Hampshire Wardrobe

Bespoke professional costume hire

Book an appointment to visit our costume store, bursting with thousands of inspiring garments that can be mixed and matched to create unique costumes. Our collection ranges from original vintage garments to high quality fancy dress, as well as historical reproductions in a variety of sizes. During your appointment, our professional and knowledgeable team is on hand with expert fitting and styling advice. Check out our Instagram and Pinterest accounts for inspiration!

Private hire

Forget what you think you know about fancy dress, you won’t find any packet costumes here! We offer high quality, bespoke fancy dress, hand-picked from a costume collection that has been lovingly assembled and maintained for over 40 years. Browse the rails and unleash your creativity or let our friendly and experienced team guide you to create that perfect look. Anything from the Goodwood Revival to Murder on the Orient Express - let your imagination run wild.

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Professional hire

We hire costumes to a wide range of theatre and media companies, and corporate professionals. Make us your first destination and you’ll be surprised that our capsule collection can offer so much choice whilst costing you less than our larger competitors! We offer a free fitting off-site to accommodate a busy schedule or in-house fittings for smaller groups. If you are unable to attend an appointment to select costumes, why not use our affordable costumier service instead? Set up an invoice account with us for painless payment and benefit from a bulk hire discount on large orders. 

Our clients include: Woodcut Media, Penguin Random House, Panavision, History Bombs, Shoreditch Pictures, BBC South, Winchester Theatre Royal, Nuffield Theatre, Capital Musicals Ltd

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Workshops, talks and tours

We offer bespoke workshops and talks that can be tailored to your group or school.

We have worked with schools providing workshops for Key Stage 3 students with a focus on character costume design for their Drama GCSE coursework. Community groups such as the Women’s Institute have enjoyed tours of our costume store, followed by a talk and a bit of dress up! For more information on availability and prices please contact us.

Education

We offer a range of educational resources and services to bring history to life in and out of the classroom. Let Hampshire Wardrobe help you and your students to engage with drama and costume through interactive experiences.

Loans boxes

With a range of topics linked to the new primary and secondary curriculum, our educational loans boxes offer an exciting collection of costumes and artefacts for use in the classroom. By using imaginative role play and experiencing physical objects close up, education can come alive for students of all learning styles across a broad syllabus.

For our full range of topics, download our brochure:

Loans boxes

Collections: Monday from 1:30pm 
Returns: Friday before 5:30pm
To make a booking, please complete the online form here.

Loans box prices