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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)

when u say that Hugo Boss and HUGO BOSS designed for teh german army in WW1 and WW=II ,So did HUGO BOSS design the uniforms of the Nazi's ??? The SS and other Uniforms ?? Bhansingh

I object that it is presented as fact here that Hugo Boss AG designed and manufactured the SS uniforms. The reference links to another website (americandefenseleague.com) , which claims to be re-printing an article from The Washington Post, but no direct link to TWP or the newspaper on which the TWP article is based is provided.

Searching the Internet for the headline from the supposed article only yields results in blogs that repost and reference the americandefenseleague.com article and (of course) the original ADL article. Given the lack of substance to this website and associated blogs, I don't think it's proper for Wiki to allow this to be posted as a verifiable fact.

If you go to the Holocaust exhibition in the imperial war museum, it tells you about Hugo boss's involvement.

I guess the above are two persons discussing, but hard to say. Anyway, another source: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E4DF153FF936A2575BC0A961958260 Mkro (talk) 18:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I added 2 NYT citations to the Hugo Boss page about this topic, which discusses the use of slave labor by the company. This has been verified by Mr. Boss's son and the company itself.

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BetacommandBot 02:43, 7 November 2007 (UTC)