I had to check out that Hugo Boss one: they were one of thousands of manufacture...

10ren on July 12, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: World War II was totally unrealistic

I had to check out that Hugo Boss one: they were one of thousands of manufacturers; they didn't appear to have "designed" the uniforms (they manufactured police and postal uniforms back then). They didn't do suits til the 50's http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/15/business/hugo-boss-acknowl...

tschild's two comments here summarize my thinking: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257389#...

stcredzero on July 12, 2010 [–]

I stand corrected. Still, the Nazis were pretty stylin.