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Quality. Expertise. Solidarity. 7 0 5 I N D E P E N D E N T S I G N A T O R Y C O S T U M E H O U S E S American Costume Company & California Union Made Paerns PA RT 3 : We continue our series on Local 705 signatory costume houses in this issue, featuring a fairly new workroom, California Union Made Paerns, and one of our largest and longest-running costume houses, American Costume Company. Though these companies seem very different on the surface, the journey of the women who run them reflects similar themes of family, solidarity, and a desire for excellence. Union members understand the importance of supporting union businesses when working on productions, and costume houses are no exception. In our article on Shoppers and Buyers [page 28], 705 members discuss how integral these costume houses are to the ecosystem of costuming motion pictures, and the significance of caring for their stock for use in future productions. As we have more than two dozen signatory shops, we will be covering all the signatory shops in the next several issues to highlight Motion Picture Costumers' signatory houses and workrooms to our readers. L MOTIONPICTUREC O S T U M E R S .O R G 39