Our specialty is the design and creation of beautiful custom dance costumes and accessories for professional and civic ballet companies and for individuals. Our designs can be seen in performances all across the United States and all around the world. We have created for classical and modern ballet roles, for jazz and modern pieces, for competition, and for regional, national, and international dancers. Our custom designs range from the tastefully classical to eye-popping wild.

Although most of our costumes are hand-made and custom-sized, we also build on standard dresses, leotards, and unitards from such manufacturers as Mirella, M. Stevens, Grishko, and many others. Or we can build from garments you already have.

Plus, nearly any of the dancewear items offered on our Dancewear pages can be decorated as-is, or used as the basis for a costume design.

You will find many examples of our creations sprinkled through-out the site and in The Photo Gallery.

1 - Most custom work will require specific measurements using our measurement form. See our Womens Measurement Chart page to print or download the required pages. (For Mens items, please call or email us to discuss the measurements that will be needed). We recommend having a professional seamstress/tailor gather the necessary information.

2 - Please provide enough advance notice that we can complete your items by the due date. The timeframe for all custom work is 2 to 8 weeks, depending on the item(s) - and possibly longer during peak seasons. All projects are 'first-come, first-served'.

3 - All custom item sales are final - no returns, no exceptions.

4 - Most Custom Items must be Pre-Paid.
For some items, at our discretion, we may require only a 50% deposit before beginning the work, with the balance due upon completion. However, we will not ship the item to you without first receiving payment in full.
In particular please note: if you are paying by personal or company check, you should allow an additional 10 days for bank-processing before we begin your project or ship your finished item. Please see the How to Order page for payment options and details.

Ms. Folts has designed for dancers and companies worldwide, for her own professional and student companies, for Miss USA contestants, and for professional ballerinas and danseurs in the USA, Australia, England, Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, and many other countries. Her books on costume design and construction are used by professional and amateur costumers at ballet schools and companies internationally. If a particular tutu or costume especially caught your eye, it may well have been "a Claudia's" (a phrase we've heard backstage more than once).