Hellin Kay

Who is Hellin Kay?

Hellin Kay is a stylist, fashion editor, photographer and filmmaker based in New York City and Los Angeles.

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.