Hugo Boss military uniform. Designer Karl Diebitsch

Culture never exists independently, it is not separated, not cut off. Culture is always inscribed in society itself. There is politics, there is economics, there is culture. Different spheres of social life, but they are always together and nearby, closely related and sometimes confused. If a society has some kind of political system, which has its own goals and objectives, and most importantly ideas, then it will certainly give rise to its own culture. This is both literature and art. Everywhere there will be an imprint of those ideas that dominate in society. Whether it is building construction, paintings by artists or fashion. Fashion can also be associated with politics, weaved with an idea, tied to propaganda.

Military fashion. Why not? After all, the most beautiful form is still considered the form of the Third Reich. Form by Hugo Boss... Hugo Boss apologizes today. However, they have a good company: Volkswagen, Siemens, BMW. They collaborated with the Nazis, at their enterprises, Polish and French prisoners of war worked in terrible conditions. They sewed a uniform. Uniform for the military of the Third Reich. However, then Hugo Boss was not yet a large company and a well-known brand. Hugo Ferdinand Bossovich Blaze opened his tailoring workshop in 1923. Sewing overalls, windbreakers, raincoats mainly for workers. The income was not great and the tailor Hugo Boss understands that only a military order can save his business. However, Hugo Boss was only one of 75,000 German private tailors who were lining up the army. He also sewed the SS uniform.

Karl Diebitsch became the author of the black SS uniform, as well as many regalia of the Third Reich. He was born in 1899. Will die many years after the end of World War II in 1985. His ancestors are from Silesia, possibly from Poland. Of Education designer... He also served in the SS, Oberführer. He designed the SS uniform with graphic designer Walter Heck. Diebitsch also designed the Ahnenerbe logo and crosses for SS officers. A sort of genius, talent, in the service of the forces of darkness. By the way, Diebitsch was also the director of the Porzellan Manufaktur Allach porcelain factory in 1936 before the factory was transferred to the SS and moved to Dachau.

Walter Heck, graphic artist, was also SS Hauptsturmführer. It was he who, in 1933, developed the SS emblem, combining two "Zig" runes (the "zig" rune - lightning in ancient Germanic mythology was considered a symbol of the god of war Thor). He also developed the CA emblem. And together with Karl Diebitsch he created the SS uniform.

Here's a story. The history of the military uniform, which had its own designers.