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“I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching my blood whispers to me.”– Hermann Hesse More often than we would wish for, there are moments in our lives when things happen that make no sense at all. Whether wild, unimaginable twists or just vaguely uncomfortable interludes, we are often left blank. Wondering. How and why? We turn to our books, reinvestigate our faith or find ourselves drawn to symbolism, and then after a while we retreat. Not to hide – although it would be fathomable under the circumstances –-but as a necessity to find the space to receive from within. A refuge to open our hearts to the messages hidden in our thoughts…

“Conceptually, I am open to mistakes – errors, actually. I do play lots of wrong notes while I am making some music, and a mistake or a wrong note is like a gift for me” – Ryuichi Sakamoto Salt-and-pepper locks framing a bespectacled complexion. Watchful eyes taking it all in – curious, contemplative, evocative of something else; an exacting mind, always simmering underneath. Ryuichi Sakamoto was a man of many polarities; languid, yet cerebral, introverted, yet unwilling to conform. He had a sartorial flare for the dramatic – all chic-black-high-neck and tortoiseshell frames. Purple silken suits and cherry-red ties punctuating a pared-back wardrobe, unconventional accents that denoted the eccentricities of the man they adorned. His was a constant and furtive reckoning with genre, composition, and at times, his own mortality.…

The role of the fashion designer is one that generally exists within the canon of modern history. Today, it survives as more of a metaphor than anything else. A singular figure responsible for the entire identity of a brand, rather than the many hands a garment passes through before being fully realised. Prior to the 19th century, if one wanted new clothing, they would have to know various people to bring an item to life: a tailor, a pattern maker, an embroiderer, a milliner, a cordwainer. Now, within the context of a luxury House, the consumer only needs to know the name of one person to understand what they are buying into. Who is the star designer of today? Does the term still feel as relevant as it once was,…

When the International Surrealist Exhibition launched at New Burlington Galleries, London, in June of 1936, over 1000 people came to the opening. Salvador Dalí delivered a speech wearing a deep-sea diver’s suit, in which he almost suffocated, and had to be released from his helmet with a spanner. Dylan Thomas wandered through the crowd, who were keenly listening to André Breton’s opening address, holding a cup of boiled string. “Would you like it weak or strong?” he asked them. One of the few female artists to be included in this exhibition was the photographer and painter Dora Maar. Among her three works that were hung in the exhibition, was the photomontage, The Pretender. The image shows a figure of a boy, bending backwards at an improbable angle, layered over an…

Herbal therapies have been central to the health, history and culture of First Nation communities for thousands of years. However, for the past three hundred years, due to various forms of colonialism, traditional plants, especially those heralded by First Nations people, have been demonised by the West as ‘pseudoscience’. It has only been in the past decade that First Nations herbalism has seen a resurgence in how we holistically discuss physical and mental healing – such as the use of cannabis for cancer pain and palliative care, and psychoactive drugs like LSD and mushrooms being scientifically acknowledged as ‘closer to medicinal use’. My entire stance on the matter can be summed up by the author of Plant Magic: Herbalism in Real Life, who wrote: “[herbs] can’t be life-saving surgery or…

PHOTOGRAPHY Jesse Lizotte @Bernstein & Andriulli FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Emily Miller @Next Models HAIR Hide Suzuki MAKEUP Asami Matsuda @Saint Luke Artists DIGITAL OPERATOR Paulo Santana PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Alex Johnstone and Nathanial Jerome STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Hannah Krall PRODUCER Julia Clark…

PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Ashton @After Winter Agency FASHION Hannah Cooper MODEL Liana Lottie @Priscillas HAIR Kyye @AP—Reps using Hair Rituel by Sisley MAKEUP Sean Brady using M.A.C Cosmetics, MECCA Max and Tarte Cosmetics DIGITAL OPERATOR Seok-Ho Yoon PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Brett Clarke STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Kirsten Humphreys LOCATION Pickering Homestead, Denman…

PHOTOGRAPHY Sam Armstrong FASHION Hannah Cooper MODEL Yanle Li @QUEST Hong Kong HAIR & MAKEUP Cathy Zhang STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Li Yat Lam…

PHOTOGRAPHY Ivar Wigan FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Jordan Barrett @Modules Management HAIR Claire Moore MAKEUP David Gillers STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Brigitte Kovats HAIR ASSISTANT Sarah Sango PRODUCTION Giorgio Tsintoukidis PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Katie Holmes…

Desire Patrick Remy, (Steidl), 2000 I found this book at a second-hand book store and loved the choices and decisions made across the collection of images. The curation is distinctive and understood, and reminded me of the right way to think (which is to think with instinct) when trying to understand and communicate my own ideas. I like how every image is created with a delivery of risk and isn’t asking to be understood, but instead telling what they understand. Creating something like this offers so much to anyone else looking at it and I really liked that about this book. It reminds me of the importance of instinct in an individual’s perspective when creating images (or anything). – Charlotte Agnew, Fashion Director Trent Parke: The Black Rose Trent Parke…

