Designer Fascism
Sometime last year it came to my attention that the company Hugo-Boss once produced uniforms for the Nazi SA and SS. This would definitely explain why those uniforms seemed — to me at least — to have far more thought put into their stylishness than the military uniforms of previous regimes. As for how the company should answer for this, one should consider first that many companies of the time were obligated, if not forced to take contracts from the army, navy, etc. — the film Schindler’s List comes to mind particularly as evidence of this. I suppose this all goes to say that if you’re going to repress an entire nation, you might as well be stylishly-dressed.
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