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. 3 36 CUE INTERNATIONAL .