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Brenda Maben

= Brenda Maben = At the age of 11 years old, Brenda developed an interest in Fiber design. Her first endeavor was a complete outfit, including a dress, coat, shoes, gloves, and hat. Despite the fact that she didn't know how to sew and didn't have a sewing machine, she persisted despite these obstacles. She won the Bank of America Scholarship and served as president of her high school's sewing club. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Maben attended California State University, Northridge in 1972 and earned her degree in 1976 in Textile Design. After graduating from Northridge, she developed a handwoven clothes company that she owned and operated. Brenda later started working as a costume designer in the movies, television, music videos, and commercials. Brenda Maben is a freelance wardrobe designer. Her first costume job was on the Whitney Houston pictured in the Romance/Drama film in 1992, The Bodyguard. Maben, notoriously known as the costume designer for the infamous television show, Gilmore Girls.  Brenda expertly manages hundreds of costumes and people as one of Hollywood’s leading supervisors for costume design in film and television. Brenda explains the process of costume design has always held a special place in her heart. Although her approach to creating a character through clothing has remained similar, she has learned a lot along the way. “It’s always character-driven,” she shares. “You’re representing, building, and growing a person on paper to a three-dimensional, living, breathing human being. Most of the time that is expressed in what they wear and she expresses that through the characters wardrobe.

= Contact = @brenmaben on instagram @brendagogo on twitter

= Day in the Life = Maben’s schedule varies depending on the set of the show she is collaborating with. Typically her shifts range for 12 hours from 7am to & 7pm. She keeps in contact with the crew via Whatsapp. Since Brenda is the supervisor, she must be informed of everyone's tasks in order to manage how to change priorities when urgent issues arise. To check on the progress of the uniforms and to keep everyone informed of deadlines, she moves over to the studio's tailoring and distressing departments. By midday, Brenda reads the updated scripts and scans for new wardrobe design updates so she can quickly talk to the character, about what is coming up next. It varies Brenda may anticipate an upcoming scene with only needing 40 extras, but with the new script revisions just in, they can  need up to 140 extras which means Brenda needs to hire on more costumers. With that being said, the day on set is wrapped, and the busy life of the costume supervisor continues on!

= Achievements = 1992 - The Bodyguard, Film

1996 - Tim Cup, Film

1997 - Money Talks, Film

2000-03 - Gilmore Girls, Tv Series

2009 - Dragon Ball Evolution, Film

2011-12 - A.N.T. Farm, Tv Series

2014 - Black-ish, Tv Series

2014 - Chicago P.D., Tv Series

2015 - Empire, Tv series

2018-22 Jack Ryan, Tv Series

= Brenda’s Tips! =

Brenda’s tips on what makes a great costume supervisor:

 * 1) Over communicate
 * 2) Be a good listener
 * 3) Take good notes
 * 4) Motivate!

= References = [https://www.eonline.com/news/812175/gilmore-girls-&#x20;a-year-in-the-life-fashion-secrets-revealed-get-the-lowdown-on-lorelai-and-rory-s-style-evolution. https://www.eonline.com/news/812175/gilmore-girls- a-year-in-the-life-fashion-secrets-revealed-get-the-lowdown-on-lorelai-and-rory-s-style-evolution.]

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a18917/gilmore-girls-style/

https://fashionista.com/2016/11/netflix-gilmore-girls-costumes

[https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2021/05/fashion-gilmore-girls-costume-designer-brenda-&#x20;maben/. https://www.euphoriazine.com/blog/2021/05/fashion-gilmore-girls-costume-designer-brenda- maben/.]

https://youtu.be/HxqjNcLTtRw

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brenda-maben-68a3395/