
Michelle Brown Colistro
she/herMaker, fabric store owner, author
Matchpoint Fabric
Copywriter & fabric store owner by day, author & maker by night. Very into learning & studying sustainable textiles, thrifting & styling! Always sewing basics while dreaming of sewing sequined party dresses instead.
What influence does music have in your life as a creative?:
I never listen to music when I sew (weird!!!! i know!!!) because I’m usually too focused on the task at hand to groove out. However, I do listen when I write! Even to music with lyrics! Not many of my other writer pals do, but I feel like it helps me get on the wavelength of certain characters, & access emotions like heartbreak more readily.
I’ve also started a weekly Zoom dance party called ‘Dancing On my Own’ that is the most fun, & I’ve been spending (probably too many) hours planning those playlists. Anyone can join – the Zoom code and info is in my IG bio! (My parents come every week, so you know it’s a fun time.)
Tell us about your playlist:
It’s what’s playing at a sweaty nightclub in your first year of college, when you catch someone’s eye from across the room & start to fight your way towards each other. You dance until the bartender starts sweeping up around you. You step outside and it’s already morning. Sad music is playing from the apartment upstairs. You listen for a bit together, their coat over your shoulders, until they call a cab. You think of something that might keep them there with you, some way to move it to a coffee shop or a diner, but their taxi pulls up and they drive away. (Or, a bunch of cathartic dance tunes topped off with some sweet heartbreakers to top it off!)
- Run – Tourist
- You Do You – Dillon Francis, BabyJake
- Fake ID – Riton, Kah-Lo
- Roses – Imanbek Remix – SAINt JHN, Imanbek
- 4th Dimension – KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Louis Prima
- Get Happy (feat. Mat Zo) – The Knocks, Mat Zo
- RITMO (Bad Boys For Life) – Black Eyed Peas, J Balvin
- On the Floor – Perfume Genius
- N.E.O. – CHAI
- What Happened? – Gilligan Moss
- When A Fire Starts To Burn – Disclosure
- Move Me – Mura Masa, Octavian
- Come Down – Anderson .Paak
- Moon Rider (feat. Wrabel) – Jai Wolf, Wrabel
- He – Jai Paul
- Movement – Gilligan Moss, Ross
- Now I’m In It – HAIM
- Describe – Edit – Perfume Genius
- Don’t Wait – Kingdom Remix – Mapei, Ezra Rubin
- PLACES – The Blaze
- Georgia – Phoebe Bridgers
- Bags – Clairo
- Why – MARO, Ariza
- Silver Springs – 2004 Remaster – Fleetwood Mac
- Geyser – Mitski
- Baby Luv – Nilüfer Yanya
- A Burning Hill – Mitski
- No Me, No You, No More – The Staves