Costume designer for hire in the UK
The costume designer creates the wardrobe that tells each character's story, sourcing and fitting every look for the shoot.
Are you a costume designer? Get listed and take work near you
Post the role, your postcode and your rate. The nearest costume designer is asked first — within 19 miles, or further for anyone who has said they travel — and if they pass it moves to the next nearest. Nothing is charged unless someone accepts.
Costume designer work near you
Is this your job? Set up your profile with your day rate and how far you travel. When a production nearby posts for the role, the nearest people are asked first and the job reaches your phone. You only take the ones you want.
What a costume designer does on a shoot
- Reads the script and designs what each character wears, scene by scene.
- Sources, hires, buys or makes the wardrobe, and runs the fittings.
- Works to a budget and a continuity plan the shoot can actually sustain.
How hiring a costume designer works
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Post the role
Say you need a costume designer, where the shoot is, the dates and the rate you're offering.
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The nearest is asked first
The closest costume designer gets it alone, and it widens to the next nearest every 60 seconds until someone accepts.
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First to accept takes it
The job locks to them, you swap details, and you rate each other afterwards.
Hiring a costume designer
- What is the difference between a costume designer and a wardrobe supervisor?
- The designer decides what the characters wear and builds the wardrobe in prep. The supervisor runs it on the shoot day — changes, continuity and repairs. On a small job one person does both.
- How much prep does a costume designer need?
- More than most departments: sourcing, fittings and alterations all happen before the camera turns over. Say how many characters, how many changes, and when fittings can happen.