Specialist Costume-Safe Cleaning

Professional care for performance costumes

Costume Care is a specialist costume cleaning company providing professional cleaning for dance, theatre, film, and performance costumes.

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Specialist cleaning
No harsh solvents
UK-wide service
Our process
Costume-Safe Wet Cleaning
Our proprietary wet cleaning system uses water as the primary cleaning medium, with pH-balanced, biodegradable detergents - no PERC solvents, no optical brighteners, no damage to stretch or embellishments.
Specialists
Performance fabrics, stretch fabrics, sequins & embellishments
Serving
The whole of the UK from our base in Portishead
The Process

From your rails to ours,
and back – perfectly.

A simple, transparent process designed to take the worry out of cleaning your most precious performance garments.

01
Book online
Enter a few details and get your items booked straight in. No faff, no waiting.
02
Send your costumes
Send your items to us following the instruction on your booking. We'll get to work right away and won't keep you waiting.
03
Brilliantly cleaned
Our Costume-Safe wet cleaning process is tailored to fabric type, construction, and embellishments — protecting colour, stretch, trims, and beading.
04
Returned
Your costumes are returned via courier to wherever you need in the UK. Carefully packaged, clean, fresh, and ready.
FAQ

Got questions?

In most cases, yes. Traditional dry cleaning uses chemical solvents that can stiffen fabrics, weaken fibres, and damage delicate trims over time. Our specialist Costume-Safe wet cleaning process uses carefully controlled water temperatures and textile-safe detergents to clean performance costumes while protecting stretch, colour, and embellishments. For dance, theatre, and performance garments, wet cleaning is often the safer long-term option.
We specialise in cleaning dance costumes and competition wear, theatre and touring production wardrobes, film and TV costumes, and stretch fabrics, mesh, sequins, and embellished garments. If you're unsure about a specific garment, just ask — we're happy to advise before cleaning.
Yes — we offer pre-spotting and targeted stain treatment. If a garment needs specialist attention, we'll advise on the most suitable service.
Our wet cleaning process eliminates the need for solvent-based dry cleaning. We use biodegradable detergents and controlled, efficient cycles designed specifically for textile care. It's a more responsible approach to professional costume cleaning — without compromising results.
Yes. Our service is designed for professional theatre, touring productions, film and broadcast wardrobes. We provide targeted stain treatment, dedicated cleaning cycles, and priority scheduling where turnaround matters. Collection and return arrangements available for larger production wardrobes.
Yes. Our services are particularly popular with dance schools and performance groups following show season. Volume pricing is available — Costume Source hire customers can also send their own costumes back with hire returns, with no separate postage needed.

Ready to give your costumes the care they deserve?

Wherever you are in the UK, we can help — send your costumes to us and we'll return them clean and ready.

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