London - Dressed by Angels

A few weeks ago I went to London with several girlfriends. One of my friends had seen a notice in the paper about a costume exhibit that was taking place the weekend would be there, and co-ordinated tickets for the four of us to go. 

The exhibit was called Dressed by Angels, and showcased a costume company founded by the Angel family some 150+ years ago. They began outfitting stage productions and moved on to movies and television as those mediums came into exhistance. The company is still going strong today! 

A costume from a silent film

I had never heard of the company, and now that I've seen their work, I don't know why they're not more well known! I mean, they've designed to costumes for SO MANY famous shows. 

Downton Abbey

From high-brow to camp television shows...

Batman and Robin

to new-fangled outfits….

Jon Snow's Night Watch

Strange, mystifying Doctor scarfs...

Tom Baker's Doctor Who

and mad hatter party outfits...

Alice in Wonderland

Outfits for kings and cardinals...

Wolf Hall

and ill-fated lovers...

Titanic

Virgin Queens…

Elizabeth I

And not so virgin Queens...

Young Victoria

Queenly armor...

Shakespeare in Love

and gladiatorial armor…

Gladiator

"These are not the droids you're looking for" armor...

Obe Wan Kenobi

And, last but not least, "Snakes. Why do they always have to be snakes?" armor.

Indiana Jones

We all really enjoyed the exhibit, and it was a great start to our few days away in London. 

A side note: That night my friend who bought these tickets lost her London tube pass card (oyster card) as well as her return train ticket home (they were both in a small oyster card carrier and must have fallen out of her back pocket). A last-minute return ticket home would have cost an arm and a leg, but the next morning we called the restaurant where we had dinner, and someone had turned it in!! See, there are still a lot of good people in this world :-)