Heinz Oestergaard
Heinz Oestergaard (born August 15, 1916 in Berlin, † May 10, 2003 in Bad Reichenhall) was a German fashion designer.
The German police uniform was designed by Heinz Oestergaard.
He was considered one of the leading German fashion designers of the postwar period. After having succeeded in Berlin, where he designed clothes for Zarah Leander and Maria Schell, Oestergaard went to Munich in 1967. He there became the fashion manager of the catalogue company Quelle. He there replaced the customary wire used for bodices by stretch fabric. In 1971 he designed police uniforms and the green uniforms of the German police forces.[1]
Awards
- 1996: Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin (Order of Merit of Berlin)
- 1996: Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Officer's Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany)
References
- Polizisten in Mitte sind ab 1. Februar blau. In: tagesspiegel.de. Cf. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-04-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Homepage Heinz Oestergaard
- Wearable fashion for millions of people 2003
- Er liebte das Leben, die Menschen und seine Arbeit wie kein anderer: Oestergaard ist verstorben. He loved life, people and his work like no other: Oestergaard died on uni-protokolle.de.
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