Name: Early Bird Booking & Deposit for a ContenderWear™ Custom Dance Costume: Place a deposit - Custom Handmade Dance Costumes
Price: 150.00 USD
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BOOK FOR 2025-2026

$150.00

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Reminder: Deposits are non-refundable.

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Book by March 31, 2026 for 2026-2027 Competition Season for EARLY BIRD Rate

Early Bird Bookings are available from January through March for the upcoming year's reservations (usually August through March of noted year). Customers may make incremental payments toward their costume throughout the year so that they don't have to pay all at once.

This booking is for a finished product delivered between August 2026 and June 2027

Early Bird Bookings are available from January through March for the upcoming year’s reservations (usually August through March of noted year).

Customers may make incremental payments toward their costume throughout the year so that they don’t have to pay all at once.

OUR PREMIUM CUSTOM COSTUMING SERVICE DEPOSIT

This listing is for our customers to reserve their ContenderWear high-end brand of custom costumes made to order, specifically made to your performer’s measurements.

By placing this deposit, you will be scheduling a production month for your premium quality costume for production, with this deposit money going toward the cost of labor and materials provided by LSC into your costume. Be sure to let us know your need-by date.

Costumes come stage ready with as much stoning, embellishments, and accessories as your budget allows for your ContenderWear™ Custom Costume. ContenderWear™ is our flagship and most sought after brand.

Photos depicted are dancers/costumes that have ordered a ContenderWear™ Custom in this manner, and some of the photos have been provided by our customers.

HOW IT WORKS

You pay for this item, which is a deposit & it schedules your production month.
- Place the item in your cart
- Checkout
  - Select PayPal or charge for other payment options
When we are about 6-8 weeks from your required date, we meet (usually text, DM, video chat or telephone)
- During this convo, we will have questions about your wants & needs.
  - Design
  - Style
  - Body Type & General Sizing
  - Colors
  - Rhinestone Brands
  - Accessories
  - Other Embellishments
- Budget (see our ranges in our costume brand comparison table)
- Timeline
Measurements
Budget (see our ranges in our costume brand comparison table & individual booking listings for ContenderWear, PBL Custom& PBL Semi)
- Timeline
You will be kept updated during the creation of your costume
We like to do a fitting with our ContenderWear and PBL customs, this is done remotely with video chat or in person if you live locally
Costume will be shipped insured to you stage-ready

All agreements are done via text/DM. Any items discussed in person, telephone, or video chat will be recapped so that we have a record of items agreed upon or changed, if applicable.

Deposits are non-refundable.

LSC Costumes' Sizing & Services

Your Size Custom Costumes & Garments

Remote Customers, Dance Studios,

Upon order, we send you a link to our measurement page & password, and we are here to video-chat and assist you.

Local Customers

We can take your measurements for full service ContenderWear or Plain Brown Label branded costumes at our location.

General Sizing vs Measurements

Soloist Custom Dance Costumes

The pattern for your order is best if it is made to your precise measurements. We are all about the fit; so if you have to pay for a pattern to be created, we do that to your specific size & measurements.

Multiple Custom Dance Costumes

In order to cut costs on group, trio, or duet costumes, you may want to order by standardized or averaged sizing whenever possible. There is a pattern charge for each size of the pattern and each variance.

Ready-Made Products In Our Stores

Our stores’ products are made to both standardized general sizing, shown at right, and measurements that are equivalent to current customers. If the costume was made to measurements other than our standardized general sizing, exact specifications will be listed on the product listings.

LSC Costumes' Pricing & Services Included

Custom Costume Brands

ContenderWear™ - Top of the line
Plain Brown Label™ - Affordable custom & semi, you can even provide base, bra, or separates
HotMess Dance Apparel™ - Sans-rhinestones bases, contemporary, separates

Full Size brand comparison chart EZ-Read can be downloaded HERE

General Pricing of Custom Costumes

Average Price & Range on ContenderWear™

It is important to note why the average price and range has been increasing. Materials and shipping have been increasing at a good rate. Customers who insist on very specific, hard-to-get supplies may need them from various suppliers, doubling, tripling, and even quadrupaling the shipping rates on the products. We have also seen a demand increase in the amount of baubles on our costumes. Depending upon the brand requested this can add anywhere from $150 to $700 in decorations

Communication is Key

At the onset of your order, it is important that we know your costuming ideas, if any, your budget, and time-line.

Ready-Made Products In Our Stores

Our ready-made, ready-to-ship costumes and products are usually made for showcasing our skills. They are shown on models, if possible, and we discount them. If you want one made in your size, it is subject to a new cost estimate, which is not necessarily the list price of our showcase work. It all depends on size, materials required, labor, at that point in time.

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