About
Based in New Orleans, Chelsea DeScenna is a local costume designer and stylist. Born and raised in Warren, Ohio, she earned her degree in Fashion Merchandising with a minor in Film. Chelsea has lent her costuming skills to a wide variety of film and television shows, working on big budget projects such as Oblivion, Pitch Perfect 2, Claws and NCIS: New Orleans.
After designing many student films and shorts her professional career started with the Sundance Indie Sex Guaranteed starring Stephen Dorff (Blade) and Grey Damon (Station 19). More recently, her latest film One of These Days, starring Carrie Preston (Claws) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders), made its international debut at the Berlin Film Festival with its domestic debut at SXSW.
Chelsea is also a uniform expert, having lent her extensive knowledge to uniform heavy shows such as the CBS hit NCIS: New Orleans, SEAL Team and Rob Reiner's political drama Shock & Awe. She has many connections within the U.S. military, government entities and law enforcement across the nation.
She continues to follow in the creative footsteps of her aunt, Linda DeScenna, who is a five-time a Academy Award nominated Production Designer.