Dear Mum is an affecting story centred on matrilineal bonds, hope, pain and transformation. Tori Watts’s story was voted by her peers as the tied winner for the People’s Choice in the inaugural RUSSH Literary Showcase. Get to know her here, and keep reading to see her winning story.   What is the last book you read … Lamisse and Hazem Hamouda’s The Shape of Dust. It’s an integral read to understand the tenets of human faith and perseverance in the face of red tape, fierce injustices, and cruelty beyond measure.   What are you currently reading … Bridget Hustwaite’s How to Endo. I was ..read more

I Wrote This For My Mother But She Can’t Read It is a moving story of identity and kinship. Sohani Goonetillake’s autofictional story was voted by her peers as the tied winner for the People’s Choice in the inaugural RUSSH Literary Showcase. Get to know her here, and keep reading to see her winning story.   What is the last book you read… The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. I’m still thinking about that controversial ending!   What are you currently reading… Kevin Kwan’s latest book Lies and Weddings! So far, it’s as opulent as his series, Crazy Rich Asians.   What’s your favourite bo ..read more

From its early use by sex workers in ancient Greece, to a symbol of glamour in Hollywood, red has long been associated with beauty, power and rebellion. It is a colour that commands attention. The spectrum of red, ranging from muted burgundy to raging ruby, has remarkable versatility. In fact, many designers regard red as a neutral due to necessity in unifying a space. Red ruled my childhood. We always had a red room wherever we lived when I was growing up. From crimson to scarlet, the colour seeped into every corner of my imagination. And I suppose it made sense that my first e ..read more

The rain may have poured on the evening in Shanghai, but Balenciaga Creative Director Demna ensured the fashion world was well-hydrated with another intrepid Balenciaga chapter. Held outdoors at the iconic Pudong Art Museum, the Spring 2025 collection was a potent blend of Demna’s signature subversion and a newfound, almost optimistic, glamour. The towering skyscrapers of Pudong, a vision of modern China, mirrored the razor-sharp silhouettes that dominated the runway. Elongated coats and jackets, their shoulders reaching for the heavens, seemed to channel the city’s vertical energy. This wasn ..read more

You only need to spend a morning walking the streets of Korea’s bustling capital city, Seoul, to quickly see that the reports are true – the place is bursting at the seams with creativity. From the innovative exploration of fashion that is felt and celebrated through street style, to the intersection of art and culture that bleeds into everyday spaces, the energy here is fresh – and truthfully, unmatched. Being my first (but certainly not my last) visit to the growing hotspot travel destination, and with very few preconceptions about what to expect, it became abundantly clear quite early on in ..read more

We’re inching closer and closer toward the month-long Europe sojourn. For those with booked tickets, it’s almost time to line your suitcases -and travel diaries – with a surplus of options. Euro Summer has been done to death. We’ve seen the aperols, the sun-decks, the red buses hurtling across the Thames. Perhaps I am writing this with a tacit bias – as this year I will be seeing Euro Summer through the realms of my favourite restaurants. It’s hard to keep the morale when the 70th story of a Parisian escapade hits your socials, (though we can’t blame them, we’ve collated a pretty sturdy guide ..read more

The arctic chill of Sydney winter has set in. We’re tired of fighting the slump for now, so we’re embracing the dormant lifestyle for a little bit. We’re taking to our homes, turning up the heater, and brewing a new pot of tea. (Matcha, anyone?) If you can’t beat them, join them. The best way to heed this policy is with a slew of releases from Netflix, old and new. Titles that have caught our eye range from anime series Black Clover (Season 3), the predecessor to Sean Baker’s oueurve before Anora, Tangerine (2015) , and the entire The Conjuring collection. Our pickings for an evening in? Start ..read more

Lately, I am in the process of sleep training… not a baby though, just myself. It’s easy to get into bad habits around bedtime and the routines I try to stand by. Just one more episode, or scroll, or email late in the evening have repercussions well into the night – and can have you begging for that extra hour of sleep. For whatever reason, sometimes I feel most creative when everyone else is asleep. This creates a flow on effect reminiscent of Groundhog Day with a sprinkling of Fight Club. I can only imagine the complexity of coupling my “routine” with that of caring for one or several babies ..read more

It’s the last day of May and the end of another week in fashion. We’ve seen Calvin Klein appoint their first creative director in years, and Glossier officially announce their IRL move into MECCA stores around the country. The nominees were unveiled for this year’s National Indigenous Fashion Awards, and Australia’s own Olympian Emma McKeon was announced as the latest Dior ambassador. But if you want to know a bit more about what’s been happening in fashion this week – there’s plenty still to catch up on. From new collections to campaign launches – we’ve got you covered below with all the news ..read more

An English rose with a presence warmer than the Australian sun, seemingly far from his character Patrick in Challengers, we can’t help but find him utterly charismatic. Not only he, but his style has captured out attention. Walking the red carpets for his most recent film premieres of La Chimera and Challengers, O’Connor most commonly will be adorned in an elegant adoption of a suit and tie- Loewe of course as the houses global ambassador. But what we’re loving even more on him, is a sweater. On or off the red carpet a knitted piece, whether it be a vest or a sweater ..read more