948) [1] was a German businessman and an early member of the Nazi Party. He was the founder of the fashion house Hugo Boss AG. He was an active member of the Nazi Party from 1931, and remained so until Nazi Germany's capitulation .
These SS uniforms were tailored to project authority and foster fear. During the war, the German clothing factory that eventually became the international menswear powerhouse Hugo Boss produced thousands of SS and other uniforms. [3] Once the war began, the black uniform was seldom worn.
Hugo Boss AG (stylized as HUGO BOSS) is a luxury fashion company headquartered in Metzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company sells clothing, accessories, footwear, and leather goods. Hugo Boss is one of the largest German clothing brands, [4] with global sales of about €4.2 billion in 2023. [2] Its stock is a component of the MDAX. [5]
Hugo Boss [107] Hugo Boss logo 2021: 1924. Metzingen, Germany: Forced labour. Hugo Boss was personally an early supporter of Hitler and manufactured the SS uniform. Produced propaganda items for Nazi State and Vichy Collaborating State. Huta Hoch- und Tiefbau, [108] [109] [110] 1942 Katowice, German-occupied Poland
Walter Heck was a German graphic designer who created the SS double 'Siegrune' symbol for the Schutzstaffel (SS), the elite corps of the Nazi Party, in 1929, the runic emblem of the Sturmabteilung (SA), and co-designed the all-black SS uniform in 1932. He was a company commander in SA, and later joined the SS.
Hugo Boss (fashion designer) → Hugo Boss(person) — The owner of a company producing nazi uniforms can hardly be called a fashion designer. The company became involved in fashion design after the death of Hugo Boss. Racconish Tk 15:23, 11 April 2011 (UTC) Move this to Hugo Boss and Hugo Boss to Hugo Boss AG.
In an age when sports teams change uniforms like they are changing underwear — a move that is not unrelated to producing more revenue by getting fans to buy more jerseys — the Yankees have ...
Strellson was founded in 1984 by fashion entrepreneurs and former Hugo Boss owners Uwe and Jochen Holy. They rebranded the coat manufacturer Friedrich Straehl & Co. AG that they had acquired in 1984. [4] In 1985 the first collection including suits, sports jackets and trousers was released.