Richie Shazam lives a ritualistic life; one made up of daily practices created to help her realise her manifestations. “I’ve spent my whole life putting things out to the universe. But it wasn’t until I was able to really own my power and my voice that I was able to step into that intuition,” she explains. “There are ways in your day-to-day life that you can tune into really doing what makes you feel good and what feels right – even when society is trying to prevent it. It’s through pattern and ritual that I’m able to realise the things that mean the most to me.” This pragmatic ethos will likely surprise those who know Shazam as being a longtime fixture of downtown New York’s creative scene. If it’s a…

Anna Ugarte-Carral Writer, Matters Of Taste A time I followed a gut feeling was… Leaving the career I studied at university in order to become a chef. I feel most in tune with myself when… When I’ve just finished a morning run. I have great instincts when it comes to… Picking the perfect avocado Head or heart? Heart. Follow what you love. I am superstitious about… Absolutes. Mantis Leprêtre Makeup Artist, You Don’t Own Me A time I followed a gut feeling was… When I left fashion school to study makeup. I didn’t know where it would lead me, but I was determined and felt that it was the right career for me. I feel most in tune with myself when … I’m focusing on my friends, family and work…

Adhieu Ayuen Jongkuch (Omalo) @Priscillas I feel most in tune with myself when … I feel most in tune when I focus on myself. Making time to do things I enjoy or even just getting enough rest. Making myself happy the way I’d make a beloved companion happy. A dream I remember having recently was … Seeing myself on a billboard is something I always dream of, day and night, and I’m manifesting it until the day it becomes a reality. I’d like to do more of … Letting go of the things I do not have control of. Latahlia Hickling @Chic Management One thing you should know about me is … I love a late-night Maccas run. Soft-serve in a lid with extra chocolate fudge is my go-to. I…

Above all, Mother Nature is the ultimate teacher. She encourages us to be curious, enchants us with a gracefulness that is impossible to replicate, and inspires a strength within that often feels untouched. At her core, she is guided entirely by intuition – unphased by the external energies that orbit her, she continues to set the pace, moving to a rhythm that only she knows. In more ways than one, this inherent synergy with nature has long lived fiercely within the Chaumet Maison. Embedded in some of the jewellers’ earliest memories, it was not long after Marie-Étienne Nitot established his workshop in 1780 that he began signing his letters with the words “naturalist jeweller”. In the more than two centuries since, Chaumet’s identity has continued to be written in harmony…

PHOTOGRAPHY & fashion Kitty Callaghan MODEL Nadine Strittmatter STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Tennille Smith and Ariane Laval…

Convenience Store Woman Sayaka Murata (Portobello Books) Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata is my go-to read for a refreshing break between heavier books. It instantly transports me to Japan, evoking memories of living there or enjoying a holiday. The story revolves around Keiko, a neurodivergent woman who works at a convenience store. Keiko strives to fit in with her friends and society, going to extraordinary lengths to conform and please her family, even keeping an irritable man in her bathtub as a pet. It highlights the importance of prioritising oneself, trusting your own intuition, finding happiness and purpose regardless of societal expectations or notions of success. – Wendy Ma (Kaomoji Ceramics), Ceramicist The World Looks Like This From Here: Thoughts on African Psychology Kopano Ratele (Wits University Press) I…

Beauty notes — ISAMAYA BEAUTY Industrial 2.0 Eyeshadow applied on eyes and lips. Beauty notes — BYREDO Colour Stick in Medium Blue applied to cheeks. Beauty notes — GUCCI BEAUTY Flora Eyeshadow Palette across eyes, and byredo Lipstick in Earth Dust on lips. Beauty notes — RAE MORRIS BRUSHES; Giorgio Armani beauty Luminous Silk Foundation. Beauty notes — MAC COSMETICS Full Coverage Foundation in White. Beauty notes — Skin prepped using emma lewisham Illuminating Brighten Your Day Crème. PHOTOGRAPHY Blake Azar FASHION Hannah Cooper MODEL Annaliese Lloyd @Priscillas HAIR Madison Voloshin @Assembly Agency using Davroe MAKEUP Sean Brady using Isamaya Beauty, Gucci Beauty and M.A.C Cosmetics PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Finbarr and Bianca Edwards STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Kirsten Humphreys LOCATION Rosebery Studios…

PHOTOGRAPHY Kitty Callaghan FASHION Stefania Gertis MODEL Phoebe Tonkin HAIR Claudio Belizario @Call My Agent MAKEUP Ingeborg @Call My Agent PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Maximilian Mair STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Emile Branchereau-Angelucci SET ASSISTANTS Ariane Laval and Tennille Smith…

PHOTOGRAPHY Julia Marino FASHION Rebecca Purshouse MODELS Ella Rattigan @Women Management, Bilel Ben Ahmed @M Management HAIR Michael Thanh Bui MAKEUP Sohphea Yen PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Emil Kosuge STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Agnes Solhall CASTING DIRECTOR ‘STUDIO Bauman’ PRODUCTION 91 Productions Special thanks to Henri Pier @World+…

PHOTOGRAPHY Olivia Lorraine Tran FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Zayna @Heroes HAIR Kaizy MAKEUP Daurianne Emboule SET DESIGN Emma Sandral PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Emil Kosuge STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Merveille Malaki PRODUCTION Mathieu Mathon…

