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the way we wore; Tucked into a low-slung building in L.A. is an epic collection of vintage fashion-from Civil War shawls to seventies Courreges.(Palace Costume and Prop Co.)

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Byline: Robert Sullivan

One difference between the L.A.-based Palace Costume and Prop Company and, say, the Costume Institute in New York is that Nicole Kidman is (probably) not going to try on the fifties-era furs from the Costume Institute, while she has just recently been in close contact with furs from Palace for her upcoming film, Fur, based on the life of Diane Arbus. Another difference is that Gwen Stefani-when, for instance, she's thinking about the look for L.A.M.B., her fashion line-can't just show up at the Costume Institute and run her fingers over the beads decorating the flapper dresses or try on some feather headdresses, but at Palace Costume she ...

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