After an impulse buy of 600 fancy dress costumes, a couple have never looked back after opening their own shop.
Andy, 48, and Mandy, 37, Farrow, of Great Notley, opened their fancy dress hire shop, Chameleon Costumes, in Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree, in April 2011.
Mr Farrow, who had previously worked in his family’s fibreglass business, said: “I was watching TV one Saturday night when my wife said she had seen a fancy dress shop was closing in Clacton.
“We went to view the collection of about 600 costumes and bought them."
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