New York writer ❤️‍🔥 Work in T Mag, Dirt, Metrograph, i-D, PIN-UP, Whitney Review, DAZED, Garage, CNN Style, Interview, + more ✉️ colleen.s.kelsey@gmail / colleenkelsey.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lxcq5vy3rc2rWrote about Romy Schneider for Metrograph’s new series starting next week...trying to get behind the image https://metrograph.com/romy-schneider/26 Aug 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxcq5vy3rc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lw7ic3txac2bSome of my favorite pages from Wearing It Out12 Aug 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7ic3txac2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lvvszggjpk2aShipping tomorrow 💌08 Aug 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvszggjpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3ltx7z7pffs2vHeatwaves and various weather have affected my print production because of the sensitivity of the press...it's so provincial and fun14 Jul 2025 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltx7z7pffs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lsvt44noys2fHalfway…only hated one book01 Jul 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvt44noys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lrtgwjgss22lIn February I asked ten girlfriends to send me a piece of writing about an item in their closets that spoke to their inner lives. What I thought of as a curious Calle-ian exercise has turned into “Wearing It Out,” a book of stories about getting dressed. https://gettingdressed.bigcartel.com/product/wearing-it-out?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwK-vCJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABp-1N8yV5dj_lao8HlfY2AElIUgUi72l6xMt9HD_2K-WtXvuNu-tS7sKUzWmZ_aem_jDtUuhCC_LJ1JzlGXgRFzw17 Jun 2025 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtgwjgss22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lpmgaiajt22jThe way I make decisions is like... well what song was playing20 May 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmgaiajt22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3llw7mcyczc2zFavorite part of the Graydon memoir so far is when he calls himself a "beta male."03 Apr 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw7mcyczc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lihyhoaqmk2r"'I was miserable in that helicopter. I was miserable in Loewe in my fancy outfit,' she said, bitter with herself about her own choices." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/arts/design/lisa-schiff-art-adviser-theft.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesarts18 Feb 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihyhoaqmk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3liaj6otd6c22Love urban pastoral intrigue i.e. finding out my tailor is moving a couple avenues over15 Feb 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3liaj6otd6c22https://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lhpfky42nk2mHaving a burger because all I had today was champagne, the ballet, and a martini09 Feb 2025 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhpfky42nk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lhjj22m5fk2xI write my cooking blog to discuss potatoes and Cosmopolitan advocacy https://cookingck.substack.com/p/nothing-to-wear-nothing-to-eat06 Feb 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjj22m5fk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lhck6gg36c2f"Colleen's lashes are like paintbrushes and her elbows are like knives." —prophecy from my father 30 years ago03 Feb 2025 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhck6gg36c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lgvibepsy22cNot quite sure what September will look like but I got Nine Inch Nails tickets29 Jan 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvibepsy22chttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lgqzcnmtic23I love the medical advice I receive: you are a small woman, sit on the ground if you feel faint, eat more salt...27 Jan 2025 22:44 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqzcnmtic23https://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lgqeepkrec2b"Usually it is the other way around, isn’t it, the material world has weight, and the inner, the spiritual, the abstract are light, and ungraspable, really." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/03/the-world-changing-gaze-of-celia-paul27 Jan 2025 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgqeepkrec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lgnykxners27Double barre today26 Jan 2025 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnykxners27https://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lge4ry3dgc2yI don't understand how there isn't an available supercut of all screams in the works of David Lynch22 Jan 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lge4ry3dgc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lfwxrryrqk2dI Notes app revealed [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jan 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwxrryrqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lfv2rdiz6k2oThis whole world's wild at heart and weird on top...an actual mantra16 Jan 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfv2rdiz6k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lfaudfb7es2u08 Jan 2025 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaudfb7es2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3leudlkty2c2cIt seems like I want this men's trench coat Patrick Radden Keefe is modeling on the J. Crew Instagram03 Jan 2025 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3leudlkty2c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lcnicuiupk2tTalked to Sara Black McCulloch about New York Working Girls for her newsletter Scene It: https://sceneit.substack.com/p/dressing-the-part06 Dec 2024 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnicuiupk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lc7a7hkjxk25Someone AbFab should get these30 Nov 2024 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc7a7hkjxk25https://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lc3r74tppk2w29 Nov 2024 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3r74tppk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lbzghjmtts2wGift-guided for Dirt https://dirt.fyi/article/2024/11/our-gift-guide-pt-228 Nov 2024 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzghjmtts2whttps://bsky.app/profile/colleenkelsey.bsky.social/post/3lbmm3mkosc2cFor i-D, I talked to Jonathan Anderson about dressing Daniel Craig for Queer (at first he wanted to dye everything in heroin) https://i-d.co/article/queer-costume-design-jonathan-anderson-interview/23 Nov 2024 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:ak5f7jzaygrauzzkgvr4caql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmm3mkosc2c