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Published on October 31, 2023 8:50 p.m
Video length: 3 min
Cinema: A look behind the scenes of the largest dressing room in the world – ()
Article written by France 2 – A. Bouleis, L. Soudre, C. Madini
France TV
North of London (UK) there is a warehouse that would make cinema enthusiasts green. The costumes of film stars, especially those of Indiana Jones, are stored on kilometers of shelves. Discovery.
Far from the glitz of Hollywood, it is an ordinary warehouse in an industrial area of north London (UK) that houses the most glamorous dressing room in the world. From Indiana Jones’ outfit to Kate Winslet’s dresses in the Titanic, all of these costumes have been unearthed from this maze of shelves and eight miles of wardrobe. Even the employees are lost. Every day, it’s a perfectly oiled ballet between the outfits that shine in the spotlight and those that fade into the shadows in camp. Everything here is rented.
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Jeremy Angel, the director, is the seventh generation to run the company that bears his name. 180 years later, the company has become an institution that can be visited like a cinema museum. The only view of the stars: their dimensions, carefully stored in a register. Kate Winslet’s outfit contributed to the fame of the rental company, which has lost count of how many cult films it has rented with its outfits.
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