Costume Houses in London

Posted by Rebekah Roy on March 4th, 2008

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I’ve always loved visiting costume houses! Most of the costumes come from different musicals and theatre shows. It’s a great place to go if you’re looking for period clothes for a shoot or anything a bit unusual!

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5 responses so far ↓

1 Rachel // Mar 4, 2008 at 10:10

Wow that place looks more then inspiring, it looks like heaven :)
2 Rebekah // Mar 6, 2008 at 22:22

Costume shops are great, they can be a bit overwhelming but they’re very inspiring!
3 Anonymous // Mar 9, 2008 at 22:22

HI! Which costume shop is this? Those masks look amazing.
4 Rebekah // Mar 11, 2008 at 8:08

The masks were quite cool! This is the costume house for the National Theatre in London.
5 trina // May 26, 2008 at 13:13

do they allow students to visit and sketch in the there?