Its fun, exciting and sometimes frustrating but coming up with ideas for new costumes can be tricky for some. Often we receive ideas from clients as bits and pieces of information and it’s our job to put those pieces together into a visual rendition and to tell you the truth the process is fun because it’s so creative.

We absolutely love it when we create a design and we hear ‘Wow – that’s exactly what I was thinking!’ No we’re not psychic and we can’t read your mind but after doing what we do for so long in some ways perhaps we are. Essentially we take your pieces of information and we add the missing pieces into the design to create a picture of what you have in mind and it works very well, in fact it works so well that 99% of all designs we create are approved without requiring revision. Got some ideas? Well let’s get creative and we’ll help you bring those ideas together. Don’t be frustrated let’s have fun!

As costume makers we often receive inquiries as to whether we can make just about anything and a lot of times we are asked if we can make custom made mainstream apparel, well the answer to that is absolutely we can!

In many cases designing and manufacturing costumes is more complex than traditional apparel, so for us to create and produce different forms of garments be it custom jackets, track suits, active wear, dresses or just about any other form of apparel, yes we can certainly do that and it’ll be affordable, unique and of course will have a custom fit.

Whether you need just 1, 100 or 1,000 or more we would be happy to quote on your need’s. Please contact us.for more information.

So you’re looking for a costume and you have some ideas and need someone to pull those ideas together into a costume that looks and feels terrific to wear and most importantly will perform flawlessly. Well costume designing requires more than creating great looking costumes and two factors that are critical to the design process are consideration of construction and fabrics. When we look to create a design we have to consider if the costume can be constructed in a way that is functional to wear and will look as good on the body as it does on paper and we also have to be sure that the fabrics used will allow the costume to work the way it’s supposed to.

If you’re performing in high intensity routines or competition we need to be sure the costume responds with complete freedom of movement to the extremes of the activity, this takes into account how the costume is made and the stretch tolerance or restrictions of the fabrics being used. Other factors include the placement of additional support, need for reinforcement of high stress areas, if and where to put lining, use of appliqués, and trims and any other elements that could hinder the performer and activity. So all things considered In most cases we can make your ideas into a reality and if we can’t, we’ll show you suggestions on how the costume can be made so that we retain your ideas in appearance by modifying the design for you where necessary to achieve a costume that can withstand the activities you choose to wear it for.

Starting July 1, 2010 in Canada the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia will introduce a Harmonized Sales Tax (H.S.T.) essentially replacing the current 5% G.S.T. and 8% P.S.T. with a 13% H.S.T. In Ontario costumes have always been subject to G.S.T. and P.S.T. so this change will have no direct impact on the cost of costumes. International buyers are currently exempt from these taxes and will continue to be exempt from Canadian sales taxes.