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Better for You
Costuming your next dance show just got easy!
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Better for your Pupils
Stunning costumes for every performance.
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Better for Everyone
We're Carbon Neutral and support the dance community.
Show Ready costumes delivered to your door
Ballet, lyrical, jazz, tap, modern, urban and themed costumes – hired and delivered across the UK.
Individually bagged and labelled, our beautiful costumes help you dazzle at every show or competition while saving time, stress and budget. Join the thousands of dance teachers across the UK who trust Costume Source to keep them Show Ready.
When pupils grow, your costumes can too
Flexible dance costume hire for schools of every size, from a handful of pupils to hundreds.
We’re the only hire company that lets you adjust your booking without the faff, so you can add or remove costumes, and assign each them to each pupil so you stay perfectly organised.
We're here for you
From first fitting to final bow, our dedicated customer care team is on hand via email, WhatsApp, Facebook or phone to make your show as smooth as possible. Most messages get a reply in under an hour, and we’ll keep you updated every step of the way.
What our customers say...
"Takes the stress away from costuming shows. So easy to arrange costumes for large groups of different ages and sizes. We’d be lost without them!"
— Sarah
"The website is easy to use and the staff are super helpful! Clean costumes, fantastic prices and straight forward delivery and returns."
— Lisa
"Costume source are just amazing from start to finish. Simple ordering process and will always try and accommodate."
— Claire
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How does hire work?
Frequently asked questions
How does dance costume hire work?
Browse our range, choose your costumes and sizes, and book online for
your show date. We'll get everything individually bagged, labelled, and
delivered – you simply send it all back afterwards
in the same packaging.
What sizes do you stock?
Everything from Child Extra Small through to Adult XX Large. Our size
guide standardises measurements across all our styles, so sizing stays
consistent even if costumes come from different ranges.
What if numbers change after I've booked?
No problem – we're the only hire company that lets you adjust your
booking without starting again. Add or remove costumes and reassign
them to pupils as your cast list changes.
How are costumes cleaned between hires?
Every costume is professionally wet-cleaned by our sister company,
Costume Care, before it goes out again – so what arrives is fresh,
hygienic and ready to wear.
How quickly will my order arrive?
All bookings are sent on a 24-hour tracked service with DPD. We'll send you tracking details as soon as your booking ships.
Dance costume hire, built around dance schools
Costume Source is the UK's leading dance costume hire company, run from our base in Portishead, near Bristol. We've spent over 25 years around live shows and dance schools, and we built Costume Source to solve the problem every teacher knows too well – sourcing, sizing and managing costumes for a show, without the stress.
We hire costumes for ballet, lyrical, jazz and tap, modern, urban and themed routines – in sizes from Child XS to Adult XXL, so your whole cast can be dressed from one place. Every costume arrives individually bagged, labelled, and cleaned to professional standards.
Hire is flexible by design. Book online, adjust numbers as your cast list changes, and send everything back together when the show's done. We're also Carbon Neutral, so hiring is the lower-impact choice too.
Whether you're costuming a ballet exam, a competition routine, or a full show, explore our dance costume hire range.