Palace Costume and Prop Company, 835 North Fairfax Avenue – founded in 1970 after starting out as a vintage clothing store down on Melrose Avenue – is a Hollywood institution. Every movie or television show or commercial with a period piece in it probably utilizes Palace Costume. You call just walk in once you're on account – no need to make an appointment – but it's not open to the public. Production designers and costumers and set decorators are the only ones who get...
more »Palace Costume and Prop Company, 835 North Fairfax Avenue – founded in 1970 after starting out as a vintage clothing store down on Melrose Avenue – is a Hollywood institution. Every movie or television show or commercial with a period piece in it probably utilizes Palace Costume. You call just walk in once you're on account – no need to make an appointment – but it's not open to the public. Production designers and costumers and set decorators are the only ones who get inside – but it's just down the street here and the façade is for everyone in the neighborhood. It used to be whimsical murals and historic scenes painted on large wood panels, making the place look like a movie set. That cost eighty grand and took four years to complete, and then, in March 2009, the taggers got it all, ruining everything. The defaced wood panels were taken down and placed in storage. The walls were bare – until now. There are new murals. The whimsy is gone. ~ Thursday, June 11, 2015
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