(they/them) is a queer costume and footwear artist with a Master of Fine Arts in Costume Production from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Lou was born in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the vibrant heart of Afro-Brazilian culture. Throughout their career, Lou worked with costume and set designers on a variety of productions, ranging from contemporary dance to pop music, where they often worked with repurposed materials. In 2015, they launched their own non-binary footwear brand, Amarelo, where they researched, designed and built handmade footwear that challenge traditional gender norms. In the US, Lou has worked on several theatrical productions, including three seasons at PlayMakers Repertory Company, two seasons at the Utah Shakespeare Festival and has also created costumes for the Greensboro Ballet and the Museum of Science Fiction (MOSF), where they reproduced elements of costume for the 2021 version of Dune. In 2023, Lou joined the Department of Historical Costume and Dress in Colonial Williamsburg, VA and continues to work on costume design and construction projects on a freelance basis.