RUSSH

RUSSH Magazine is an independent, innovative fashion magazine, showcasing the work of leading and up-and-coming creatives across fashion, beauty and the arts. With its finger firmly on the pulse, the magazine collaborates with some of the industry’s most forward-thinking, boundary-pushing talents from across the globe to create a diverse offering of engaging and thought-provoking content. At its core, RUSSH Magazine reflects the way intelligent readers and tastemakers approach fashion, beauty and the arts to create their own distinctive style.

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EDITOR’S LETTER

TELL ME MORE • Love or lust? The creatives behind this issue dare to bare all.

ZINNIA KUMAR

WE LOVE

DONYALE LUNA • “There are going to be a lot of people who will die because they just don’t know how to live. They don’t know what life’s about, they don’t know how to give, how to love - nor do they want to.”

KISS OF LIFE • A new year heralds a fresh influx of talent, those who stop you in your tracks and permeate society with a unique sensibility. They have attitude, presence and an individual state of being. They are fresh, ambitious and eager to be seen. The kind of person bound by impetuosity. Roll call, here they are: the ones to watch.

WHERE DID HOT GIRL SUMMER GO? • Reclaiming the right to dress sexy as an act of self service.

FLOWER RONDO

LUST FOR CHANGE • Cover star Zinnia Kumar has always wanted to change the world.

BARE BONES • Hayley Millar Baker on separating memory from experience and finding strength in the moments in-between.

A MOVIE IN A SINGLE FRAME • Guy Bourdin – the legacy of an artist who galvanised the principles of photographing fashion.

READS • The lust-centric books we turn to for strength and inspiration.

FROM US TO YOU

REASSEMBLING GOLD AND FINDING RINGS • A journey into the creativity of musician and poet Sinead O’Brien.

IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LUST, PLAY ON… • The power of music over our senses is undeniable and for some can be essential in cultivating a mood. We asked those who might be a part of our lust soundtracks to tell us their own musical curators of mood, as well as their current desires.

RECORDS • A fusion of new and old releases, evoking intimate memories alongside musings on the future.

I AM HANAN

YOUR WORST REVENGE • If rage and anger are a fundamental part of the healing process, is revenge morally off the cards? Reckoning with the revenge fantasy when heartbreak gets the best of us. This is the story you’ll tell the kids we never had.

BURNING DESIRES

LUST PROOF • For the times when we find ourselves feeling our most alluring. Whether you’re dancing the night away or intertwined in a moment of hot, steamy passion, these are products that don’t budge.

BACK TO NATURE • Inspired by the raw energy of nature, Gabrielle Chanel adopted a camellia as her signature. Now, the camellia is at the root of the House’s latest innovation in beauty: Nº1 de Chanel.

SAFE WORD

IRON SKY

LAWLESS • “I’m having a supreme moment of euphoria. Each step I take on the dance floor imprints the world with my mark, as lasting and significant as a hieroglyphic. I have no urge to text her, no desire to hear from her. For the first time in two years my mind is completely unrestrained and it sweeps around the globe, pressing briefly and lovingly against each friend. What are they doing? How are they? The continents appear like playrooms of promise, I can go anywhere, see anyone. Say anything.”

Gone Girl

Poison Petal

Reverie

FEVER!

FAST LANE

North Star

INTO MY ARMS

BODY OF WORK • Unpacking the body as a political tool, exploring the world of erotic fantasies and capturing the...