Brighton tailor Gresham Blake has broken into the movie market with a contract to manufacture the costumes for Piccadilly Jim.

Director John Mackay's movie is being filmed in London for Mission Pictures.

Gresham, whose Bond Street shop provides bespoke tailoring, hopes the break will lead to further Hollywood deals.

Based on PG Wodehouse's light comic novel, Piccadilly Jim was adapted by Julian

Fellowes, who won an Oscar for Gosford Park.

It stars Sam Rockwell, Tom Wilkinson, Amanda Peet, Brenda Blethyn and Hugh

Bonneville and is tipped for transatlantic success.

Gresham said the independent British period comedy had "all the ingredients of Four Weddings And A Funeral".

The tailor has just completed the men's wardrobe for the movie, five unique pieces of period suiting designed with the look of the Seventies that meets the Thirties.

He said: "The clothing is retro modern. It was a challenging job, particularly as the date for shooting was brought forward at the last minute. But we completed the work on time and filming is under way."

Piccadilly Jim is a remake of the 1936 movie of the same name, which centres on an American rogue, Jim Crocker, in Thirties London and New York.

Crocker, played by Sam Rockwell of Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind fame, sets out to clean up his scandalous reputation.

Along the way he upsets his social-climbing stepmother and scares off the girl of his dreams.

Gresham has been newly accepted as a member of Hub 100, a business group which aims to promote high-growth companies.

He is currently expanding the business to new outlets. Talks are lined up with major department stores, including Selfridges in London and Bloomingdales in New York.

Since opening in 2002, Gresham's shop has attracted a string of celebrity clients including Norman Cook and Zoe Ball, Bobby Zamora and Francis Rossi.

Friday March 05, 2004