I don’t know how many workshops the costumiers Berman and Nathans had scattered about Covent Garden but I do know that working at Orange Street was something else again. We got some really choice costumes to make. The next 70s classic film came along – The Three Musketeers – or is that The Four Musketeers because the film ended up becoming two films.
Working for Bermans and Nathans was my first job and I loved it. It was in the early 70s when London was awash with 20-somethings wearing tie-dye T-shirts, loons, afghan coats and long skirts. Bermans and Nathans were the most highly regarded costumiers in the world at that time. They made costumes for the London theatre but even more excitingly – for me –…