Heinz Oestergaard
Illustration — The German police uniform was designed by Heinz Oestergaard. Heinz Oestergaard (15 August 1916 – 10 May 2003) was a German fashion designer. He was considered one of the leading German fashion designers of the postwar period.
Heinz Oestergaard
Ludwig Wegmann · Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F075997-0011 / Wegmann, Ludwig / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Born
- 1916 · Berlin.
- Died
- 2003 · Bad Reichenhall.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- fashion designer · costume designer · actor
- Honours
- Order of Merit of Berlin · Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — The German police uniform was designed by Heinz Oestergaard. Heinz Oestergaard (15 August 1916 – 10 May 2003) was a German fashion designer. He was considered one of the leading German fashion designers of the postwar period.
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Heinz Oestergaard is recorded with the occupation costume designer. Recorded as having received Order of Merit of Berlin and Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Fur Bijou, Heinz Oestergaard, Ein textiles Erzeugnis der Girmes Gruppe (älteres Web-Einnäh-Etikett an einer Webpelz?-Krawatte).
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1916
Heinz Oestergaard was born on 15 August 1916.
2003
Heinz Oestergaard died at Bad Reichenhall.
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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.
The recorded working language is German. Work by Heinz Oestergaard is recorded in the collections of Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Distinctions recorded are Order of Merit of Berlin and Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• 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)
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