Hi
I hope this isn't a silly question, but I am a professor of costume
design and I have developed a course called Costume and Culture. One of
the lectures I developed was about how a political movement can
influence the style of clothing for an entire country, if not the
western world. I chose the Nazi party and Hitler to demonstrate how one
group can change the clothing style of the area. In fact I believe the
design of the uniform that Hitler wore and the SS later defined the
uniforms of the British and American forces. I stumbled upon your group
this morning while researching via the web, a man named Hugo Boss which
then led me to two other men, Walter Heck and Karl Diebitsch. Okay here
is the question, Was this design deliberate or just fell into place? One
of the premises I developed for this lecture was the style of the
uniform reflects the male sexuality to its height during WWII. ( After
all, who doesn't love a man in uniform?) And the SS uniform was designed
to scare the populous into obeying or demonstrate the Nazi power.
Now you can tell me how wrong I am, or could you point me into the
direction of where to look or buy a book ( through your web site would
be fine) or examine some pictorial reference to this? You really can't
believe how much debate and discussion just this topic causes. I further
take this into the clothing of the women in Germany and icons of women
who reflect the German ideal. I found a book called _Nazi Chic_ for this
area. Still I would like to find pictorial references of the whole topic.
Thank you in advance, I hope my name doesn't put you off, you can check
my university's website if you think this is a crank email.
Sincerely,
Kitty Macey
Professor of Costume Design
State University of New York at Oswego
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