LA’s It Crowd are line dancing in cowboy boots to Troye Sivan
It’s 10:30pm on Thursday night in East Los Angeles and a dimly lit lino dancefloor in Echo Park is full of 20 and 30-somethings, standing in lines. Above them are disco balls. On multiple feet, are...
View ArticleBalenciaga shuts down a palm-lined street in LA with an Erewhon-inspired show
Everyone’s texting each other screenshots of conversations with different Balenciaga reps. One person has the time of the show, another the suburb. One says the post-show event is happening at Sunset...
View ArticleOn the road with Towa Bird
Towa Bird is one of those TikTok pandemic success stories they’ll later study at university. During Covid-19, the then London-based British-Filipino musician began recording videos of herself playing...
View ArticleOur year of rest and retaliation
On the day of New Year’s Eve, I slept until 7pm. As the sun began setting, dragging myself and my duvet to the couch, I watched an episode of The Curse and ate a piece of toast. I brushed my teeth but...
View ArticleExtravagance, exaggerated proportions, and extreme corsetry reigned supreme...
The reviews coming out of Paris Men’s Fashion Week mentioned wearability, functionality and commerciality. Runways showing tailored suits, tailored blazers, tailored trousers, tailored coats. Uniforms...
View ArticleEverything a ‘RUSSH’ editor overheard during New York Fashion Week
The gossip on the ground on Tuesday night in New York City was that none other than Beyoncé was going to attend a New York Fashion Week Show. After a season with less big names in the front row than...
View ArticleIs it really all Lululemon and dogs? An investigation into the state of NYC...
The comments sent shockwaves around Dimes Square. Chloë Sevigny, Queen of New York City, the woman who wouldn’t live anywhere else, least of all L.A., the style icon whose wardrobe sale shut down half...
View ArticleMen’s favourite new accessory? A Country Road canvas tote
It can all be traced back to Jacob Elordi. At the same time as the Australian actor became a household name with his role as Nate Jacobs in Euphoria, and then cemented himself as a full-blown next-gen...
View ArticleIs Coachella still worth it?
For the first time in over a decade, Coachella hasn’t sold out, prompting the question: has the once-iconic Californian music festival lost its shine? We sent contributing features editor Isabelle...
View ArticleDinner and a show (and an office party) with Ralph Lauren
Before Ralph Lauren’s Fall/Holiday 2024 Women’s show, there were rumours the room – in the brand’s corporate headquarters on Madison Ave, New York – would only be big enough to fit 100 people. They...
View ArticleDo lymphatic drainage massages really work?
It was 10:50am and I was going to be late to my appointment at Ricari Studios. I hate being late, and I’m always late. I drove fast with a familiar frustrated knot in my chest. Angry at the pointless...
View ArticleIt’s officially ‘Brat summer’, and here are the Charli XCX-approved...
Since Megan Thee Stallion’s song Hot Girl Summer became the slogan of the first post-pandemic summer – an anthem, vibe and way of living that conjured up freedom, fun and, later, even the way one would...
View ArticlePostcards from the East Village: Isabelle Truman takes us to all her...
I distinctly remember the first time I stepped foot outside in New York. I was 19 and at the beginning of a three-month trip with two of my best friends. We had limited funds, no idea what we were...
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