Why were German soldiers and officers in WWII so well dressed compared to their Allied counter parts?

by Jokersniper69

Ive always wondered this. (More specifically the SS but id like to know about the regulars as well.)

Thecna2

Can you expand this question, as in, upon what evidence do you assert that there was a qualitative difference between the dress standards of the Germans vs the Allies? I wasnt aware there was one.

koopcl

When you say "well dressed", do you mean quality (more effective camo, more comfortable clothing, more practical loadout, etc) or aesthetically (those snazzy SS uniforms and such)? Because while not an expert, I'm sure answers would vary widly (just in the "quality" camp you have stuff such as Germany's lack of proper winter clothings in Russia, you'd need to compare if their uniforms were effectively more comfortable/practical that those of the many allied armies, study how effective feldgrau was as camo and the availability of more elaborate camo patterns, etc), while when it comes to aesthetics you have the problem of how subjective the topic is (is it really "better looking" than similar, say, british uniforms?) and I'd guess the general answer would lay somewhere between "German uniforms were developed from the Prussian tradition, compare the overwhelming similarities between WWI and WWII uniforms" and "them fascist governments sure thought looks were migthy important".

So I'd suggest you elaborate on the question so an expert could give you a better answer.

Searocksandtrees