User blog comment:Belle pullman/Costume Design groups and generations/@comment-25225146-20160528131010

Parsons-Meares did NOT make the first Hamburg costumes. According to various sources (including the old programmes and an interview with Hamburg's first Munkustrap, Hardy Rudolz) the producers rented an old factory and hired costume makers for that job, supervised by Alison Todd who was also the costume supervisor for the Vienna production.