Innehållsförteckning för Issue #101 från RUSSH

It was, naturally, the revolutionary thinker and writer John Berger who wrote, “the relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know the earth is turning away from it. Yet the knowledge, the explanation, never quite fits right.” I don’t know about you but lately, I seem to spend a lot of time wondering. Often just out of curiosity but sometimes – and predictably, it often does involve a glorious child, night sky or unexpected rainbow – it’s that feeling of awe and admiration for something truly astonishing. Not infrequently however, as I wade through the mental pollution of endless imagery and noise, the marvel is more a deep uncertainty and doubt. The things that make you go,…

Are you supposed to know what your personal style is within the first quarter of your life? In 2022, when a monumental portion of our time is spent consuming information online, does such a thing stil lexist? As I flick between my TikTok and Instagram feed, a first glance feels as though everyone looks the same. On TikTok, it’s a sea of claw clips and halter tops from Shein. A girl wears a low-rise skirt and micro shoulder bag as she winks at the camera and slides her tongue across her zoom-whitened teeth. (I don’t know how she got here, the last two videos I engaged with were about harvesting green beans.) Over on Instagram, it’s all sports sunglasses, cargo pants, crocs, and silhouettes that could be spotted in the…

Intuition is a funny thing. Funny, and marvellous all at once. We know when to sense danger, when we’ve found ourselves in a precarious position, when the pasta might just be overcooking on the stove. There’s an instinct inside, circumnavigating us through life. If you’re one to have experienced love at first sight – or believe you have experienced it – then a knowledge of this feeling and its heightened grip on your intuition will be well known. I remember feeling what I believed was love at first sight – at least, prior to conducting the research into this piece. It was a grim December day, the start of summer 2019, the sun restrained from shining in its full glory on the first day of its prime season. I wore…

PHOTOGRAPHY Justin Ridler @Hart & Co. FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Aweng @IMG HAIR Maddison Finn MAKEUP Molly Warkentin @AP–REPS PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Alex Waugh STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Chelsea Oh And still, after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.– Hafiz…

PHOTOGRAPHY James Tolich FASHION Hannah Cooper MODEL Angelina Kendall @The Scouted HAIR Kyye @AP-REPS using ANTI MAKEUP Isabella Schimid @Assembly Agency using Emma Lewisham PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Bianca Edwards and Nick Garcia…

PHOTOGRAPHY Bowen Aricó FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Daisy Bradford @IMG HAIR Daniel Jiang @USFIN Atelier MAKEUP Gillian Campbell @The Artist Group DIGITAL OPERATOR Matt Neilson STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS Chelsea Oh and Rosie Deschanel…

PHOTOGRAPHY Joe Brennargh FASHION Charlotte Agnew TALENT Thomas Cocquerel HAIR Fernando Miranda MAKEUP Claire Thomson PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Christopher Polack STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Chelsea Oh SET DESIGN Eleanor Ferguson…

“You live as long as you dance.” The and the various ways they could be read, loop through my mind in the days that follow my conversations with six professional dancers from The Australian Ballet. The dancers, all of whom are men – one of which has recently been named Artistic Director of the company – may or may not agree with my interpretation, but after hanging up the phone, my initial impression of Nureyev’s sentiment was affirmed: To be a dancer is more than to devote your life to dancing, it is to experience dancing as life. Nureyev, who remains one of the most iconic male ballet dancers of all time, also said that art is “not just nature, it is nurtured nature. It is intelligence applied to what…

Ray Johnson C/O Caitlin Haskell (Yale University Press), 2021 I love this book. Its contents are a collection of artistic correspondence documented in folders by Johnson’s lifetime friend, collector, and enabler William (Bill) S. Wilson, spanning over 55 years. After receiving this book as a gift, I couldn’t help but want to know more about the art and life of Johnson. Instead of more outworn traditions in art, Johnson opted for an antihierarchical ethos of mass collaboration of transience of ideas shared amongst many, later coined ‘Mail Art’. Without doubt an early faction of the Fluxus movement, Johnson would post daily a prodigious quantity of collages, poems, paintings, and photos to people he knew and didn’t know, encouraging the recipients to interpret, add to and pass on to others; symbolising…

Adrian Mesko Photographer, The Dancers How does exploration inform your medium? I consider my photography discipline to be a means to be in the world. Has your work evolved through curiosity? Absolutely. Without it, I would have never explored beyond the horizon. When doubt creeps in, how do you dispel it? Trust the process – there are no mistakes. My favourite piece of literature is… Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemmingway. The idea of reinvention is… Involuntary and endless. Do you believe in miracles? I do. Miracles are everywhere all at once, all the time. Colette Miller Makeup Artist, Shapeshifter How does exploration inform your medium? Hugely. The more you explore, the more you have to draw inspiration from. Has your work evolved through curiosity? My work…

