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BKE Costume Rental

Would you like to dress up as your favourite superhero or Star Wars character?  You have come to the right place.
Superhero costumes are hard to find, but they are always easily recognised.
BKE Costume Rental specialises in particular on Superhero as well as a few Star Wars characters with other costumes on the side.

For costume parties, birthdays, fancy dress, conventions and processions, buying a costume is not always ideal and it can take a long time to be delivered, this is where renting makes more sense.

When enquiring about renting costumes, please consider the following:

  • Which costume do you want to rent?
  • What size or age group does that costume have to be?
  • How many costumes do you need in total?
  • For what date do you need one or more costumes?
  • Are you in the Cape Town area?  Sending costumes away to another city is expensive, risky and time consuming.  Please check in your area first.
  • Sometimes you will need days to decide on what to wear, so start looking early at costumes before you need them.
  • Negligence while wearing a rented costume will just push up renting fees and lower the quality of costumes for you and others.

 
Things to keep in mind about costumes:

  • Costumes look recognisable in the photo album years later
  • Costumes make you visible or less visible in a crowd
  • Costumes can change other people's perception about you
  • Costumes can conceal you, or show you in a different way
  • Costumes are not the same everyday clothing, so they make an impression on other people
  • Costumes sometimes bring out parts of your personality that isn't always visible with usually pleasent surprises

Occasions

Costumes can be used for the following occasions:

  • Promotions
    see the Readers Den comic book shop Free Comic Book Day 2006 promotion as an example or the Free Comic Book Day 2007 event and Cape Town Book Fair 2007.
  • Costume parties, fancy dress parties, birthday parties, carnivals, or just simply any kind of party
  • Character support or performances at events or parties
  • Television Ads / Commercials
  • Theatre and plays
  • Documentaries
  • A project for work, school or college, usually film or theatre related
  • Surprise someone :)

Costume Rental News

19 March 2008: More Easter Bunny suits
 
Due to popular demand, more Easter Bunny suits are going to be added. The next two are expected the earliest this coming Thursday, possibly only Easter Friday.

6 March 2008: New Easter Bunny suits have arrived
 
Two new Easter bunny suits have arrived, as well as a Marylin Monroe dress and an Evil Queen (Disney character) costume. Wigs for Elvis and Marylin Monroe still have to be ordered.

3 March 2008: Bunny suits arriving this Saturday
 
Two full bunny suits, one Marylin Monroe dress and one Evil Queen costume (Disney character from Snow White) are arriving the latest this coming Saturday, 8 March 2008.

More news articles

Trying on costumes early is recommended
To ensure that you are happy and more importantly comfortable with a chosen costume, it is recommended that after checking availability, that you try several on in order to avoid discomfort during an event.  To look at and try on costumes, please make an appointment before coming, preferably the latest a day or two before the time.  Costumes can be picked up the day before they are needed and should come back the day after.  Please consult the map and satellite photos to find the place, since the road maps do not show the proper information.
 
The costumes are being rented out from a normal house (home business outside of normal office hours), not a shop.  The entrance is to the left of the garage door, in the main house are tenants.
 
Please communicate before coming to ensure someone is at home.  Please do not show up weekdays during the day and expect to find somebody to open up for you.
On weekdays the opening hours are only during the evening!

Alternative costume renting/selling shops in South Africa

Other (not branches!!!) recommended costume renting and events companies:


Cape Town, Western Cape:

Fancy That Costumes (used to be Sue Farmer Costumes)
Costume hire in Pinelands, Plumstead, Bellville and Parklands

Artscape, Telephone: 021 462 1975

Fancy Dress Costumes, Cell: 084 558 8758
Based in Bothasig, closes Saturday at 13:00

Fancy Pants Costume Hire, Telephone: 021 558 6743
20 Harmans Street, Bothasig, closes Saturday at 13:00

Freaky Feasts, Telephone: 021 788 6368
Based in Muizenberg.

Mardi Gras, Telephone: 021 424 9716
199 Bree Street, Cape Town

Costume Hire Cape Town, Telephone: 021 465 7026
Costume Hire in 18 Roeland Street, Cape Town.  Costume Hire caters exclusively for the film, commercials and photography industries.  Costume Hire has got over 25,000 items which are fully computerised.

Stage Creations, Telephone: 021 465 2510
Party supplies, costume renting


Stellenbosch, Western Cape:

Wonderland Costumes, Telephone: 021 886 8898


Strand, Western Cape:

Costumes WP, Telephone: 021 851 0244

Wonderland Costumes, Telephone: 021 854 6408


Empangeni, Kwazulu Natal:

Parties4Africa, Cell: 084 406 6313
Party supplies, buy costumes or have some made.


Alberton, Gauteng:

Scalliwags, Telephone: 011 869 1201
Fancy dress costume hire


Johannesburg, Gauteng:

Sinderella Costume Hire
Hiring of theatrical and fancy dress costumes, hats, wigs, masks and accessories.  Sales of masks and novelties


Pretoria, Gauteng:

Costume World, Telephone: 012 335 9884
Shop 14 Rave Centre, c/o Paul Kruger & Booysen Str, Les Marais, Pretoria
Costume hire, costume manufacturing, wigs, party accessories, retail and wholesale.

Las Vegas Costumes and Computer On-Line, Telephone: 012 567 1102

 

Feedback

Are you looking for a certain costume not found here but you would would like to be renting in future?
If yes, please recommend the desired costume for future renting.  If possible, popular requests will be added to the collection.  Please feel free to fill out the feedback form and contact details.
Request to you: Please send your pictures of the costumes in use for a picture gallery on this website with comments you would like to add to: bkernst@gmail.com.