20th• Century Costumes, the London-based costume shop (3) which has supplied clothes for Out of Africa , The Last Emperor, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit , recent ly opened a branch in New York City's Soho district (1) . "At the moment, we only have a peripheral connection with American films, " says owner Laurence Hollande (2) . • 20th Century Costumes, la maiso11 de costumes lo11do11- 11iem1e (3) , qui afounii les cos tumes pour Out of Africa, The Last Emperor et Who Framed Roger Rabbit; vie11t d 'ouvrlr 1me succursale da11s Soho a New York (1) . •E11ce mome,zl , nous 11'avo1,s q11'11n rapport h·esperipherique avec le ct11en,a an,ericain , dit lefo11dateur-gera11t Lau re11ce Hollande (2) . .... 20th Century Costumes, eln In London ansaesslger costume shop, (3) der die Kostueme fuer 2 Out of Africa, The Last Emper withover 2,00 0 costumes,so the designerstend to go course, thereare all the collegeswe atersand hotel or und Who Framed Roger Rabbit? lleferte , Veroeffnete to several different places to accumulatesto ck. In New liveries"- he waveshi s hand overrow s of cropped kuerzllch elne Zwelgstelle Im York,we'll be breakingnew g round. Atth e moment jacketswith brass button s and epaulettesfillin g the Stadttell Soho In New York ( I ). weonly have a peripheralconn ectionwith Am erican Londonhome offic e. " Im Moment haben wlr nur films-we supply costumesfor odd sce nes shot in Thes tockin Londonis arrangedby decade and is perlphaere Verblndungen zum Europe-we'renot involvedwith indigenou s produc dividedinto menswear,womenswear and chil amerlkanlschen Fiim" , sagte tions." By openinga NewYork bran ch he hopes to drenswearand subdividedinto different garments . The der Besltzer Laurence Hollande breakinto this 'indigenous American' filmproduction 1970sare most poorly representedas therei s the least (2). market,and is alreadyconfident tl1at a numberof demandfor thi s epoch; the collectionincludes some producerswho have always been "kee n on our prices stock tl1atdat es backto the I86os- tl1is wasused for but not keen on shipping" can be secured as regular tl1e AmericanNBC -1Vmini -seriesAround th e World clients. in 80 Dayswhich aired in April89 . Theya lsohave a The27 0 squarem eter NewYork p remiseshas a Vikingcollection, having made tlie costumes designed staffof two, JohnSc ott and DonnaMorrison, who by PatTait for the filmEric the Viking,dire ctedby werese nt fromEng land to overseethe Am ericanoper TerryJon es.Apart from thi s one amusinganachro ation. Although thereare facilitiesfor fittin gs and al nism, 1\ventietliCentury Costumes has no intentionof terations, the NewYork branch is primarily for diversifying. "Thatwould be a weakness,specialising processing stockand serving as a showcase with its is our strength," saysHolland e. "Wehav e a bigger collectionof some 500 completeoutfits . "Obviously collectionof twentiethcentury co stumes than any oth we'll keepmuch more of theAmerican stock th ere," er company." Theydo , however,hav e plansto cover saysHolland e. "It's verydiff erent-d ifferent cut, dif moreth eatre productions, and maybe announcing ferent fabric, the jacketshav e half linings. Then,of newth eatreprojects in the near future.
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