Costume management, without the chaos
Costume Central gives dance studios one simple place to manage sizing, ordering, shipping, exchanges, distribution and more.
Costume season is complicated.
Your system shouldn't be.
Everything in one place
No more spreadsheets, paper measurement forms and scattered order information.
Built for how dance studios actually work
Classes, dancers, costumes, sizing, orders and distribution all connected.
Get hours of your time back
Automate the tedious parts while keeping your team in control.
One connected workflow.
01 COLLECT
Measurements
02 SIZE
Smart size suggestions
03 ORDER
Know exactly what to order
04 TRACK
Orders, shipping & exchanges
05 PACKAGE
Costumes, tights & accessories
06 DISTRIBUTE
Know what's been handed out
Take the guesswork out of sizing.
Costume Central compares each dancer's measurements to the costume company's size chart and suggests a size, while keeping the final decision in your hands.
Company-specific size charts
Compare measurements against the correct vendor's chart.
Automatic size suggestions
Get suggested sizes based on each dancer's measurements.
Keep sizing consistent
Confirm a dancer's size once, then apply it across their other costumes from the same company.
Know exactly what you need to order.
Costume Central turns your costume assignments into organized order quantities by costume, size and color.
✓ Quantities by costume & size
✓ Organized by costume company
✓ Ready-to-order totals
Yep, it calculates the tights too.
Automatically total tights by type, color and dancer size, based on your costume assignments.
From the box to the dancer.
Once costumes arrive, Costume Central keeps everything organized through packaging and distribution.
Package by Dancer & Class
See every costume, tight and accessory each dancer needs, all organized by class, costume vendor, or student. You choose!
Print & Prep
Create packaging worksheets for easy delegation of costume packaging.
Track Distribution
Know exactly what's been handed out and what hasn't.
Make costume handouts look as polished as your studio.
Automatically create personalized costume info sheets for every dancer, without building them one by one.
Everything families need to know, right on the costume.
Use each personalized info sheet as the costume label during handout. Then families take it home with all the details they need.
✓ Fully customizable
✓ Costume photo & details
✓ Hair, shoes, tights & accessories
✓ Rehearsal & show information
✓ Special notes & dancer-specific needs
✓ Custom QR code for performance details & more
No Canva. No mail merge. No copy + paste.
And that's just the beginning.
Costume Central keeps the rest of costum season organized too.
Smart Imports
Order & shipping tracking
Parent measurement forms
Exchanges & replacement tracking
Custom size charts
Costume groups
Dashboard that keeps everything in view
And more
Built inside a real dance studio.
Costume Central wasn’t dreamed up by a software company trying to figure out how dance studios work. I built it because I needed it in my own studio.
I was tired of managing hundreds of costumes across spreadsheets, paper measurement forms, size charts, order confirmations and boxes.
I created Costume Central to solve the real problems we were dealing with inside my own studio. Every feature started with the same question: How can we make costume season easier?
Today, Costume Central brings the entire process together in one place, so other studio owners can spend less time managing costumes and more time running their studios.
Marisa Mailhes
Founder, Costume Central
Owner, Red Door Dance Academy
One simple price. Everything included.
No tiers. No picking and choosing features. Just everything you need to make costume season easier.
INTRODUCTORY STUDIO RATE
$399
per year
Lock in your introductory rate for the year while Costume Central grows.
✓ Full access to Costume Central
✓ Every current feature
✓ New features & updates as they're released
✓ One studio account
✓ Getting Started guide + help resources
✓ Customer support
FAQ
Is Costume Central only for recital costumes?
No. Use Costume Groups to organize recital, competition, Nutcracker and other productions.
Can I import the information I already have?
Yes. Costume Central's Smart Import helps you bring existing studio information into the platform.
Do I have to use specific costume companies?
No. You can manage costumes from the companies your studio already uses.
How is Costume Central billed?
Costume Central is billed annually, so there are no monthly payments.
What happens if I need help?
You'll have Getting Started guidance, how-to resources and support when you need it.
Ready for an easier costume season?
Spend less time managing costumes and more time running your studio.