Are you wondering if you are better off to hire a costume, or to buy a costume? When using the costume hire option, your choices are limited, as are the numbers. If you need several of the same costume, costume hire will not be the best option. Online costume shops such as thecostumeshop.co.nz, will be able to provide you with a brand new costume that you do not have to return. When you buy a costume, you do not have to worry about returning all of the pieces, that you may (probably) have lost. When using a costume hire shop, you will lose your bond, which more often than not, will result in your costume that was hired, costing more than it would to buy and keep it. If you find an online costume hire shop, and the costume (including postage and bond) is cheaper than ours, let us kinow and we will try to match it.....and hey, you get to keep it.