Renting Fur for Film and Photography in Los Angeles

A working wardrobe, not a display case

Most of what we have isn't set aside for viewing. It's rented out, worn on set, cleaned, and rented out again. Productions have been borrowing from Edwards-Lowell for decades, going back to when our garments provided a rotating wardrobe of furs for the Carringtons on Dynasty in the 1980s, and that same working relationship with film and photography continues today.

What's available

• Full-length fur coats
• Cropped jackets and vests
• Stoles, capes and wraps
• Men's and women's vintage furs
• Modern designer fur garments

The range matters because a wardrobe department rarely knows exactly what a scene needs until it's blocked and lit. A period piece might call for a men's vintage fur that reads as authentic on camera rather than a modern cut. A red carpet stylist might need a single dramatic full-length coat for one specific silhouette. A magazine editorial might work through several pieces in a single day to find the one that photographs right against the set. Having the range available in one place, already cleaned and ready, is usually the reason a production calls us instead of trying to source a single piece from several places at once.

How a rental actually works

Rentals are by appointment only, which lets us walk through the collection with whoever's dressing the shoot, rather than handing a garment over sight unseen. Rates are daily, multi-day or weekly, and what you pay depends on the garment itself, its value, and how long you need it. That flexibility matters for productions, since a magazine editorial might need a coat for one afternoon while a film shoot needs the same piece for a week or more.

Fittings happen in person for the same reason a costume designer would fit any other garment in person: fur moves differently on camera than it does on a hanger, and how a coat sits on the specific person wearing it, or how it reads under a specific light, is something you have to see rather than assume from a size chart.

Inspected and cleaned before and after every use

Every garment that goes out is inspected and cleaned before it leaves and again when it comes back, the same standard we hold for a coat that's been in our own storage vault. That's part of why productions come back to us instead of sourcing furs from wherever's convenient: what arrives on set is in the condition it was promised to be in, every time.

Who rents from us

The people who come to us for rentals are almost always working on something specific. TV wardrobe departments and costume designers for film and theatre. Stylists working music videos and magazine editorials. Red carpet and gala stylists dressing a client for one night. And private clients who want a real fur for a wedding or an upscale event without buying one outright.

The relationship with Hollywood goes back to the beginning of the business. Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Lana Turner, Mae West, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis were clients of the original Beverly Hills salon, and the same eye for what a fur needs to do on camera or on a red carpet is what still guides how we fit and prepare every rental today.

Booking around a production schedule

Production schedules move, and we plan for that rather than treat a rental like a fixed transaction. A daily rate covers a single shoot day, a multi-day rate covers a shorter production window, and a weekly rate is usually the right fit for anything longer, including a run of theatre performances or a shoot with several wardrobe changes across different days. If a date shifts, the earlier you tell us, the easier it is for us to hold the garment rather than release it back into general availability.

If you're dressing a shoot, a production or an event, call ahead and we'll set up an appointment to go through what's available. (310) 360-0466.