Author: Gabriela Hidalgo

Fashion / Trend

Neck level

Girl, we couldn’t get much higher. Ultra-feminine or embellished with edge. AW 16 brought focus to sculptural collars and accessories for the neckline.

Fashion / Style

James & Irisa’s elemental beauty

Not like the others. Enamoured by the raw appeal of Australian opals, the designers behind James & Irisa were inspired to show the stone – and others – in a whole new light. This was the spark that ignited the Melbourne-based label, resulting in a delicate, modern and forever covetable meeting of the elements.

Home / Interiors

Hermès x Osang Gwon

Pictures of you. Art meets fashion, animal meets human and photography meets sculpture in the windows of Hermès’ Sydney store.

Fashion / Style

Back to nature with Etro

Secret garden. Etro takes us behind the scenes and into the woods with Heather Kemesky, Frederikke Sofie, Marcel Castenmiller and Elias de Poot for the brand’s bohemian AW 16 campaign.

Fashion / Model Monday

Alexandra Elizabeth Ljadov

Scouted: Eating meat with ketchup at a grill festival in her native Estonia.
Playing muse: Has faced campaigns for Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Saint Laurent.
Partner in crime: Fellow Estonian Harleth Kuusik.

People

Jessica Stam

An inspiration to Marc Jacobs and championed by Steven Meisel, doll-faced Jessica Stam led the way for The New Crop. Standing five feet, 11 inches, the girl from Canada has been shot by Karl Lagerfeld, Corinne Day and Steven Klein, and done time as the face of Dior, Bvlgari and Giorgio Armani – Jacobs even named a bag for her. She dated a Chilli Pepper, has a thing for Frank Ol’-Blue-Eyes Sinatra, and peanut butter and jam sandwiches, they’re her meal of choice. A RUSSH muse forever, there will never be another like Stam.

Home / Interiors

Louis Vuitton loves Printemps

Luxury and lunar fantasy in Paris. Beginning with a bright cosmos to behold through the windows of Paris’ Printemps department store, Louis Vuitton’s new installation goes far beyond the visual with exclusive products and the much anticipated arrival of the house’s new le Parfum. Across the universe.

Home / Interiors

Lynch Weekend at Golden Age Cinema

There’s nothing quite like a Lynchian mystery. Unexplainable by nature, with no sign of beginning or end. It’s a quality that places David Lynch’s films in a genre, and a world, of their own – one that’s well worth a visit every now and then.

Destination Inspiration / Home

A guide to L.A. living

When it comes to engaging the senses, Neada Jane of recently-launched social app Clapit knows more than a thing or two. On a picture perfect L.A. day, the Australian native took RUSSH for a ride around the city she now calls home.

Beauty / Trend

Up and away

Still the most effortless. Messy or ballerina, poolside or nine to five. Pull your hair into a nonchalant bun and choose your own adventure. From Frederikke to Natasha – this is the ultimate in off-duty styling.

Fashion / Trend

All black and white

A nod to the 60s. AW 16 brought a wave of monochrome stripes, prints and checks, plus mod silhouettes. Twiggy would be proud.

Home / Interiors

VAMFF 2017 Fashion Film Series

Big ideas on silver screens. Returning to the Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2017, the Fashion Film Series – presented by RUSSH – shines a light on emerging and recognised fashion filmmakers. Applications for the festival are open ’til September 30, with finalists announced in late October.

Fashion / Trend

Get your motor running

For the wild ones. The moto jacket received a sizeable showcase on AW 16 runways, from slim-fittings at Alexander Wang and Courrèges to large and layered at Balenciaga and Coach. Time to ride.

Beauty / Trend

All grown up

We’ll go walking through the park and reminiscing. These are the braids you can take from schoolyard nostalgia and into the now.

Home / Postcards

Collina Strada’s Hillary Taymour

From the everyday to the extraordinary, for New York-based fashion designer Hillary Taymour of Collina Strada there is no tried-and-tested formula when it comes to conjuring creative revelations. Here, the eco-conscious creator shares with RUSSH her go-to stimulants in the city she calls home.

Fashion / Model Monday

Marjan Jonkman

Hometown: Sint Nicolaasga, Netherlands.
The debut: Saint Laurent’s SS 15 campaign, shot by Hedi Slimane.
In demand: Walked 60 shows for AW 16.

Fashion / Trend

What’s hood

Something like a phenomenon. From the streets of New York to the runways in Paris – AW 16 saw the hoodie take over.

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