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The show may be over, but the clothes live on.

The wardrobe from the television series “Seinfeld,” which aired its final original episode last week, is being sold at It’s a Wrap, a Burbank re-sale shop that features wardrobes from TV series and theatrical films.

Unfortunately, shoppers looking for an item worn by Jerry, Elaine, George, Kramer or another “Seinfeld” favorite may have a hard time finding it little of the clothing is marked by actor.

At the store last week, a young woman grabbed a $20 white teddy from a rack of clothes and giggled at the size 40C.

“This couldn’t be Elaine’s,” she said to her girlfriend.

“Nah,” the friend replied. “Too big. Now, this is more like her.”

The “this” that she hands her pal is a size-small girdle, priced at $8.

Even without being identified by the names of the stars, the “Seinfeld” costumes are flying off the rack, said Dominic Nappi, a staff member at the store on Magnolia Boulevard not far from the CBS Studio Center, where the show was filmed.

“It’s a fever here,” Nappi said. “We can’t supply the demand for clothes. We already went through four racks. The demand has been increasing as we got to the final episode.”

As of last week, there were still two racks filled with sport jackets, slacks, dress shirts, skirts, blouses, lingerie and a couple of jogging oufits.

Although the clothing is not marked, fans of the show could easily pick out Kramer’s specked sports coats and his garish Hawaiian shirts. None of those are left.

Still available last week was a gray Adolpho sports jacket for $75 that would swim on Jerry Seinfeld and be too short for Michael Richards, who plays Kramer.

“You can never really tell who wore them unless they mark down who wore it,” Nappi said.

The store gets its inventories from the wardrobe departments of about 100 TV and film production companies. Typically, it carries the clothing on consignment and gives half of the proceeds to the show’s producers.

In some cases, however, store owners Jan Hallman Dion and daughter Tiara Hallman will buy the clothing outright.

Nappi said the store was able to get the “Seinfeld” wardrobe because of its longstanding relationship with the show’s producers, Castle Rock Entertainment.

“The women on the show got high-end clothes,” Nappi said. “The guys looked like they got their stuff at The Gap.”

A black skirt, size 6 and from Ellen Tracy, sells for $75. A micro-skirt by the same designer sells for $45 but is a size 8.

“These are wonderful deals,” said Nappi, who added that all garments include a tag that says they come from “Seinfeld.” “We don’t gouge people. It wouldn’t be fair. We’ve maintained our existing price structure. Most of our clothes are at least 50 percent off retail.

“I mean, they are used,” he added.

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