It’s probably not very politick to ask this, but…who designed the uniforms of the Schutzstaffel—the German SS?
Was it just some nameless committee, or was there some grim-faced Schneiderführer who came up with the designs?
I read once in a local newspaper that the SS uniforms were actually modeled after the uniform of the New Jersey State Police, of all things - apparently a Nazi official visited the state at some point and was impressed by their uniform. I haven’t been able to find a cite for this on Google though.
Ive been curious myself of the whole Nazi art/design thing. Again, probably not PC but from a graphic viewpoint cool and effective. I would have thought Hitler, being an artist, would have done this purposefully.
“Next to torture, art persuades faster”
“Who designed the SS’s uniforms?”
Coco Chanel.
Well…she should have!
In a movie called “Max” I recently rented it is Hitler himself while still a struggling artist in the military who designed all the uniforms and insigna.
Possibly artistic liscence, but I thought I’d throw it out there.
Decent movie, by the way. John Cusak mails it in but the guy playng Hitler was pretty good.
I hear German military uniforms were designed for style by movie studios over ability to function as a decent uniform.