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Miscellaneous How To's and Links

  • How to Make a Tutu Recently Updated — Site with step-by-step instructions on how to make a tutu (both pancake and romantic), basque and bodice. (Site often goes over bandwidth allowance, so be patient and try another day.)
  • Clone Yourself A Fitting Assistant — From Threads Magazine
  • Dance Costuming Links New Link — Lots of links to dance costume history, how to's, etc.
  • Duct Tape Double — Site sells instructions on making a duct tape double/dummy.
  • Perfect Pointe, The — Information about buying and fitting pointe shoes. Comparisons of different brands.
  • Rit Dye - Dyeing Techniques — Rit's site lists not only all their colors, but also how to mix them to create custom colors.
  • Teaching Dance — Dance lesson curriculum and dance business management plans.

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Fabric, Trim & Notions

  • Ann's Fabric Shop New Link — Specializes in fabric & trim for skating & dance costumes.
  • Atlanta Thread & Supply — Sells dressmaking dummies cheap. Sells batting, buttons, chalk, crinolines, drapery hardware, fasteners, gimp, grommets, hooks & eyes, irons, machine parts, needles, pins, press boards & pads, scissors, steamers, thread, zippers and more.
  • Cheeptrims.com Top Pick — "Quality Wholesale Lace and Trims." As the name implies, all kinds of trim at great prices. Most items come in large quantities
  • Cloth 4 Less — Varying selection of fabric, mostly sold by the bolt.
  • Denver Fabrics Top Pick — Large selection, including wool, linen, velvet, etc. at good prices. Has a whole dancewear fabric section on their site.
  • Dharma Trading Co. Top Pick — Sells silk, cotton and hemp cloth at really good prices. Most fabrics come in white, ready to dye. Sells many different kinds of dyes, too, and the staff give great advice on dying. Located in San Rafael, CA.
  • Dollar Fabric — Carries all kinds of fabric: silk, wool, cotton, etc. Has a special stage, dance & costume fabric section. Prices aren't spectacular, but they do carry a large selection, especially of silk.
  • Farthingales Top Pick — Great Canadian costuming supplier. Several different kinds of coutil, crinoline, net, and muslin; corsetry supplies (busks, boning, lacing grommets, tools, etc); millinery supplies; dress forms; hair canvas; interfacing; ribbon; horsehair; petersham; and more.
  • Fire Mountain Top Pick — Wholesale beads and jewelry making supplies. Highly recommended by many costumers.
  • Greenberg & Hammer Top Pick — Carries trim & tailoring supplies, including boning, buttons, stays, dress dummies, dye, elastic, eyelets, grommets, horsehair, interfacing, millinery accessories, pattern paper, irons and pressers, ribbon, sewing machines & accessories, steamers, velcro, zippers and more.
  • JKM Ribbons & Trim — Wholesale prices on ribbons and trim, $25 minimum order.
  • Lord & Hodge — Grommets and snap fasteners. Sells the big grommet setting machines.
  • Manhattan Wardrobe Supply — Sells costuming supplies used by film, theater and television professionals. Product line includes adhesives, dyes, fabric protectors, irons, steamers, pressers, jewelry supplies, make-up, millinery supplies, racks, notions, shoe supplies, tags, thread and much more.
  • MJ Trim — Sells appliques, beads, braid, buttons, cord, fringe, lace, rhinestone, ribbons, tassels, and more.
  • Newark Dressmaker Supply — Some fabrics, sewing supplies, thread, and more.
  • Ostriches Online Top Pick — Just about any kind of feather you can think of. Highly recommended by all who bought from them.
  • PRO Chemical & Dye — "The leading source of dyes and paints for over 35 years"
  • SewBiz Fabrics — Sells wool, cotton, rayon, linen, etc. Also appliques, collars, venice lace, trims, ribbon, braid, gimp, soutache, webbing, elastic, etc.
  • SewTrue — Dress forms, thread, sewing machines, irons, steamers, pressers, pattern making supplies, notions, scissors, snaps & fasteners, etc
  • Steinlauf & Stoller — Pins, boning, adhesives, buttons, cording, dyes, elastics, hook & eye tape, horse hair, interfacing, muslin, pins, ribbons, rulers, thread, webbing, zippers, scissors, lingerie hardware, needles, snap tape, etc.
  • Stretch House — Sells all kinds of stretch fabrics, wholesale and retail.
  • Super Silk — Really good prices on silk. Discount for bulk orders.
  • Trimfabric.com — Discounted prices on fabrics and trim. Selection varies. Some fabrics sold by the bolt.
  • Tutu.Com Top Pick — Custom made tutus. Their own line of books and patterns on dance costuming. Net & tulle, coutil, hooping, bones, notions, etc. Gives seminars around the US on making dance costumes.

