Film crew hire/Cornwall/Costume
Hire a costume designer or stylist in Cornwall. Everyone dressed for the part, and the same from the first take to the last, rain or shine.
Costume designers and wardrobe stylists for adverts, brand films, fashion and drama across Cornwall. They source the wardrobe in Cornwall or hire it in from upcountry, fit the cast, and keep every outfit in continuity, and dry, from the first beach scene to wrap. From £519 a day, paid in full.
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The role
What costume and wardrobe do on your shoot
A wardrobe stylist chooses and fits what people wear on camera: buying, borrowing or hiring the clothes, fitting the cast before the shoot and dressing them on the day. A costume designer does the same for period or character work, designing and sourcing costume to the story. On set, wardrobe keeps every collar straight, every outfit in continuity, and a spare ready when the sea gets the first one.
On an interview, wardrobe is usually a note on the call sheet. On an advert, a fashion shoot or a drama it’s a department, with prep days before the shoot and a returns day after it. On the Cornish coast it also means doubles: a second of anything that might get wet, sandy or blown about, and dry layers for the cast between takes.
There’s a costume store in the county: Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store on the Penryn campus, a pilot for Cornwall-based productions, with period dress, workwear and uniforms (checked October 2026). For bigger hires and uniform collections, costume comes down from upcountry by courier or with the stylist, and goes back the same way.
We’re a crew agency with 2,800+ freelance crew on our books across the UK, 30+ of them in Cornwall, and we scale a wardrobe department up as the shoot needs. We book stylists who live in Cornwall first; for a bigger cast or a period brief, they come down from Bristol, Devon or London, with travel and hotels on the quote before anything is booked.
- Dressed to the brief. A mood board agreed, the clothes sourced, and nothing on camera that fights the landscape or the brand.
- Fitted before the day. Fittings with the cast, alterations made, labels and logos dealt with.
- Doubles for the weather. A second of anything that could meet the sea, the rain or the sand, and warm layers between takes.
- Returned on time. Hires and borrowings tracked and returned, so nothing runs on after wrap.
What’s included
What the day rate covers
In the day rate
- An 11-hour day, including an hour for lunch
- Sourcing, buying, borrowing or hiring the wardrobe to the brief
- Fitting and dressing the cast
- Steaming, pressing, drying and running repairs on set
- Continuity photos of every look
- Returns and the wardrobe budget, accounted for
On top, each on its own line
- Our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, on the whole quote
- The wardrobe budget: purchases, hires and doubles, at cost
- Prep days for sourcing and fittings, and a returns day, which most jobs need
- A wardrobe assistant, for a bigger cast or several changes
- Couriers for costume hired from upcountry, and a van for collections and returns, at cost
- Travel from outside Cornwall, hotels where the day needs them, mileage and parking, at cost
How our rates work, and the two ways to book: crew rates in Cornwall.
Two ways to book
Crew hire or full production: who’s the producer of record?
One question sets the price: who’s the producer of record? Book wardrobe for your own Cornish shoot, or have us take the whole production on.
Crew hire
You run the shoot.
10% + 2% booking fee and insurance, on everything we book for you: crew, kit and travel.
We do
- Find, book and brief the crew, and pay them
- Book kit, travel and hotels too, if you want them
- Send the full price before anything is booked
- One person to call all day
- Employers’ liability for the crew we book, and insurance on kit we hire in
You do
- Run the shoot, or your producer does
- The plan, the schedule and the call sheet
- The location, its permission and its public liability
- Responsibility for the production: you’re the producer of record
What the 2% insures: employers’ liability for every crew member we book, and the kit we hire in for you. Nothing else on the shoot. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote.
Full production
We’re the producer of record.
15% + 5% production fee, plus insurance and contingency, on the whole production budget. Quoted as a production.
We do
- Our producer plans it with you and runs the day
- Locations, permits, kit, studio, travel and hotels, booked and paid in our name
- Insurance for the whole shoot, public liability included, plus the risk assessment and the call sheet
- One contract and one invoice, so overseas teams need no UK company
You do
- The creative calls
- Signing off the plan and the budget
What the 5% pays for: our production insurance across the whole shoot, £10m public liability included, and the contingency.
Not sure which you need? If your own producer or director will run the day, it’s crew hire. If you want us to take the production on, it’s a full production quote.
On the day
A day with a wardrobe stylist, house to beach
A brand film with four cast at a house near Falmouth and on the beach below it, two looks each, after a fitting the week before. Times are an example; the call sheet sets the real ones.
- Prep The week before Contemporary looks bought, period pieces chosen at Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store by appointment, doubles of anything going near the water, and a fitting for each cast member.
- 06:30 Wardrobe in Rails, a steamer and the labelled outfits in a spare room near make-up, with towels and a dryer for the beach.
- 07:00 Cast dressed Each cast member in the first look after hair and make-up, checked against the mood board.
- 08:00 Camera check Looks checked on the monitor: a fine stripe that strobes on camera swapped for a plain knit.
- 10:00 The beach Coats and towels for the cast between takes, hems and sand checked before every one, and a continuity photo of every look.
