Side A, track one: Gabriella Solimine on launching Her Vinyl

At its heart, Vinylettes is about celebrating the women who are shaping and redefining vinyl culture, so I couldn’t wait to sit down with Gabriella Solimine, founder of Her Vinyl, a growing Discord community created exclusively for female record collectors. What started as Gabriella’s personal mission to find connection in a hobby that often feels male-dominated …

Love, money, and a wedding cake: Elizabeth Goodspeed on designing the Materialists vinyl

When Celine Song and A24’s summer rom-com Materialists needed a vinyl release that felt as layered, playful, and bittersweet as the film itself, Providence-based graphic designer Elizabeth Goodspeed stepped up to the turntable. With a love for blending historical research with tactile, hands-on craft, Elizabeth approached her first-ever vinyl project with the same cinematic sensibility as …