Who Is Brini Maxwell?

Brini Maxwell wearing a late 1970's metallic gold dress with a slit, standing against a black background.

Retro Lifestyle Guru

Brini has always loved the fashion, interiors and culture of the 20th century. She has tirelessly researched the trends and design movements of the time and has implemented them in interior design, fashion, entertaining and cultural homage. You can find more of Brini’s retro style available for sale in her Etsy shop

Brini Maxwell on the set of The Brini Maxwell Show Colonial Briniburg episode.

Television Personality

Brini’s first foray into television was through cable access. Her show - The Brini Maxwell Show - debuted on January 1st 1998 and became a cult hit in New York City.

In 2004, it was revamped for the Style network, then a division of E! Entertainment Television. That show ran for 2 seasons to a national (and ultimately international) audience.

In 2025, Brini was included in a show documenting the community that has gathered around Alan Cumming’s bar in the East Village neighborhood of New York. That show is slated to debut in mid 2026.

Brini Maxwell showing off a variety of vintage rotary and mid-century telephones.

Content Creator

Brini shares her ideas for the retro lifestyle on several platforms - most notably YouTube and Instagram. The content she creates documents her meticulous attention to vintage detail in interiors, fashions and entertaining through presentational, instructional and faux documentary videos.

She also shares more detailed, deeper-dive content on her Patreon.

Brini Maxwell and Tim Young at Club Cumming during a Make It with Brini event.

Event Organizer

Since 2017, Brini has hosted a crafting event at Club Cumming in New York’s East Village. Each Tuesday evening, she leads or facilitates a craft project for attendees. The resulting community that has formed around the event has been a delightful benefit.

What Brini Does

  • A 1970's jewel-box bedroom interior in green and white.

    Interiors

    Hollywood Regency to modern, if it was fashionable in the 20th century, Brini explores it. She has created multiple interiors for herself and others.

  • Brini Maxwell in a 1960's glamour shot wearing a stylized Siberian tiger print dress holding a drink.

    Entertaining

    Brini has a love of entertaining. Bringing people together in celebration has always been part of what she does.

  • Brini Maxwell in a mod 1960's fashion editorial type image wearing a white coat with rhinestone trim standing behind a glass wall printed with an ionic column capital

    Fashion

    20th century fashion has been one of Brini’s particular subjects of study. She has explored that through the creation of wardrobe from all eras of that decade.

  • Brini Maxwell wearing a plaid western shirt, jeans and a cowboy hat on stage at Club Cumming with a guest.

    Community

    Community has become a cornerstone of Brini’s world. Her Make It with Brini events at Club Cumming are beloved and have been going on since 2017.

“Few home improvement hosts would use British artist Damien Hirst as the inspiration for a craft project. Maxwell does, making a wall hanging out of mirrored plexiglass and “ordinary household pills.”

David Keeps, Los Angeles Times

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Brini Maxwell in strawberry denim short-alls outside a "musician's door" backstage.
Brini Maxwell and Daniel Nardicio wearing 1940's clothes in a 1940's styled interior.
Brini Maxwell in an early 1970's midi skirt in a dramatic Hollywood Regency style setting.
Brini Maxwell on a rustic ladder wearing a 1950's cotton organdy afternoon dress with prickly pear cactus printed on it.