Stasi Chic: Exhibition Unmasks the Art of the East German Spy Disguise

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What did East German spies wear to work? Archival photographs uncovered by a Berlin-based artist reveal disguises that included fur hats, upturned collars, and, naturally, sunglasses. The images from the Stasi secret police course on the 'art of disguising' provide a sometimes absurd perspective on what the Cold War era spies considered inconspicuous.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,777716,00.html

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1. This is going to be my fashion template from now on.

[Enrique]

2. da Bears!

;-)

[MADem]

7. JAJAJA!!!!!

Too funny!

[Forkboy]

8. ....

:spray:

[Octafish]

3. Oh, yeah.

Apart from my pointy flat-top, this is my fashion doppelgänger.
Same for the fur hat and upturned collar coat fellow.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Oh, behave.

[JHB]

5. Hiding in plain sight!

If you look so much like a stereotypical spy, you couldn't possibly be an actual spy. But that's what they want you to think!

[LetTimmySmoke]

6. Hey baby, wanna see what I've gotten hidden in this moustache?

[pa28]

9. I love old spy movies and this guy looks like he just walked out of "Funeral in Berlin".

Awesome.

[Enrique]

10. to me he looks like he walked out of Berwyn, IL

Chicagoland DUers might know what I'm talking about. ;-)