Hugo Ferdinand Boss (1885–1948) was the founder of clothing company Hugo Boss AG. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Famous designs

In the third quarter of 1933, Boss designed black uniforms for Heinrich Himmler's SS, to replace the SA brown shirts. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers He also designed the Hitler Youth uniforms. For the SS division with the nickname Hitlerjugend see 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend The Hitler Youth ( German:, ^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "Hugo Boss Acknowledges Link to Nazi Regime. " The New York Times 15 August 1997: D15.
2. ^ White, Constance C. R. "Patterns: Dealing with Hugo Boss's Nazi tie. " The New York Times 19 August 1997: A20.

External links

• http://www.parfumeshop.dk/blog/2007/09/21/when-hugo-boss-started-his-clothing-factory-fashionable-suits-and-cologne-were-not-on-the-agenda/