Lambert Hofer (costume rental)

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Lambert Hofer in Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 28

Lambert Hofer is an Austrian costume shop in the 11th Viennese district Simmering at the Simmering Street 28. Furthermore, there is in the Margaret Road 25 going back to Lambert Hofer V spin- Lambert Hofer junior .

history

In 1862 the first costume lending establishment Lambert Hofer was founded in Vienna by Lambert Hofer I (1830-1897). Lambert Hofer I was initially employed as a costume tailor at the Vienna Burgtheater from May 4, 1854 . After a dispute with the actor Karl Wilhelm Meixner , he left the Burgtheater and founded Austria's first costume rental company.

The beginnings consisted mainly in tailoring so-called repertoire costumes and lending them to actors. Over the years, entire theater sets were made and lent out. This laid the foundation for what is now more than 110,000 costumes, including 25,000 uniforms .

From the beginnings of the film industry and television history, the Lambert Hofer company , which has since been further developed by Lambert Hofer II (1879–1938) and Lambert Hofer III (1907–1997), was represented in these with costume outfits. For example, the actors in the films Prince and Beggar Boy (1920), The Fool's Cap of Love (1921), The Tragedy of a Missing Prince's Son (1922), The Unknown Tomorrow (1923) and The Arsonists of Europe (1926) were in costumes from the house Lambert Hofer can be seen on the screen. The Viennese costume rental company was also responsible for furnishing the Viennese magic sounds produced in 1931 . Countless costumes, such as Romy Schneider's clothes and Karlheinz Böhm's coronation gown from the Sissi films, are now stored in Lambert Hofer's halls in Vienna. The tuxedo for James Bond actor Timothy Dalton and the costumes for Brad Pitt for the film Seven Years in Tibet were also made by Lambert Hofer. The films The Pianist , Balzac - A Life Full of Passion and The Wandering Whore were also provided by the Viennese costume rental company.

Models with costumes by Lambert Hofer (Filmball Vienna 2015)

Lambert Hofer lends around 300 tailcoats for the annual Vienna Opera Ball ; The former Federal Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel was one of the prominent customers .

The parent company is run in the fourth generation by Peter Hofer. The purpose of the Lambert Hofer company remains the production and rental of historical costumes from all eras, taking into account all the technical and economic advances of a century.

Lambert Hofer junior

Lambert Hofer junior costume rental in Margaretenstrasse 25
View into one of the interiors of Lambert Hofer junior
Celebrity pictures in the office of Lambert Hofer junior
Selection of fabrics at Lambert Hofer junior

The half-brother of today's managing director of the parent company Peter Hofer, Lambert Hofer V (1944–2013), founded his own company in 1966 under the name Lambert Hofer junior with a similar business field. In parallel to managing his own company, Lambert Hofer V was also part of the management of the parent company from 1972 onwards. Today, however, there are no longer any business connections between the two costume rental companies, although the two companies have been confused because they have the same name. The first major order from the spin-off was the manufacturing of uniforms for the stewardesses of Austrian Airlines .

Lambert Hofer V cultivated particularly close relationships with the Theater an der Wien and the Raimund Theater , for which his company supplied the complete costume equipment for numerous stage productions, including the operetta Viktoria and her Husar as well as the musicals Jesus Christ Superstar , Freudiana , Les Misérables , Das Phantom of the Opera , Elisabeth and Dance of the Vampires are highlighted. In addition, Lambert Hofer V provided an entire concert tour by Mikis Theodorakis with stage outfits.

Lambert Hofer junior made a name for himself early on as a costume designer for film productions. For example, the costumes for the films Maigret and his greatest case with Heinz Rühmann and Der Gefangene von Zenda with Peter Sellers were designed in Lambert Hofer's V studio. Lambert Hofer junior also furnished the four-part television film Holocaust - The History of the Weiss Family with costumes.

Even Lambert Hofer junior famous nationally by manufacturing and rental of tailcoats for the Vienna Opera Ball; Prominent customers included Gabriel Barylli , Richard Burton , Helmut Fischer , Thomas Gottschalk , Curd Jürgens and Maximilian Schell . Lambert Hofer V, who himself took part as a racing driver in the 1000 km races in Zeltweg in 1969 and 1970 , was friends with Niki Lauda . Also included Klaus Maria Brandauer and Bernhard Paul to his friends.

In 2005 Lambert Hofer junior had to file for bankruptcy. However, the company was saved and has been continued by his wife Olga Hofer since Lambert Hofer V's death in 2013. Today Lambert Hofer junior specializes in the field of circus and equips the Circus Roncalli , for example .

literature

Web links

Commons : Lambert Hofer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b It's funny in Mardi Gras, series, part 4: The good woman becomes a sexy nurse, the honest office worker becomes a Rambo. In: The whole week no.05/2014 of January 28, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Barbara Forstner: Sissi's legacy. The Viennese costume rental company Lambert Hofer dresses the stars. In: The Standard of February 7, 2007.
  3. ↑ a b Lambert Hofer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  4. ^ A b Gudula Walterskirchen , Bernhard Baumgartner and Felicitas Kruse: The Viennese Carnival: The time of balls and waltzes , Holzhausen Verlag 2001, pp. 38-40.
  5. ^ Heinrich Mathis: The small big successes. ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Die Wirtschaft 04/2005.
  6. ↑ a b c Costume rental: Lambert Hofer in bankruptcy , in: Die Presse from February 4, 2005.
  7. ↑ Stefan Somweber: At Lambert Hofer everyone can be helped. Loan tailcoats also on the Internet , in: Wiener Zeitung of February 6, 2002.
  8. ↑ a b c Viennese celebrity tailor Lambert Hofer died , in: Der Standard from February 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ a b c d death of Lambert Hofer. Opera ball tailor freezes to death on the way home , in: Niederösterreich heute.online from February 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ a b c d e f g h i entry Lambert Hofer , in: Club Carriere - Encyclopedia of Success , 1998, p. 320f. ( limited access via Google Book Search ).
  11. ↑ Celebrity tailor Lambert Hofer died , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of February 20, 2013.
  12. ↑ a b Celebrity World is Mourning. "Frack-King" Hofer froze to death in front of his house in Lower Austria , in: Kronen Zeitung from February 19, 2013.
  13. ^ A b Terese Schaur-Wünsch: Costumes: "Lambert Hofer" must go on , in: Die Presse from May 21, 2013.

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 53.5 ″  N , 16 ° 24 ′ 26.4 ″  E