COSTUMER
Teach on Costumer

Turn your costume expertise into income.

Create a course, set your own price, and teach costume makers around the world — without paying monthly fees to host your course.

No monthly hosting feesNo upfront costsSet your own price
Costume designer in her studio surrounded by fabric rolls and a sequined dance costume on a dress form

You bring the expertise. We'll bring the platform.

You've spent years developing skills other costume makers want to learn. Costumer gives you a place to turn that knowledge into a course without having to build your own course website or pay another monthly subscription.

Teach your way. Set your price. Earn every time someone enrolls.

No monthly fees
Host without another subscription.
There's no monthly fee just to keep your course available. If you don't make a sale, you don't owe Costumer anything.
Pay per enrolment
We only earn when you do.
Set your own course price and keep 90% of every sale. Costumer keeps 10% to support the platform and help grow the marketplace.
We help you get discovered
Great courses deserve an audience.
Our share helps us operate and market Costumer Learn, including promoting courses to costume designers and makers looking to improve their skills.

What could you teach?

Your specialty could be someone else's next skill. Costume making is full of specialized techniques that are difficult to learn from general sewing courses. We're looking for experienced makers who can teach topics such as:

Hand-beaded floral appliqué being pinned onto a fuchsia dance costume bodice

Embellishment & Finishing

Rhinestoning & Embellishment
Stone placement, adhesives, layouts and professional finishing.
Appliqué & Decorative Techniques
Creating, placing and applying professional costume appliqués.
Dyeing, Painting & Specialty Finishes
Colour matching, ombré, airbrushing and surface design.
Lilac chiffon skirt being draped and pinned on a dress form

Construction & Fit

Stretch Costume Construction
Working with stretch fabrics, elastic, mesh and performancewear techniques.
Patternmaking & Fit
Blocks, stretch patterns, fitting and adapting patterns for performers.
Navy and gold classical tutu with beaded bodice worn by a ballet dancer

Dance Costume Design

Dance Costumes
Jazz, lyrical, contemporary, tap, hip hop and musical theatre costuming.
Tutus & Ballet Costuming
Classical and romantic tutus, bodices and traditional techniques.
Crystal and beaded hairpiece styled into a performer's bun

Accessories & Finishing Details

Headpieces & Costume Accessories
Structure, materials and finishing for costume accessories.
Figure skater performing in a navy crystal-covered competition dress

Performance Costume Specialties

Figure Skating Costumes
Competition dresses, stoning, movement and durability.
Gymnastics Costumes
Leotards, construction, fit and finishing for competition.
Artistic Swimming Costumes
Water-ready construction, embellishment and finishing.
Baton & Aerial Costumes
Performance-specific construction for movement and safety.
Have another idea? We want to hear it.
If you have a specialized costume-making skill others could benefit from, tell us about it in your application.

How it works

Teach what you know. We'll make selling it simpler.

01
Apply to teach
Tell us about your experience, expertise and what you'd like to teach.
02
Create your course
If selected, create your lessons and course materials with guidance on preparing them for Costumer.
03
Set your price
You decide what your knowledge is worth.
04
Publish on Costumer
Your course gets its own page where costume makers can discover and purchase it.
05
Earn when students enroll
You keep 90% of each course sale.

Costume making deserves its own place to learn.

General sewing education can only go so far.

Costumer Learn is being created specifically for the skills, techniques and business knowledge behind performance costume making — taught by people who actually do the work.

Whether you've spent years perfecting competition costumes, rhinestoning, patternmaking, appliqué, stretch construction or another specialized skill, your experience has value.

And someone else wants to learn it.

Rhinestone transfer template being applied to gold stretch costume fabric

Simple pricing. No monthly commitment.

You keep
90%
of each course sale
Costumer
10%
of each course sale

Your 10% Costumer fee helps support course hosting, platform operations and marketing that helps bring more costume makers — and potential students — to Costumer Learn.

  • No monthly hosting fee.
  • No upfront listing fee.
  • No fee until you make a sale.

Who we're looking for

You don't have to be a traditional teacher. We're looking for costume professionals with valuable skills and real-world experience who can teach them clearly. You might be:

An established costume designer
A specialist in a particular costume discipline
A patternmaker
An embellishment or rhinestone expert
A tutu maker
A costume artist or specialty-finishing expert
An experienced maker with a technique you've mastered

You don't need to already have an online course.

Want to get discovered by clients first?

List your costume business free in the Costumer Designer Directory while you prepare your course.

List your business free →

Become a founding Costumer instructor.

We're currently connecting with experienced costume professionals interested in helping shape Costumer Learn from the beginning. Tell us what you'd love to teach and we'll be in touch about the next steps. Applying doesn't require you to have a finished course.

About you
Your expertise
Costume specialties
Select all that apply
Your course idea
Applying doesn't require you to have a finished course.