Miji @Chic Management My name is … Nyamijok Awakyr. But my friends call me … Miji. I am… 18 years old. The first thing you should know about me is that … My name means Gift from God. My star sign is … Capricorn. It suits me because … I am independent, ambitious and self-aware. My secret talent is … Designing. I have the ability to make my creations come to life when it comes to clothing. I love being able to make and wear my own pieces. I was discovered when … I started modelling at 14 when I attended a casting and got scouted. I’d always wanted to model, and it made my dreams come true. Someone I look up to is … My mum. She is intelligent, caring…

PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Ashton @After Winter Agency FASHION Hannah Cooper MODELS Mikka Byarugaba, Helena Vestergaard @Kult Australia HAIR Rory Rice at M.A.P using Rory Rice Luxury Hair Care MAKEUP Stoj @The Artist Group using Pat McGrath PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Bananas Clarke and Seok-Yoon STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Kirsten Humphreys…

The Secret History Donna Tartt (PENGUIN UK) I’m yet to find a book that can fill me with as much lust for life as The Secret History did and still does. Yes, it centres around the most pretentious little friendship group that literature may have ever seen but that’s what makes it so delicious, I think. Looking for wonder? It’s got it all; dewdrops on Vermont grass, rich kids in cashmere scarves, spooky small town weekenders, murder in the snow, stuffy university classrooms, love triangles and doomed friendships. And every time I read it, it’s like the first time. – Isobel Beech, Author of Sunbathing The Yield Tara June Winch (HARPERVIA) The Yield is a cross-generational, First Nations story of the Goondiwindi People, their connection to the land and the…

“It invades your personal space. be doing; it kinda makes everything a bit amateur?” Baxter Dury is clearly not a fan of unromantic and interrogative video calls, but for a writer who is prone to invading personal space and enthusiastic amateurism, I am grateful for his gentlemanly obligation. Dury and I are speaking a few days ahead of his first Australian shows, so his house is full of his bandmates – I am warned that potentially some naked (“unattractive and unwashed”) men may walk into our call. There is something about this potential that seems deeply fitting. Dury’s records and his book, Chaise Longue, are all laced with visceral physicality and potent humanity, so why wouldn’t an interview run the risk of nudity? Dury’s published career has been going for…

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Every rose has its thorns. Unless, of course, we’re speaking of the mystical Rose de Granville. Capturing the heart and mind of Christian Dior himself from very early on, the extraordinary flower smothered the cliffs of Normandy, creating a sea of roses that extended to the horizon. It was here, close to the gardens of his family’s Villa Les Rhumbs, that Dior’s passion for roses was truly realised. If you have followed Dior’s beauty journey closely, you will understand intricately the lasting mark the queen of flowers has had on the House. As the oldest flowering plant, its instantly recognisable essence has woven its way into the fabric of the House – across fragrance, skincare and cosmetics. But most certainly, it’s the Rose de Granville whose presence has had the…

PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Ashton @After Winter Agency FASHION Hannah Cooper MODELS Rhian Griffiths, Jordan Farrenkothen @Priscillas HAIR Kyye @AP-REPS using ORIBE from Rogue Beauty MAKEUP Sean Brady PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Bananas Clarke and Seok-Yoon STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Kirsten Humphreys…

PHOTOGRAPHY Joshua Bentley FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Yixin @IMG HAIR Pete Lennon @AP-REPS MAKEUP Nisha Van Berkel @AP-REPS SET DESIGN Poppy Bagnall PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Max Brown STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Chelsea Oh…

Crystalbrook Albion New South Wales Intimate, original and refreshingly unpretentious, Crystalbrook Albion in Surry Hills has a history dating back more than 100 years. Now a blend of local experience meeting contemporary luxury travel, its heritage is rooted in juxtaposing company. The façade and building of Crystalbrook Albion was constructed between 1901-1903, designed in the Federation Free Classical architectural style, prominent in Australia between 1890-1915. Originally a convent, it has observed the transition of Surry Hills from a place of poverty to a vibrant, inner-city suburb. After undergoing extensive refurbishment and conservation, the site was acquired by Crystalbrook Collection in 2018, and now tells the stories of travellers who walk through the door each day. Gimlet At Cavendish House Victoria Located on leafy Russel Street, Gimlet is found at the…

There is a feeling in the air when our F*ck Fashion, Let’s Dance party comes around each year, like energy coming to a head. The stagnancy of January’s lull is broken by crisp air and a desire for blaring music. It was always about the music for RUSSH. An invitation to let go – hence the name – in the middle of AAFW. Our creative community comes together, a meeting of minds and bodies reuniting or having their first interactions IRL. Sprawling conversations and swaying limbs that give way to connection and community bringing the energy to a rolling boil. We channel that same energy, that same anticipation, into dancing all night. It started at Crystalbrook Albion, where RUSSH purists Isabella Manfredi, Elodie Russel, Yasmin Suteja, Mimi Elashiry, Reem Elnour,…

