Laura L. Brody

Laura is a California based modern wardrobe artist with specialties in costume design, commercial styling, fashion design and personal shopping. Auspiciously born on a Friday the 13th, this Gemini is constantly in motion. She began her studies in French Literature at Reed College in Portland, OR. As a transfer student to FIDM in San Francisco, Laura graduated Cum Laude with an AA in Fashion Design in the late 90's. At the turn of the millennium, Laura established the clothing line LB-426. San Francisco's nightlife elite and artists alike embraced her otherworldly designs, which included a collaboration with local artist DJ UFO!. LB-426 featured Laura's love of high tech performance fabrics, technical sportswear, feminine silhouettes and the color black. Press for Laura and LB-426 includes Paper Magazine, WWD, and Urb. She was recognized as one of the "30 under 30" by the San Francisco Design Center and her work was shown in the Booth-Clibborn Editions book Scrawl Too: More Dirt. Laura naturally gravitated to Hollywood, which began a new and challenging chapter of her design career. After a year she had her first credit as a costume designer on a feature film 'The Adventures of Johnny Tao'. She has worked with an amazing variety of actors including David Carradine, Danny Trejo, Tori Spelling, Jenna Elfman, Doris Roberts and Andy Griffith. Through her hard work and dedication in the film industry Laura gained membership to the Costume Designers Guild. Laura continues to work in moving and still pictures and has resurrected LB-426 as a personal style blog. There Laura continues to keep her finger on the pulse of modern dark style, electronic music and shares her futuristic aesthetics.