Biography on hugo boss suits

Hugo boss 1940 collection

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Hugo Boss and the Nazis

Hugo Boss began his career as a tailor. In 1923, he founded his own clothing company in Metzingen, Germany, where it still operates. In 1924, he started a factory along with two partners. The company produced shirts, jackets, work clothing, sportswear and raincoats. Due to the economic climate of Germany at the time, Boss was forced into bankruptcy. In 1931, he reached an agreement with his creditors, leaving him with six sewing machines to uppstart again.

Hans Heinrich Lammers
in SS uniform

That same year, Boss joined the Nazi Party. Though he claimed in a 1934–35 advertisement that he had been a “supplier for National Socialist uniforms since 1924,” it is probable that he did not begin to supply them until 1928 at the earliest. That year he became a licensed supplier of uniforms to the Sturmabteilung (SA), Schutzstaffel (SS), Hitler ungdom, National Socialist Motor Corps, and other party organizations. By 1938, the firm was focused on producing W

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Hugo Boss is one of the most famous luxury fashion and style houses in the world, with a string of fashion lines and global notoriety. The physical embodiment of authentic and understated luxury, the brand offers apparel for every occasion, from business attire to casual wear, evening wear to sportswear.

Starting with the company's namesake, Hugo Boss, we look at the history of the company right from the beginning of the fashion line in a small German town, to the global phenomenon we know today. Use the timeline to explore the key events, accomplishments and developments in Hugo Boss' history.

1924

Hugo Boss Founded

Hugo Boss starts his clothing company in 1924 in Metzingen, a small town south of Stuttgart. It is still based there.

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1950

First Men's Suit

After Hugo Boss's death, the factory returned to making uniforms for postal and police workers. It produced its first me

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WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF HUGO BOSS

Hugo Boss may be one of our newest brands at BANG&STRIKE, but it has a long and rich history. The brand was founded in 1924 by Hugo Ferdinand Boss. The youngest of five children, he did an apprenticeship as a merchant and completed military service from 1903 to 1905 and also worked in a weaving mill. He then took over as the heir to his parents’ lingerie shop in 1908. In 1914, he enlisted in the army and served the World War One with the rank of corporal.

He founded his own clothing company in Metzingen in 1923 and then a factory in 1924 (initially with two partners). The company produced shirts and jackets and then work clothing, sportswear and raincoats. In the 1930s it produced uniforms for various parties around the time of the World War. By 1960 the company was producing off-the-peg suits and in 1970, the first Boss branded suits were produced, with the brand becoming a registered trademark in 1977. This was followed by the start