Name Hellin Kay | Role Film costumer designer | |
Education Bard College, Pikesville High School | ||
Hellin kay shoots for signature magazine at smashbox studios
Hellin Kay (born October 5, 1972) is a stylist, fashion editor, photographer and filmmaker based in New York City and Los Angeles.
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Born in Moscow, Russia, she moved to the United States when she was seven years old. She attended Pikesville High School in Baltimore, Maryland and then Bard College in New York where she graduated with a BA and MFA in film.
She entered the fashion publishing world in 1998 as assistant to American fashion editor Polly Mellen, who was then creative director of Allure Magazine.
She has been a freelance contributor to magazines such as L'Uomo Vogue, British Vogue, i-D, Elle, Nylon, French, Blackbook, Glamour and Teen Vogue. She was also a staff fashion director at Spoon Paris and the Russian editions of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. In 2007, she was hired to be the West Coast Fashion Editor for fashion industry journal Women's Wear Daily.
In July 2009, she became the editor-in-chief and creative director of Los Angeles-based fashion and entertainment magazine Signature and resigned from the post eight months later.
In 2010 she launched a fashion and style blog called Champagne and Heels. In January 2011 she began contributing as West Coast Editor for Charla Lawhon's new website FashionEtc.com. She continues to work full-time as a stylist to various actors including Taryn Manning whom she has styled since June 2010.
She debuted her photography work in a solo show at Bronwyn Keenan Gallery in New York in 2002. Other solo exhibitions were held at the Red October Gallery in Moscow, Russia, and the Rubin Chapelle Gallery in New York. She has been featured in group shows including "Benefit for 911" at the Lexington Armory in 2002, the "iD Anniversary Show" at Milk Studios in 2005 and "No Money Down" at Gallery Aferro in 2006.
Her autobiographical short film "Was Once A Girl", based on her immigration to the United States, was screened at the International Feature Film Market in 1997. Other works in her filmography include the music video for New York-based musician Reni Lane's 2006 release "Choices" and most recently she directed and styled Taryn Manning's new music video.
She has worked on advertising campaigns and consulted for brands such as Club Monaco, Shoemint, Anthropologie, Guess, Enza Costa, Selfridges London and Joe's Jeans. Her list of celebrity clients include Taryn Manning, Mischa Barton, Nikki Reed, Brendan Fraser Abbie Cornish and Matthew Perry, Dawn Olivieri, Nikki Deloach and Tia Mowry.