Talk:Hugo Boss/Archives/2012

Advert notice
This notice feels a bit silly. I don't know of many advertisements that point out that a company was founded by a nazi. Niczar ⏎ 14:47, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Page name
I request that the name of this article is changed to 'HUGO BOSS' instead of 'Hugo Boss'. The company, like many others such as the spelling of eBay or iPod etc chooses to write it's logo like that in all written documentation, employees must write it that way and the press are asked (not always comply) to that presentation too.


 * HUGO BOSS is a trademark of Hugo Boss, not the actual name. You wouldn't make the title of the PlayStation 3 article PLAYSTATION 3 simply because it's trademarked that way. Examples such as eBay and iPod are part of corporate identity and also serve the purpose of differentiating letters in the name.(Myscrnnm (talk) 17:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC))

If this can be approved I will also change the way the article is written with reference to the sub-brands of BOSS & HUGO again with the capital letters.

The issue is that this article is primarily about the company NOT the person, if it was the person it should most certainly be 'Hugo Boss'. I have no objections to adding AG. --Djkinsella 22:50, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a split would be in order: one about the company (HUGO BOSS AG) and one about the person. Daniel Case 15:22, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes I agree, I don't think I have the "priveleges" to create the pages. Is it necessary to call it HUGO BOSS AG as surely it would be necessary to revise all the fashion company articles to S.p.A's etc. --Djkinsella 18:03, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Hugo Boss logo.svg
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Involvement of firm in SS uniform design
Under the section heading Involvement in World War II, the page presently states: The all-black uniform of the Nazi Schutzstaffel...was designed by SS-Oberführer Prof. Dr. Karl Diebitsch and graphic designer Walter Heck. I've added a "citation needed" template, as this line is identical to an unsourced statement on the Karl Diebitsch page. -- Deborahjay (talk) 08:40, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Axishistory.com user Derek states under http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=59496&p=1286617 that he has found no proof of D.'s involvement in uniforms. Wschroedter (talk) 23:18, 14 October 2009 (UTC)


 * I did add the source cite long ago to each of the above article pages. The cite for the entry is also currently under the Schutzstaffel article in section: "Special ranks and uniforms". The entry is listed twice on that article page, so I just added the cite to the second place it is mentioned, as well. The cited info. comes from the book: Lumsden, Robin. "A Collector's Guide To: The Allgemeine - SS", Ian Allan Publishing, Inc. 2001, p 53. Kierzek (talk) 00:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, the notion that Hugo Boss designed the uniform seems not only to be unbased on any source, but actually to be impossible: Boss did not receive an RZM license until 1933, after the uniforms in question were in use.  I suspect strongly that the Intertubes added 1 and 1 and got 11: since the Boss firm is now known as a "designer," then the old man was a "designer", and thus must have designed Nazi uniforms, etc.  Solicitr (talk) 12:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I agree, Solicitr. It was Diebitsch and Heck who "designed" the black uniform. Kierzek (talk) 00:51, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Discussion No pictures of Hugo Boss the Nazi founder.
In researching the design of WW2 German uniforms I was struck by the lack of images of Hugo Boss himself. Having failed to find one on this site I went through a lot of other web pages and found one that was not just company images. Why is it so hard to find an historical image of Mr Boss?

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Hugo Boss (fashion designer) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 20:45, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

Red Label
Can someone please post info about Hugo Boss's red label? It seems to be missing. Thanks.