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This NYC woman’s vintage collection dresses Hollywood’s Oscar nominees

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“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” (She had Chadwick Boseman’s natty three-piece suit made, too.)Yet Roth — who is nominated for a Best Costume Design Oscar for the film — had to clothe more than 100 extras and supporting players in authentic 1920s garb.

So she did what so many costume designers do when they need period clothes: She turned to vintage collector Helen Uffner.“I rented 155 dresses for that movie — and lots of men’s suits,” said Uffner, a 72-year-old fashion lover who has provided pieces for some 1,000 films, theater productions and other projects in the past 43 years.Her enormous costume-rental warehouse, in Long Island City, boasts some 100,000 pieces spanning the 1860s to the 1980s, from gowns and workwear to shoes, hats and all.

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