It's A Wrap! Costumes From the Movies

[furtech]

Here's the complete Flickr set!

"It's A Wrap" is a used clothing store whose inventory is from film and video productions. If you want a shirt from "Hanna Montana" for fairly cheap, this is your store. All items are tagged with a code that shows what it's from (and the key is on sheets posted around the stores).

They have two stores now: one at 3315 W. Magnolia in Burbank, CA; another store at 1164 S. Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles (Beverly Hills adjacent), CA.

In September, they bring out their exotic and goofy stuff: Halloween material! This year the cool costumes were from, "The Scorpion King". They also had some stuff from Van Helsing on display. Check them out!


One of the great things for costumers is that you can see how professional costumers distressed the actual costumes up close (distressing=making the clothing look used or worn or even decrepit). This place is a fantastic opportunity!

I was curious if Iisaw could identify this armor: it's from the Scorpion King. The pieces of metal look like they were forged/pounded and that seems like more than most costuming departments would go through in outfitting a cast. Did they use some hardware that -looks- like armor or was this actual armor from something?

Comments

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Those metal pieces look annoyingly familiar, like some sort of hardware. My guess is scraps of corroded flashing from roofing.

[theassassinnox.livejournal.com]

That is so...incredibly...cool!

[waynekaa.livejournal.com]

What's the average prices?
*steals all the professional's secrets* XD

[furtech.livejournal.com]

For the halloween stuff (ie, the cool stuff), it's all over the map. I found some incredible things for cheap: helmets for $35, belts for $16, etc. Other stuff-- that I didn't think was that hot-- was priced ridiculously high, like the skanky leather breach cloths (pics in the flickr set) for $100?!! $10 would have been reasonable. The fancy red outfit (with headdress/hat) for $280 was high, but you're also paying for recognition value (you can see it in the film). I'm just looking for props and costume bits that I can re-use: if it is priced less than it would cost me to make it myself, I'll consider grabbing it.

[waynekaa.livejournal.com]

burrrrbank. Far, but seems neat! No wonder you were asking about another FD trip while I was in NY.

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

Looks like they were actually custom made for the costume. They were distressed after they were cut out... the cuts are very simple... any experienced SCA armorer could crank out lots of these plates very quickly.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...I'm impressed, then: usually costume/wardrobe departments don't have that kind of patience or foresight. I forget the name of the shop (I think they're on Victory Blvd. in Burbank), but they do a ton of armor stuff (actual blacksmithing-kind of armor). Could have been from them.

I'm -almost- tempted by these armor coats, but they're pretty specific and recognizeable (and $$$). So the curve in the pieces (they're slightly convex) is probably part of the punching process? And the dings are just added for texture later?

[iisaw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, if you look really close, where a ding meets the edge of a plate, the edge is deformed. That means the distressing was done after the cut.

The curve is probably induced during cutting if the used a Beverly shear. Otherwise it would only take one blow of a hammer in a form to make it.

Still a lot of work, though!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Wow-- you could be, like, CSI: Middle Ages! I don't think it's worth $250 to me, but I'm tempted!

[gorn-captain.livejournal.com]

Any idea how much they want for the Mister Bumpy costume? (The big green fellow.)

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure-- they're surprisingly reasonable about their mascot stuff. That griffin is (I think) $180. You can always call them and ask: (310)246-9727

[gorn-captain.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info!

[vulpesrex.livejournal.com]

I used to love walking through there, particularly on the lookout for leather jackets and apparel, while waiting for the PizzaHut next door to finish my pick-up order. Fascinating variety of stuff. I used to look for a good "Indiana Jones" style fedora there, until I realised that I could get the real thing, even tailor made, at Baron Hats on Burbank Blvd.

There is a little place on Victory, just north of the OSH Hardware and Toys R Us, called "Sword and Stone", which does armor and movie props, particularly swords, barbarian wear, and pirate rigs. The proprietor is a machinist/millwright and metalurgist who, aside from making exotic metal fabricated fittings for things like Space Shuttles, also likes to dabble in Bronze-age forging and smithing techniques.

Sword and Stone
Tony Swatton, proprietor

723 North Victory Boulevard
Burbank, California 91502

www.swordandstone.com

I used to jokingly refer to this area, out by the Burbank Junction railroad facility, as Burbank's "Sword District".

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I should have just read all the comments first! Thanks for the details about the armorer (Tony Swatton). That sounds like the guy!

Best place in the world for leather stuff like that is the Wilson's House of Suede and Leather on Magnolia just down the street from It's A Wrap: they're a warehouse-sized store with all kinds of seconds, damaged jackets and returns. If you look long enough you'll find something perfect for cheap!