Costume Daily

The costume daily is generally hired on a day-to-day basis and their main role in the costume department would be helping in crowd fittings for large groups of extras and standbys.  They are usually responsible to the costume designer or the costume supervisor.  To be a costume daily you will need to have many of the same skills that are required to be a production runner but also include:

• being able to work long hours and have stamina
• be able to read and understand call sheets and schedules 
• understand the research process and how to source things
• be able to reassure actors as you dress them
• have the skills needed to care and maintain costumes 
• know about different fabric qualities and know about period costumes 
• be adept at ironing, steaming and adapting garments as well as hand and machine sewing

Costume daily's tend to work with the extras to ensure that their costumes match their physiques and they may need to take photos of the costumes for continuity.  They would work closely with the supervisor to ensure that the costumes are ready for the next day of filming.


source: www.creativeskillset.org