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Split dancewear by Lisel Dance and ballet and ice skating and acrobatics and lyrical and leotards and dance costumes

Throwback to one of my first costumes🖤
27/10/2026

Throwback to one of my first costumes🖤

27/10/2026

✨ WHAT GOES INTO MAKING A CUSTOM DANCE COSTUME? ✨

Ever wondered why a custom dance costume costs what it does? 💎

When you see a finished costume, you see the beautiful end result. But what you don’t see is all the work that happens behind the scenes, long before the costume is ready to wear.

✂️ DESIGN RESEARCH & QUOTING
Finding inspiration, suggesting designs, researching options and preparing quotes takes time, especially when several designs are being considered.

🧵 SOURCING FABRICS
Finding the right Lycra, mesh and matching colours is not always easy. Many inspiration pictures feature fabrics that are not available in South Africa. Sometimes I have to search multiple suppliers, consider alternatives or have fabric couriered from far away. These are real challenges, and sometimes I even absorb courier costs that I cannot recover.

📐 INDIVIDUAL PATTERN MAKING
I create patterns specifically for each dancer and costume. I don’t simply use generic patterns. Every dancer and design has different requirements.

✂️ CUTTING & SEWING
Every piece must be carefully cut and assembled. I do all the sewing myself — I don’t have a seamstress. Every seam, panel, sleeve, skirt and finishing detail requires time and skill.

💎 STONING
Rhinestones are placed individually, often by the hundreds or thousands. Detailed designs can take many hours of patience, concentration and precise work.

📦 FITTINGS & COLLECTION
The work continues with fittings, customer communication, preparing the costume and arranging collection or delivery.

A picture of a costume shows you what it looks like — it doesn’t show you the hours of work required to create it.

Every design is different. A simple costume cannot be priced the same as a complex, heavily stoned competition costume.

When you order a custom costume, you are paying for more than fabric and rhinestones. You are paying for creativity, experience, skill, time and handmade craftsmanship. ❤️

I love creating costumes for dancers, and I take pride in the work I do. I simply want customers to understand the process and appreciate the work that goes into every finished piece.

Thank you to everyone who values and supports handmade work and small businesses. ✨

Stunning black leotard (also my daughters so second hand). Size xs R250 like new🖤
23/10/2026

Stunning black leotard (also my daughters so second hand). Size xs R250 like new🖤

My daughters Leo like new R200 size xxs-xsPerfect for modern and modern exam☺️
23/10/2026

My daughters Leo like new R200 size xxs-xs

Perfect for modern and modern exam☺️

Selling my daughter’s Grishko leotard. Size xs see label. R250.
23/10/2026

Selling my daughter’s Grishko leotard. Size xs see label. R250.

Girl you look absolutely stunning in this green and n**e costume I made💚hope I can make another costume for you soon!
22/10/2026

Girl you look absolutely stunning in this green and n**e costume I made💚hope I can make another costume for you soon!

Freestyle costume ready for collection🦋
21/10/2026

Freestyle costume ready for collection🦋

Only 2 left😳❤️Tutu hangers R150 each. Only 10 available. Each hanger can hold to 1-3 pancake tutus.
11/10/2026

Only 2 left😳❤️

Tutu hangers R150 each.

Only 10 available. Each hanger can hold to 1-3 pancake tutus.

Black and gold ice skating dress ready for collection🖤💛🖤
08/10/2026

Black and gold ice skating dress ready for collection🖤💛🖤

Jy lyk pragtig in die ballet rokkie wat ek vir jou gemaak het! Die romp werk beautiful met jou passies🩰Dankie dat jy el...
07/10/2026

Jy lyk pragtig in die ballet rokkie wat ek vir jou gemaak het! Die romp werk beautiful met jou passies🩰Dankie dat jy elke jaar by my kom kuier vir jou kostuums ek waardeer dit so baie.

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