What is Hugo Boss (fashion designer)?
{{Infobox person | name = Hugo Boss | image = Hugo-boss.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Hugo Ferdinand Boss | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|07|08|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Metzingen]], [[Kingdom of Württemberg]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|08|09|1885|07|08|df=yes}} | death_place = Metzingen, [[Allied-occupied Germany|Germany]] | nationality = German | other_names = | known_for = Founding [[Hugo Boss]] Luxury clothing company | occupation = {{hlist|Fashion designer|entrepreneur}} |party = [[Nazi Party]] |footnotes = }} '''Hugo Ferdinand Boss''' (8 July 1885 &ndash; 9 August 1948) was a [[Germans|German]] fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of the clothing company [[Hugo Boss|Hugo Boss AG]]. He was an active member of the [[Nazi Party]] from 1931 to 1945.<ref name=local-2011>{{cite news|date=2011-09-21|title=Hugo Boss comes clean on Nazi past|work=[[The Local]]|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20110921/37729|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170323224959/https://www.thelocal.de/20110921/37729|archive-date=2017-03-23}} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boss, Hugo}} [[Category:1885 births]] [[Category:1948 deaths]] [[Category:German businesspeople]] [[Category:German fashion designers]] [[Category:Nazis]]