Since 1990 Bristol Costume Services has provided a vast selection of Men's and Women's Period and Contemporary costumes and accessories for hire to the theatre, film and television industry with over 30,000 items in stock. We are based just 3 miles from Bristol city centre and are easily accessible from the motorway network being located just over a mile from Junction 2 of the M32.
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The Collection has been built up with costumes either made for, or bought from,
BBC Bristol and BBC Wales,The Bristol Old Vic (we incorporated their costume
hire department in 1990) Welsh National Opera, West End shows and various other
sources.
We have many original Nineteenth and Twentieth Century costumes.
Designers can come
and choose costumes or we will put shows together for you if we are provided
with full measurements.
Staff in our hire department have experience working in theatre and television
and have an extensive knowledge of the history of costume as well as specific
plays.
For film and television we can provide running rails of costume at a reasonable
price. We can send costumes anywhere in the country by overnight Courier.
We also offer a comprehensive range of in-house services, including:
For productions requiring professionally qualified and experienced Crew we can provide:
We welcome any enquiries.
From June 2004, our address will be
Bristol
Costume Services
Filwood House
Filwood Road
BRISTOL BS16 3RY
telephone: +44 (0)117 965 9555
fax: +44 (0)117
965 9550
To
email us with any enquiries please click
here
For a map showing our location please click
here
As the site is developed, we will provide an introduction to the extensive facilities and services offered, give a tour featuring some of the costumes and accessories available for hire, as well as providing an online database of Costume, Make-Up and Set- Designers. We hope you will come back and visit us often.