Why did Hitler attach so much importance to the design of military uniforms?
The first and most important thing is Hitler's personal aesthetic needs. At that time, a basic policy set by Hitler was that German military uniforms must be handsome, because in Hitler's cognition, traditional Germans were the best race on earth, so they were superior to other races in appearance and personal quality.
During Hitler's rule in Germany, although he presided over the war to expand the army, he always emphasized the improvement of the quality of German citizens and tried his best to reduce the illiteracy rate in China.
German citizens, led by Hitler, walked out of the predicament caused by the defeat in the First World War. Although the whole country was in a state of extreme fanaticism at that time, the basic order of citizens in Germany was very strict, and the average population quality level was greatly improved.
In Hitler's cognition, the best Germanic boys should join the Germans to conquer the world, so Hitler demanded that the image of German soldiers be better than that of ordinary people? More upscale? So Hitler specially selected designers from China to design military uniforms for soldiers.
At that time, Hugo Ferdinand, the founder of the German luxury brand Hugo Boss, was also a fanatic loyal to the Nazis, so at the call of Hitler, he led his design team to design 1 suits for the Germans? Brown stormtroopers? Clothing. After the suit was designed, it was greatly appreciated by Hitler, and then Hugo Ferdinand got a large number of orders from Hitler and made a lot of money.
Hugo Ferdinand designed Hitler's military uniform only to get Hitler's approval. After the clothing designed by Hugo Ferdinand's team was approved by Hitler, the brand created by Hugo Ferdinand quickly became a luxury in Germany, which also brought huge economic benefits to Hugo Ferdinand. Later, at Hitler's request, Hugo Ferdinand's design team successively designed a series of military uniforms for the German army.
However, it is worth mentioning that after the defeat of World War II, Hugo Ferdinand was tried by the Allies for his service to Hitler, and he was also imprisoned. However, we can't deny that the German uniforms designed by Hugo Ferdinand are really beautiful.
Moreover, Hitler hoped to recruit more young people to join the Nazi army. One of the important reasons why Hitler launched the Second World War was that Germany was sanctioned by other capitalist countries in Europe after its defeat in the First World War. A large number of overseas colonies were ceded for free, and the huge war reparations made the internal economic development of Germany very slow.
Therefore, only foreign wars can change this situation. A basic condition of foreign war is to have enough troops and a large number of men willing to die for the war, so Hitler began to carry out fanatical war education in Germany at that time.
In order to attract more young people to join the Nazi army, it is necessary for the army to show a very handsome image. Therefore, German uniforms during World War II were generally high-necked, slim, and looked particularly tall and handsome, without feeling bloated. You know, in the past, because Germany belonged to a capitalist society, people in the upper class were all fat and went to various high-end occasions.
Tall and handsome soldiers will naturally attract people's attention when they enter such high-end occasions, and they will also have a high turn-back rate when they walk on the street. However, some young people in Germany are particularly enthusiastic about the army because they have received wartime education. Coupled with the attraction of such handsome uniforms, a large number of young men will join the army voluntarily. Although Germany is small in size, there are tens of millions of Nazi soldiers at the peak, and the clothing advantage is also indispensable.
Finally, Germany urgently needs to change its image. Germany is originally a country with high aesthetic requirements, and one of the Germans' natures is particularly rigorous. It is only because of the economic sanctions after World War I that people have generally fallen.
After Germany launched the Second World War, the domestic economic situation improved obviously. In order to arouse the enthusiasm of national production in the whole country, Hitler must first let some people establish a good image.
At that time, Germany advocated war education, and the proportion of citizens joining the army was relatively high. By changing the appearance of a group of people like the army, it creates a kind of? The country is thriving? The feeling, so as to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm for production. Only when Germany's national production enthusiasm goes up can we produce enough war materials for Germany's frontline battlefield.
Although the Nazi army was sinful, it was considered that the whole of Europe led a fashion of clothes. After the defeat of Germany, the Allies banned all Nazi costumes before, and people were not allowed to wear them or show them.
With the development of time, the Nazis? Elements gradually become less sensitive. Especially after the drastic changes in eastern Europe, the control of Germany by the Allies was relaxed. Nazi clothing is no longer taboo, and some fashion designers began to try to add some elements of Nazi clothing. Including some uniforms of the German government later, factory uniforms all contain many design features of Nazi uniforms. The uniforms worn by the German police now have some similarities with those of the Nazi army.
In addition to Germany, some European and American fashion designers also saw some design aesthetics of Nazi army clothing. In the later movie "Men in Black", the costumes worn by the protagonist are very similar to those of the Nazi army, including some turtleneck windbreakers or some black leather coats in China at the end of last century, and there are also many similarities with the Nazi costume design.
This is also an affirmation of Nazi costume design in those days.