- 13:00 Lunch Anything wet dried or swapped for its double, and the second looks steamed.
- 14:00 Change Cast changed in the order of the schedule, so the camera never waits and the tide doesn’t win.
- 18:30 Wrap Everything back on the rails, labelled, and booked for return to the shop, the store or the costume house it came from.
The tide sets a beach schedule. ADMIRALTY’s EasyTide gives free tide predictions for today and the next six days (checked October 2026).
Which kind
Which wardrobe role do you need?
From a note on the call sheet to a full costume department. Card rates are per 11-hour day.
Wardrobe stylist contemporary looks Card £519–647
Chooses and fits contemporary clothes for cast and contributors, from shops, brands and hire.
Best for adverts, brand films, fashion, and surf and outdoor clothing shoots on Cornish beaches.
Costume designer period and character Card £519–694
Designs and sources costume for period, character or fantasy work, from costume stores or made to order.
Best for drama, reconstructions and heritage films, at places like Tintagel or in a harbour village. Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store holds medieval and 20th-century period dress.
Wardrobe assistant on set Card £341–398
Dresses the cast, steams, dries and repairs, and keeps continuity, working to the stylist or designer.
Best on shoots with a bigger cast, several changes or a day in the water.
Wardrobe advice for interviews On the call sheet
A note for contributors: plain mid-tone colours, no fine stripes, small checks or big logos, a spare top, and a warm layer for outdoors.
Best for interviews with makers, farmers and founders who wear their own clothes, in a studio in St Ives or a field on Bodmin Moor.
What it’s for
What people book costume and wardrobe for in Cornwall
Adverts and brand films
A cast dressed to the brand, with no logos that shouldn’t be there, in a cottage in Fowey or on the beach at Porthcurno.
Surf and outdoor clothing
Wetsuits, knitwear and waterproofs styled for the beach at Watergate Bay, Fistral or Sennen, with doubles for the water.
Fashion and lifestyle
Looks styled to a mood board, often alongside hair and make-up, on a harbour wall in St Ives or Mevagissey, or in the dunes at Gwithian.
Drama and heritage
Period costume fitted before the day and returned after it, in a county where Fisherman’s Friends was shot entirely in Port Isaac.
Uniforms and workwear
Fishing, farming, hospitality and police looks sourced to read right on camera, with police uniform covered between takes.
Recent work
Wardrobe on our jobs
Our work · Laverstoke, Hampshire · autumn 2024
FatFace: The Edit, with The Mothershoppers
A styling film for FatFace’s autumn range. The two stylists behind The Mothershoppers chose ten pieces and styled each of them two ways on two models, in the gardens and glasshouses of the Bombay Sapphire Distillery. We filmed them at work and cut a long-form film, a 90-second cut, a teaser and ten outfit reels.
How we crew it · Cornwall
Falmouth’s wardrobe store, and the drive from upcountry
Contemporary looks are bought ahead, with receipts kept for anything that goes back. Period dress, workwear and uniforms can come from Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store in Penryn, a pilot for Cornwall-based productions that asks for student experience rather than a fee, visited by appointment (checked October 2026). Anything bigger comes down from the costume houses upcountry, by courier or with the stylist. London Paddington is 4 hours 21 minutes from Truro on the fastest trains, so a fitting upcountry is a long day, planned into the prep. Doubles of anything going near the water go on the wardrobe budget.
Before you book
Things to know
The day
- 11 hours, including an hour for lunch.
- Overtime at card rates, agreed with you before it happens.
- Prep and returns days are quoted separately.
The wardrobe budget
- Purchases, hires and doubles at cost, each on its own line.
- Returns made on time, so hire charges don’t run on.
- Costume hired from upcountry is couriered or collected, at cost, and the trip is on the quote.
Filming in Cornwall
- Cornwall Council asks for £5m public liability and a location-specific risk assessment with every application.
- Actors in police uniform need special guidance under Cornwall Council’s code of practice, and the uniforms are covered between takes.
- RNLI lifeguards patrol 20 Cornish beaches from May; tell the lifeguards before filming on a patrolled beach.
Paying and changes
- Nothing to pay until you confirm the stylist.
- 50% by card when you book, 50% on receipt of the final rushes.
- Every line on the quote: day rate, booking fee, kit, travel.
- Moving the date? Tell us as soon as you know.
- Cancellation terms are on every quote.
What our insurance covers
- Employers’ liability for the stylist we book: £10m.
- Kit we hire in for you is insured. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote.
- Nothing else on a crew hire. Public liability, the location and your own kit stay with you, and your venue will want your certificate. When we’re the producer of record, our policy covers the shoot.
£519 a day
APA/Bectu card: £519–694 a day, stylist to costume designer.
| Day rate, 11 hours | £519 |
| Booking fee, 10% | £51.90 |
| Insurance, 2% | £10.38 |
| One day, before wardrobe and travel | £581.28 + VAT |
The 2% is employers’ liability for the stylist we book, and cover on kit we hire in. What it covers
You won’t pay anything until you confirm the booking.
