{"product_id":"bending-the-rules","title":"Bending The Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e: Fashion Beyond The Binary\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Camille Benda with Gwyn Conaway\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBending the Rules\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating, provocative, and highly entertaining visual exploration of identity and gender through fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrated costume designer Camille Benda seamlessly weaves together the cutting-edge and the historical—spanning high fashion, dress in film, trendsetting brands, art history, and more—showing that gender and fashion have always been intertwined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrought to life with a dazzling array of more than 160 images, \u003cem\u003eBending the Rules\u003c\/em\u003e combines short essays and interviews with creative professionals to offer snapshots of fashion and gender expression across cultures, places, and time. This unique portrait of fashion and identity explores how clothing can be serious and playful, limiting or liberating, express joy or longing, fear or fun, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamille Benda\u003c\/strong\u003e is an LA-based costume designer and faculty member at California Institute of the Arts, School of Theater. Camille designs costumes for film, theater, TV, and commercials across the US and Europe. Camille's most recent project was the costume design for both seasons of the hit show \u003cem\u003eBad Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e on Apple TV+. She has a Master's of Fine Art in Theater Design from Yale School of Drama, and a Master's of Art from the Courtauld Institute in the History of Dress, and regularly speaks on dress and fashion history topics at museums like the Victoria and, Albert and has moderated panels for Disney. This is her second book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrinceton Architectural Press, 2026, hardcover, 7.25 x 9.75 in, 224 pages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight: 1.79 lbs (0.81 kg)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chronicle Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49662613258488,"sku":"27378","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/6082\/3800\/files\/BendingRulesCoverFinal.png?v=1782437328","url":"https:\/\/www.craftcontemporaryshop.org\/products\/bending-the-rules","provider":"Craft Contemporary Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}