Where to Buy Highland Dance Costumes and Supplies
We’ve covered a lot of topics about the world of competitive highland dance on this blog, but there’s always one question still being asked at the studio, competition, and online.
Where do you buy all of this stuff?
You can’t exactly order a kilt on Amazon. I mean, maybe you can. But it’s probably not legit enough to compete in.
We’re going to cover where you can get used, new, and custom highland dance costumes. Plus, where to find dance class essentials, ghillies, and everything else you could need as a highland dancer!
Where to Find Used Costumes
Your best bet for used costumes is probably your local dance community or Facebook.
Ask around your dance studio if there are outfits for sale, or check out one of the many Facebook buy and sell groups!
- Highland Dance Wear Buy and Sell
- Highland Dance Outfits for Sale – CANADA
- Highland Dance Costumes for Sale/Wanted
- There are several others! Just search highland dance outfits for sale.
At certain larger competitions, like the ScotDance Canada Championship Series, some vendors like The Purple Ghillie, MacIsaac Kiltmakers, and others will likely have used costumes for sale. This is a great opportunity to be able to try them on before you buy, but there are usually only a handful of these opportunities each year.
Where to Find New and Custom Costumes
There are lots of vendors out there who make costumes in standard sizes and with custom-made options. From kilt socks to velvet jackets, to aboyne vests, to jig costumes, you can find so many unique options.
- MacIsaac Kilt Makers specialises in quality, custom kilt outfits for highland dance.
- TartanTown carries all components of highland dance costumes in diverse colours and standard sizes.
- Highland in Style carries all components of highland dance costumes in diverse colours, standard and custom sizes.
- Karen’s Kilts creates custom highland dance outfits to your specific needs and measurements.
- Bonnie Tartan is based in Scotland and custom-makes highland dance outfits to your specific needs and measurements.
- Thistle Do Nicely Designs custom-makes highland dance outfits to your specific needs and measurements.
And many more! A Google search will get you a long way.
Each of these vendors has their own practices when it comes to ordering, measurements, and whether they do in-person booths at competitions. Check out their pages to learn more!
Where to Find Ghillies (Dance Shoes)
There are many different brands of highland dance ghillies out there. As dancers get more competitive experience, they’ll likely develop a preference for the brand of shoes they use in competition, as they vary in leather thickness, shaping, sole thickness, and more.
- Thistles
- Billy Forsyth (if you’ve ever seen coloured ghillies and wondered where they came from, they’re from the Billy Forsyth Colourz collection!)
- Hullachan
- Toe and Heel Golds
- Gandolfi
And others!
Our Favourite Dance Class Essentials
When it comes to the things you need for dance class and training, we’ve got you covered.
Our Favourite Highland Dance Merchandise
You already know that the best gear for highland dancers BY highland dancers is from For Reel Apparel. They carry lines of designs for dancers, dance parents, instructors, and more – and everything is customisable!
One of the best things about For Reel Apparel is that they carry logos and designs for various dance schools – that includes Saorsa Studio! That means that you can order our studio logo whenever you want, on any piece of clothing!