- 50% by card at booking, 50% on the final rushes
- Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours
- Every line on the quote before anything is booked
Or call us on 07412 543822.
Reviews
What clients say about our crews
Straight from our Google Business Profile.
Book a costume designer or stylist in Cornwall.
Tell us how many people to dress, the look or the period, the dates, and whether anyone’s going in the sea. Our team reads every brief within 2 working hours. Or call us on 07412 543822.
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The whole crew
Every role in Cornwall, booked the same way
One brief, one quote, every role on its own line. Our day rates in Cornwall, paid to the crew member in full:
Production 06
- Director From £500
- Producer From £450
- Production manager £504–627
- 2nd AD £355–448
- Production assistant £400
- Runner £245
Camera 07
- DOP From £850
- Camera operator £529–656
- Focus puller £461–575
- Clapper loader £355–448
- Steadicam operator From £950
- Gimbal operator £529–656
- Drone operator From £750
Data and playback 02
- DIT £527
- Video playback £334–518
Sound 01
- Sound recordist £550
Hair, make-up and costume 02
- Hair and make-up £398
- Costume This page £519–694
Art department 02
- Art director £675–878
- Set builders £341–512
Post-production 01
- Editor From £350
How our rates work: crew rates in Cornwall. Or start from a set-up: interview crews and units in Cornwall.
Production support
Everything around the crew
Wardrobe works hand in hand with hair and make-up and the art department, so here’s how the props, the permits and the rest of a Cornish shoot fit around it.
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Kit rental
Kit in West Cornwall and Falmouth, the crew’s own kit, and what comes down from Bristol and London.
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Locations and permits
Cornwall Council, the National Trust, Natural England, the harbours and the drone rules.
Questions
Hiring a costume designer or stylist in Cornwall: questions
How much does a wardrobe stylist cost in Cornwall?
The APA/Bectu card puts a wardrobe stylist at £519–647 for an 11-hour day and a costume designer at £519–694, and we pay that in full. On top go our 10% booking fee and 2% insurance, so a day starts at £581.28 + VAT. Prep and returns days are quoted as days, and the wardrobe itself is at cost. Our rates are national: Cornwall costs the same as anywhere else we crew, with any travel from outside Cornwall on its own line.
What does the insurance on a crew booking cover?
Two things. Employers’ liability for every crew member we book, up to £10m, and insurance on the kit we hire in for you. That’s what the 2% pays for. A large kit rental may need extra insurance, as its own line on the quote. The 2% doesn’t insure the rest of the shoot: public liability, the location, your own kit and anything you book yourself stay with you, because you’re the producer of record. If you’d rather we were, it’s quoted as a full production, and our insurance covers the whole shoot, public liability included.
Where does costume come from for a Cornish shoot?
Contemporary clothes are bought ahead and returned, with receipts kept. Period dress, workwear, uniforms and sportswear can come from Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store on the Penryn campus. Bigger hires and specialist pieces come down from the costume houses upcountry, by courier or with the stylist. Kneehigh, the Cornish theatre company, has closed, and its sets, props and costumes went to its devisers and to Cornish arts organisations, so there’s no hire service there (checked October 2026). See props and wardrobe in Cornwall.
Can we use Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store?
If your production is based in Cornwall, ask. Falmouth University’s Wardrobe Store on the Penryn campus is a pilot open to Cornwall-based productions of all sizes. It doesn’t charge at the moment; it asks productions to give its students industry experience instead. It holds medieval and 20th-century period dress, contemporary menswear and womenswear, workwear, uniforms and sportswear, and visits are by appointment (checked October 2026). Falmouth has taught Costume Design for Film & TV on the Penryn campus since September 2020, according to Screen Cornwall.
Can actors wear police uniform on a Cornish location?
Yes, with care. Cornwall Council’s filming code of practice says staged crimes, firearms and police uniforms need special guidance, reminds productions that impersonating a police officer is an offence, and asks for uniforms to be covered between takes. Tell us when you book, and it goes in with the permit application.
What happens to wardrobe on a wet day or in the sea?
We plan for it. Culdrose, on the Lizard, averages about 151 days a year with a millimetre of rain or more, and a mean wind of 12 knots (Met Office 1991–2020 averages). So the stylist buys or hires doubles of anything that might get wet or sandy, brings towels, coats and a dryer for the cast between takes, and schedules the beach scenes around the tide. ADMIRALTY’s EasyTide gives free tide predictions for today and the next six days (checked October 2026).
Do you have stylists who live in Cornwall?
Yes, and we book them first. We’re a crew agency with 2,800+ freelance crew on our books across the UK, 30+ of them in Cornwall, and we scale a wardrobe department up as the shoot needs. For a big cast, period work or a date when the local stylists are booked, they come down from Bristol, Devon or London, with travel and hotels on the quote before anything is booked.
What should contributors wear for an interview outdoors?
Plain, mid-tone colours; no fine stripes, small checks or big logos; a spare top; and a warm layer that looks right on camera, for between takes on a clifftop or a harbour wall. Ask them to bring it all on a hanger.