Yilan Hua. A Libra, who would be a traveller if not a model. When she’s alone, her mind wanders to the infinite realms of space, yet there’s a hint of an archaic soul in her being. On location for our Wonder cover story, humility exudes from her every fibre – squeezing into the back of Parisian taxis in a diaphanous Jordan Dalah dress like it’s normal, she simply asks, “where next?” An infectious personality, a laugh to match her vibrant aura and an energy filled with possibility; Hua is not afraid to get personal. Breaking into tears while deep in character for a moment swathed in Saint Laurent, she is multitudes. She believes in miracles, sees life as magical and last felt truly amazed only yesterday. Spirituality? As she sees…

My first love felt like speaking a new language, one that only we knew. The moments spent together, entangled in careless consequence, we felt unstoppable. At times, it seemed like we were the only two people in the world. A romance that would leave imprints on my heart like ink and needle, a love like honey on a pair of lips. You were a museum full of art – I could admire you into infinity. Somehow, we both knew our love wouldn’t last forever. The language we wrote together is dead, but I still remember how to speak it. “I will neverForget you.Or this,Or here,For as longAs I live And sometimeAfter that, too.”- d.j (David Jones)…

PHOTOGRAPHY & FASHION Kitty Callaghan HAIR Graeme Cumming @Viviens Creative MAKEUP Teressia Carr MODELS Liz Tyler @Modules Management, Roxie Mohebbi @IMG PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Steph Pedersen STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Rosie des Chanel Special thanks to 10 William St, Fratelli Paradiso, Sean’s Bondi & Bistrot 916.…

“Wonder is a blend of curiosity and open-mindedness accompanied by a surrender to the chaos of the universe. It’s living life with a sense of awe for the sublime.” “I think my sense of wonder is expressed through my interest in interrogating the role of art in our lives, and the potential for art to show us things we may not immediately recognise in ourselves,” explains Yasmin Suteja when asked how she creates art in her work. As an experienced photographer and director, she is passionate about nurturing young talent and seeing their art come to fruition, much like the pathway she took herself. “I often imagine going back to where I started and thinking about the forces around me that would go on to inform my work,” says Suteja.…

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PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Ashton @After Winter Agency FASHION Hannah Cooper MODELS Yilan Hua @NY Model Management, Teo Fortin @Metropolitan Models Paris HAIR Miwa Moroki MAKEUP Kana Nagashima PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Alex Tracey and Bananas Clarke STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Lola Sarah CASTING Neill Seeto at IMA Casting…

PHOTOGRAPHY Jess Ruby James @M.A.P FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Franny Richardson @Priscillas and Ploy Rida @Precision MGMT HAIR Alan White @M.A.P MAKEUP Colette Miller DIGITAL OPERATOR Joshua Carr-Hummerston PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Conrad Wainwright STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS Chelsea Oh and Rosie Deschanel…

PHOTOGRAPHY Jurgen Teller MODELS Ruth Bell @Elite, Selena Forrest @Next Models, Sora Choi @Ford, Essoye Mombot @Oui Management HAIR Guido Palau MAKEUP Peter Philips for Parfums Christian Dior…

PHOTOGRAPHER Charles Dennington @M.A.P FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODELS Chanupa Amarasinghe, Louis Steele @ Kult Australia, Magbul Choul @Chadwick Models HAIR Pete Lennon @AP–REPS MAKEUP Molly Warkentin @AP–REPS PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Matteo Del Vera STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Chelsea Oh…

“Degrees of literacy so often determine how we see what we see.” – bell hooks For the longest time, Western art was painted as something that existed to bring pleasure to those cultivated enough to understand it. It was bloated with its own self-importance. But it wasn’t the art’s fault. Nor was it entirely Kenneth Clark’s. Yet, a certain John Berger liked to think the art historian had a hand in it. In 1969, Clark released a 13-hour BBC series called Civilisation, making him an easy clay pigeon. The blockbuster celebrated the “genius” of European, mostly male, mostly white artists. It was every bit as outsized as the name suggests. It was Clark’s upper-crust self-styled connoisseurship that grated on Berger most. Intended as a polemical response, Berger’s pioneering four-part series…

There’s an endless sense of wonder that embeds itself in the framework of design. The two are inextricably linked, forming an unspoken co-dependency that sees the other thrive. It’s a magic that springs to life when design transcends the barriers of function and melts into the creative laboratory otherwise known as experimentation. A space where the mundane is continuously challenged and transformed to create objects that make you think – or in some cases, not think at all. Filled with an unexplainable ease that it all just “feels right”, there’s a certain curiosity that takes over when you consider how it all began. For Louis Vuitton, the message has always been in the journey. The luxury House’s defining ethos is rooted in its uncompromised 160-year-old vision of the “Art of…