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Ballet Tutus — Custom & Ready Made

  • Benefis — A company located in Moldova which makes and sells dance costumes, including tutus. Good prices, bulk discounts.
  • Class Act Tutu — Custom & semi-custom tutus.
  • Costume Lady, The — Custom tutus and other dance costumes. (Site is also for Assemblé Dancewear, located in Colorado Springs, CO.)
  • Tutu Etoile — Custom made tutus and men's dance costumes.
  • Tutu.Com Top Pick — Custom made tutus. Their own line of books and patterns on dance costuming. Net & tulle, coutil, hooping, bones, notions, etc. Gives seminars around the US on making dance costumes.
  • Tutus Divine — Custom tutus for sale and rent.
  • Tutus That Dance Top Pick New Link — Tutu patterns and (coming soon) tutu making courses. Really gorgeous tutus.

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Ballet/Jazz/Etc Costume & Supply

  • All4Dance — Discount dancewear, shoes, video, etc. Site is really hard to navigate.
  • AllAboutDance.com — Discount dancewear, shoes, etc.
  • Aurora Dancewear & Costume — (UK) Men's and women's dance costumes, tutus, etc
  • BalletCostume.com — Dance costumes, leotards, dresses, tights, etc.
  • Benefis — A company located in Moldova which makes and sells dance costumes, including tutus. Good prices, bulk discounts.
  • Bunheads Top Pick — Pointe shoe accessories, hair accessories (they make the best hair pins!), toe tape, "Stitch Kit" (we love it too!), and more.
  • Capezio Dancewear Shop — Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, ballroom, flamenco, and more.
  • Dance Express — All kinds of dance shoes (including flamenco shoes), clothing and accessories.
  • Dance Fashions Warehouse Recently Updated — Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, ballroom, flamenco, and more.
  • Dancers Warehouse — Carries Capezio, Chacott, Gamba, Freed & Grishko pointe shoes. Discount prices.
  • Discount Dance Supply — The mother of all online dance stores.
  • Estrella Dancewear — Leotards, skirts, shoes, and more for ballet, tap, etc.
  • Gaynor Minden — Ballet shoes and leotards.
  • On Stage Dancewear — Men's & women's shoes, leotards, tights, accessories, etc. Sells Capezio and other brands. Store located in NYC.
  • Principal Dance Shoes — Sells their own brand of pointe shoes, ballet slippers, characters shoes, and custom-made boots.
  • River's Edge Dancewear — Ballet, flamenco, belly dance, skate wear, men's & boys', and more.
  • Russian Pointe — "World class shoes for world class performers." Sells their own brand of pointe shoes, ballet slippers, and costumes. Also books and videos.
  • Sandy's Dance Xpress — Ballet, tap, ballroom, lyrical, jazz, folklorico, etc.
  • Sansha — Their own brand of dance shoes, dancewear, warm-ups, accessories.
  • SF Dancewear — Ballet, ballroom, gymnastics, flamenco, tap, and more. Two stores located in San Francisco and Oakland.
  • Star Styled — Dance dresses, flamenco dresses, leotards, tights. Has a lot of stock that is different from many of the other online dance supply sites.
  • Tutu.Com Top Pick — Custom made tutus. Their own line of books and patterns on dance costuming. Net & tulle, coutil, hooping, bones, notions, etc. Gives seminars around the US on making dance costumes.
  • We Love Colors — Tights, bodysuits, etc.

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Flamenco Costume & Supply

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Middle Eastern/Belly Dance Costume

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