{"id":165709,"date":"2020-02-28T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T16:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/west-end-costume-store-angels-fancy-dress-closes-shop-after-180-years\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:04:50","slug":"west-end-costume-store-angels-fancy-dress-closes-shop-after-180-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/west-end-costume-store-angels-fancy-dress-closes-shop-after-180-years\/","title":{"rendered":"West End costume store Angels Fancy Dress closes shop after 180 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the UK's oldest costume store has left London's West End, claiming it has been \"priced out\" by rising rent and night crime<\/strong>.<\/p>\n As its shop on Shaftesbury Avenue closed, the company has confirmed that fancy dress hire will continue to be offered from its warehouse in North London.<\/p>\n Angels Fancy Dress opened as a second-hand clothing shop in 1840<\/strong> when Morris Angel and his son Daniel began hiring out costumes to actors looking for work in the West End.<\/p>\n The family-run firm, which has supplied more than 40 Oscar-winning movies, has been unable to source a new location<\/strong>, claiming the cost of rates and rents has prevented it. The company has since confirmed they'll be making an announcement about a new central London location as soon possible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n