Prices & Membership

We are open by appointment Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10am to 6pm. Contact us here to arrange a booking.

Costume Hire

Hire rates are weekly. Costumes are priced per item; below is a guide price per full outfit. Discounts apply to subsequent hire weeks. Costumes can be taken away for fittings for 1 week, for FREE.

Primary Schools / Small Community Groups/ Projects: 

Members: £5 – £7 an outfit
Non-members: £8- £12 an outfit

Secondary & Funded Schools & Colleges / Larger Charitable Orgs:

Members: £8- £12 an outfit
Non-members: £12-15 an outfit

Fringe & Amateur Groups/ Higher Education / Heritage:

Members: £12- £15 an outfit
Non-members: £20-£25 an outfit

Independent Schools / Low Budget Arts:

Members: £14- £18 an outfit
Non-members: £20-£28 an outfit

Professional Arts / Corporate / Party hire:

Adults: £30-40 an outfit
Teenagers, 14-18yrs: £20-28 an outfit
Children up to 13 yrs: £12-£15 an outfit

For itemised prices, please see: Price List

"Crystal’s Vardo is an educational play celebrating Gypsy Roma Traveller History and culture, written to raise awareness of Gypsy and Traveller issues. We have performed in prisons, colleges, schools, theatres and GRTH events. With 3 actors and 28 characters, costume is vital to delivering the play’s message effectively, also to enhance the quality of the production, and as a charity we are always on a tight budget. Thank goodness for Gladrags’ affordable prices and fantastic costumes!"

Suzanna King

Writer, FFT

Resource Boxes

Consist of your choice of artefacts, accessories and a small amount of costumes tailored to suit your topic/ project. Great for school topics, reminiscence, sensory.

Priced by box size and per week, starting at £5 a mini box for members and £6.50 for non-members. Our most popular medium box is priced at £12.50 for members and £16 for non-members.

Dress Up Tent / Wardobe of Wonders

Indoor or outdoor dressing – up activity for children, adults or both. Optionally themed to your event.
Find out more about options and prices here.

Free, small Community Events/ Fun days: £50 – £75                
Other: From £100. Please ask.

Read more about our Community Activities here

Party Boxes

Suitable for parties, celebrations and team-building day and comprised of copstumes, accessproes and props of your choice.
See our Party Boxes page for more info and prices.

Cleaning Costumes

We offer costume hire at very low cost, and in order to keep the rate this affordable hirers are asked to clean/ iron all washable costumes before returning them to Gladrags.

You can opt for Gladrags to take care of washing and ironing, a service we outsource and therefore charge £2-3 an item to cover costs. Costumes requiring steam-cleaning are dealt with by us, for which there is also a small additional charge.

Annual Membership

It is worth considering membership if you are likely to hire more than 25 costumes in the course of a year, as the hire will be even more cost effective. Membership is open to not-for-profit organisations, and schools and colleges as a means of receiving further benefits, which are:

  • 40+ % discount on costume hire and resource boxes (see prices)

  • free use of sewing and costume-making equipment

  • free use of costume reference library, including loan of books

  • priority relating to use of costume storage service

  • any new services on offer

Members are consulted on our resources and service provision to help us make improvements, and invited to volunteer time and expertise to Gladrags as a way of contributing to the organisation. There are no formal voting or related rights attached to membership.

The annual Membership fees are as follows:

Primary schools and small community groups / charities:
Up to 150 pupils: £65
Up to 300 pupils: £75
More than 300 pupils: £85

Secondary schools and colleges; larger groups and orgs: £110

Fringe/Amateur Groups,  Higher & Independent Education:
£110 (discounts for additional depts/schools e.g. lower/upper)

Reigate School, "Anything Goes"

Apply For Membership by downloading a MEMBERSHIP FORM and returning to us by email (address on form)

“Staff are always popping down to Gladrags to hire costumes and resource boxes for their classes. Vania and the team are amazing at sourcing just what you need and the children love the chance to dress-up in or handle the costumes and artefacts they find for us. The membership makes this all the more affordable for the school budget and is worth every penny!”

Nigel Watson

Deputy Head Coldean Primary School

Opening times by appointment: ****************************** Tuesdays 10am to 6pm Thursdays 10am to 6pm Fridays 10am to 6pm ******************************

Call us:

Tel: 01273 609184
Out of hours: 07940 295623

Location:

Unit 10 Westergate Business Centre
Westergate road
Brighton
BN2 4QN