Bayou Muse offers the insights and talents its founder, Elizabeth Gibbens, gained and cultivated through graduate study of drama and literature. Gibbens has a master’s in literature in English, and she uses what she learned about characterization, setting, and textual analysis to create compelling visual stories.

Working from her graduate-school training and her experience as research assistant for the former “On Language” column in The New York Times, Gibbens finds authentic details to make her styling work precise and evocative.

For a National Geographic advertising campaign, Be the Explorer, Gibbens located the proper equipment, tools, and apparel for different types of real-life adventure-seekers, including ice climbers, rock climbers, photographers, sky divers, scuba divers and safari-goers, among others.

For an executive in the entertainment industry, Gibbens buys the right clothing and gear to suit his needs for performances, events, and work-related athletic competitions.

To preview her work, visit her Fashion Portfolio.