About Us

Theatrix Costume House has been serving Toronto's costume needs since our founding in 1965. They started out as a little shop called Catherwoods in the middle of the "hippie" district on Yonge Street. When Warren Hughes took over, they soon needed more space.

During the early 1970's, we moved to King Street. The area soon developed into a thriving, internationally renowned entertainment district. As the theatre community grew, we did also. Since the 1980's, when the film industry moved into Toronto, we have been providing costumes to both film and television.

In 1995 Warren decided to retire. He sold the company to Peter deVita who had been operating the ever successful Sugar's Costume Studio on Mt. Pleasant Rd. for more than 10 years. With his daughter Jennifer, Peter expanded this family business by doubling the space to 16,000 square feet and making the immediate move onto the World Wide Web.

Since this time, Theatrix Costume House has actively sought to increase the rental stock in the pursuit of providing excellent professional costumes for reasonable prices to professional & community theatre groups, the film & television industry, event planners, & party-goers. In the new millennium, Theatrix expanded on the theatre services that Warren initiated and made the move to export theatre shows for rent!

Today Theatrix Costume House has built a reputation for providing full service costume rentals & sales and for providing excellent costumes across North America and the world. Their friendly staff, costume coordinators, designers and production teams are ready to make your costumes a smashing success no matter where you are.

Our Vision
To be known worldwide as the industry standard, creating a magical realm of quality, excellence and creativity in everything we do. Customers, employees and service providers clamour to work with Theatrix Costume House.

Mission Statement
The de Vita Group is an association of unique operations where fantastic things happen. Striving for the highest standards of quality, our expertise, creativity and techniques in all aspects of costuming combine to bring service, enjoyment and prosperity to us as a team and to our clients worldwide.

Corporate Values

ACCOUNTABILITY

  • We are accountable to and responsible for people, projects, systems, finance and ourselves. In short, we are producers.
  • We are able to see the big picture. We plan and have faith in our future.
  • We conduct our business in an ethical manner, demonstrating integrity and authenticity.

CLIENT PASSION

  • We value passion, performance, achievement, competency, and enthusiasm.
  • We focus on the needs of our customers, providing a high quality product and service excellence.

CREATIVITY

  • We encourage self-management, initiative and thinking outside of the box.
  • We are progressive, ambitious and risk-taking.
  • We value creativity based on life experience and the creativity of fresh thinking.

ENTHUSIASM

  • We value the pursuit of perfection in everything we do.
  • We provide a sensitive and caring work environment. We are compassionate and considerate, respectful, accepting and trusting.
  • We support the community and good causes worldwide.