About Us

 
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We seek to ignite creativity and presence in each and every character within the narrative, using our unique, insight-led approach to integrating costume as part of the world-building vision. 

With a background in film, theater and commercials we combine traditional storytelling practice with emerging media platforms to create more real and engaging experiences.

 

Camille Benda, Founder and Creative Director

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Camille’s research-led design approach started with a love of history and evolved into a passion for character and script interpretation once she discovered costume design for theatre. With over 20 years experience working in film, theatre and commercials, she has enjoyed the process of supporting directors, producers and actors in realizing their creative vision through costume.

Camille has an MFA from Yale School of Drama, and a Masters from the Courtauld Institute in the History of Dress. While working in the film industry across the US and Europe, Camille has also furthered her academic work with various talks on dress history and the philosophy of design at the Victoria & Albert Museum, The Costume Society and the Courtauld Institute, Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.

Camille leaves no museum unvisited, driving her family nuts by turning vacations into research trips, from locations as diverse as Jamaica, the suburbs of Athens, Greece to South Africa and Glasgow, Scotland.


Gwen Conway, Partner and Digital Specialist

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Gwyn Conaway is a costume designer, fashion historian, and culture specialist. She works primarily in historical and dramatic film and consults on 3D costume simulation for major animation and gaming studios. She specializes in Marvelous Designer and garment model fit, and spent a year at DreamWorks consulting on Abominable, giving campus-wide lectures and masterclasses. 

Gwen is an Art Center College of Design (Pasadena) grad, and recently co-authored Talking Threads: Costume Design for Animation, Illustration, and Game Design, set for international release through Design Studio Press in Summer 2020. She and her co-author Jessie Kate Bui are also hosts of the Talking Threads Design Pod, a podcast geared towards character and costume in film, television, gaming, and animation. 

Considered an authority on the intersection between clothing and social psychology, Gwen is on the cutting edge of how the entertainment industry thinks about costume and culture as a visual language.