FEATURE
So you’re doing a reenactment and need a few
hundred WWII uniforms?
There’s only one place to
go: Angels the Costumiers
YOU’VE GOT THE LOOK
ANGELS THE COSTUMIERS
E
ver been into your local fancy
dress shop and marvelled
at the amount of stuff they
seem to have?
Well double it, then double
it again, and perhaps a few more times
just for good measure, and you might
just be getting halfway towards the
number of outfits that Angels has on its
eight miles of hanging rails!
Angels has been in business
for nearly 170 years and owns the
largest collection of costumes and
accessories anywhere in the world but,
unfortunately, it doesn’t sell to individual
members of the public, it rents to the
film and theatre industries.
Its list of credits reads like a Who’s
Who of film and TV – Defiance, Foyles
War, Iron Man, Shutter Island, The Kings
Speech, Bram Stoker’s Dracula – and
the company has 26 Oscars for Best
Achievement in Costume Design going
back to 1948.
I came across Angels while looking for
a very specific military costume and,
while its only connection to airsoft might
be re-enactment groups, I was so blown
away by what I saw I thought I’d share it
with you.
Angels is not open to the public but
does run tours of its collection.
If you’d like more information, contact
Angels via the website: www.angels.
uk.com or, to arrange a tour, call Mark
on 020 8202 2244.
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