PHOTOGRAPHY Tim Ashton @After Winter Agency FASHION Hannah Cooper MODEL Declan Preziuso @Priscillas HAIR Kyye @AP—Reps using Hair Rituel by Sisley MAKEUP Sean Brady using Giorgio Armani Beauty Luminous Silk foundation DIGITAL OPERATOR Seok-Ho Yoon PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANT Brett Clarke STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Kirsten Humphreys LOCATION Pickering Homestead, Denman…

There’s something alluring and effervescent about Emily Miller that you can’t quite put your finger on. Maybe it’s her boyish good looks or her knowing eyes – eyes that have pierced us through the lenses of iconic brands like Calvin Klein and Louis Vuitton. Maybe it’s something in the way she carries herself, all rugged insouciance and charm. A true Libran at heart, she’s inclined toward balance in all aspects of life; never letting herself be pinned down to just one singular place, living freely between the east and west coasts, and in the chaos of her own complexity. One place you’ll never find her, however, is traversing a place of self-doubt; her only hinderence to success is whether or not she can imagine it first. Miller is true to…

Introducing our sophomore issue of RUSSH Home, an ode to our lived-in spaces, and a celebration of the aesthetic, philosophical and culinary stories we create and share within them. Our second issue, edited by Tamsin Johnson, is a continuation of the conversation that began with our debut issue last year; reimagining how we might measure beauty, define comfort and curate and inhabit our spaces with consideration or abandon. To order your copy of RUSSH Home Issue 02, scan the QR code below.…

Oneof life’s greatest – and often forgotten – joys is the simple power of transformation. A passage to self-expression, it serves as both a physical and poetic license for exploration; to be exactly who you wish to be in that moment, unapologetic and unwavering in your pursuit of unbridled joy. It’s this magnetism that Austrian jeweller, Swarovski, has brought to life in its latest campaign, entitled Metamorphosis – honouring joyful self-expression and the transformative power of crystals. Lensed by the formidable Steven Meisel and conceived by Creative Director Giovanna Engelbert, the missing piece in this creative puzzle came courtesy of the visionary styling of makeup artist Dame Pat McGrath. The result is a series of unforgettable images that breathes life into the otherworldly creatures that have become the cornerstones of…

Textiles have always lived in an in-between space – one that straddles both artform and utility. It’s a material often imbued with an enhanced sense of humanity; memory and identity also woven through, as if with needle and thread. Sydney-based Julia Gutman is an artist working in that in-between space, venturesomely fashioning patchwork portraits using refurbished garments and a myriad of worn textiles belonging to family and friends. She was the winner of this year’s Archibald Prize, one of the country’s most esteemed art prizes. And at just 29 years old, she was the youngest to do so in over 80 years. Gutman’s ability to treat and transform fabric – from picnic tablecloths to donated clothing – is nothing short of magic. She pieces together tender yet defiant meditations on…

I like lip gloss a lot and I often decide that certain colours and brands (of the day, week, month) have powers that get me through harder days. Dior Lip Glow is my #1 forever, but this is my favourite at the moment because my sister bought it for me and it gives me a sense of assurance in my decisions, feeling like she’s with me. - Charlotte Agnew, Fashion Director LE LABO Santal 33 Soon after receiving Santal 33 as a gift I started to feel about the fragrance the way I feel about my morning coffee. Around 5pm the day before, I start longing to go to bed so as to be closer to the morning, when we are once again reunited. - Ariela Bard, Contributing Writer CHANEL…

I deas can be a tormenting thing, evading us when we need them most, taking up a little too much room in our minds when waylaid by other matters. They hit us in the middle of the night, in the shower, on the commute home – and when they enter the world, well, there’s no going back then. Emma Lewisham is someone who knows first-hand what it’s like to be enamoured by a big idea. Her’s is a life lived in the shadow of her intuition – whether that intuition points her in a conventional direction, or towards the unorthodox. Just a few short years ago, when the New Zealand native went looking for a safer alternative to a commonly used beauty product in her repertoire, and was confronted by…

PHOTOGRAPHY Jess Ruby James FASHION Charlotte Agnew MODEL Malaika Holmén @Next Models HAIR Beth Shanefelter MAKEUP Mantis Leprêtre PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Nick Shaw and Josh Carr-Hummerston STYLIST’S ASSISTANT Natalia Shkurkina…

“Iremember looking over a fence into a garden when I was 14,” says Nicola Gerber Maramotti of a French childhood memory that marked her for life. “I saw this beautiful French mother with four kids and was mesmerized. She was impeccably dressed, there was a fresh baguette on the table, some cheese and a bottle of wine … this idea of simplicity, savoir-vivre, family values, enjoying the moment. I said to my mother, ‘I want to be that exact woman one day’.” Today the German-born brand ambassador is the Retail Director of Max Mara. She lives in Italy, and is married to Ignazio Maramotti, Chairman of Max Mara Fashion Group, with whom she has four children. When we meet on a rainy Wednesday morning at Le Meurice in Paris to…