About PlushCostumes — the independent doll-clothes studio
Updated 2026-11-05
PlushCostumes in numbers (updated September 2026): 77 costume styles in stock · prices $9.90-$26.90 USD · three size lines (10 cm mini, 17 cm standard, 15-25 cm universal) · flat $8 worldwide shipping, free over $49 · every order includes a free $6-10 crochet gift · 14-day returns on unworn items.
Who we are
We are a tiny independent workshop — no factory scale, no corporate parent, no licensed characters. Every costume is designed in-house, given a character name (Spike, Holly, Mochi, Truffle and 73 more), sampled, and produced in small batches. We sell directly through this site only.
What we make
Doll costumes and plush toy clothes for soft-body plushies: Halloween, Christmas, winter and everyday wardrobe lines, 10 cm mini formats, and compatibility across most 15-25 cm plushies — see the compatibility guide.
How we're honest
Three commitments: real sizing (every listing states its fit and links to measurements, because the same plush character sells in many sizes); small batches with natural variation, disclosed not hidden; and 14-day returns on unworn items — see shipping & returns.
Contact
Reach us any time at [email protected] — sizing questions before you order are our favorite kind of email.
Frequently asked questions
Do you make personalised stuffed animals?
No — and honestly so. Personalised stuffed animals mean custom bodies and embroidered names, a different craft from clothes-making. What we personalise is the wardrobe: you choose, combine and style every outfit, which is how a plain plush becomes unmistakably someone's. The custom layer of a collection is its clothes.
What about custom animal plush or personalized stuffed toys?
Also not ours — custom animal plush studios sculpt one-of-one bodies; personalized stuffed toys usually mean embroidered names on a standard plush. We are the layer after both: a 77-style wardrobe for whatever body you end up with. Buy the custom creature from its maker, then dress it here.
Is this the same idea as paper dolls?
Close cousin, yes — paper dolls were the original mix-and-match wardrobe game, and our costumes are that idea made physical and wearable. The collecting logic transfers directly: one body, endless outfits, the fun is the combination. We skipped the paper and the tabs; the wardrobe is real fabric now.
Do you sell high quality stuffed animals?
No — we are deliberately the wardrobe half. For high quality stuffed animals themselves, the established plush houses (Gund, Douglas and their class) do that best; buy the animal from them, then dress it here. Our quality claim sits in the clothes: small studio batches, hand-crochet technique, honest sizing and 14-day returns on everything.
Do you sell graduation bears?
No — we are the wardrobe half of a graduation bear gift. We don't make the bear; we make the outfit that turns a 15-25 cm teddy into one — the Scholar plaid set (beret, glasses, bow scarf) is the closest academic look in the line. Same honest answer for a graduation plush of any species — the cap-and-gown-adjacent look is ours, the plush never is.
What about a birthday bear gift?
Same split: the Birthday Cake outfit dresses any small plush as a birthday bear — candle-and-sprinkle costume, $14.90, no doll included. You bring the bear, we bring the party.
Can you dress a valentines day teddy bear?
Yes — that we can do. We don't sell valentines day teddy bears themselves, but the Thai Silk set with its pearl heart necklace, or the satin wedding gown, outfits a small teddy for February 14.
Do you sell dolls with clothes included?
No — every listing is the outfit only, no doll. Bundled dolls with clothes are plush-shop territory; a teddy bear with clothes on him is two purchases at our scale — the bear from a plush shop, the outfit from us. Sizing guide first, bear second, wardrobe third.