Why are there different costumes fees for older children?

The costume fees are currently

$82 for a class with the majority of children <9 years old.

$97 for a class with the majority of children 9+ years old.

$105 for competition costumes.

For competition we generally order slightly higher quality costumes so that the children are wearing the same quality costumes as the children they are competing against from other studios.

Younger children’s sizes and types of costumes are generally less expensive than the older children’s costumes – that difference happens around the sizes that an average 9 year old would wear so we made that the determining factor for the class costume fee.