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EDITOR’S LETTER
WITHOUT WARNING • Some of our favourite creative minds from the No Wave issue share their biggest risks taken, creative rewirings and where they refuse to compromise.
LUCA BIGGS
LYDIA LUNCH
NO WAVE. WE LOVE
I PROMISE IT WONT BE BORING
THE ANTI-UNIFORM • In a time when taste has been flattened, fashion’s sub-cultures are expanding and redefining what it mean to dress in defiance.
LIGHT THIS FUSE • A new flush of creative minds are rewriting the rules of their craft, with an eye for the poetic and the handmade.
I’M EVERY WOMAN • Gigi Hadid reflects on fixed identities, the art of portraiture, and blurring the line between character and self.
BY THE SEA SHORE • Ralph Lauren’s Spring 2025 campaign returns to the storied shores that shaped his vision, offering a sunlit meditation on style, coastal ease and timeless American elegance.
DREAMS BENEATH THE SURFACE • Reflecting on the life and legacy of surrealist filmmaker David Lynch, and his gift for unearthing the uncanny beneath the everyday, through dream logic and a singular, unsettling beauty.
READS • In a world that begs for polish and predictability, these books remind us that the most vital stories are often the ones that bleed, break form, and dare to begin without permission.
WHEN IT’S READY, NOT WHEN IT’S CALLED FOR • On queerness, cartoons, and the comedy of self-discovery. Interdisciplinary artist Keemon Williams is not here to play it safe.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WORLD, JUST WALK A COUPLE OF BLOCKS • A fever dream and time capsule of early 80s New York, Downtown 81 trails a young Jean-Michel Basquiat through a crumbling city alive with scrappy creativity.
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RUSHING INTO TENDERNESS • Carlos O’Connell of Fontaines D.C. reflects on the band’s fourth album, Romance, a sonic and emotional shift shaped by new fatherhood, collective vulnerability, and a return to dreaming.
RECORDS • Jagged, unvarnished, and defiantly out of step – these records arrive like transmissions from the underground, echoing splintered rhythms and anti-patterns.
A WORLD OF SOUND AND TEXTURES AND MUSICAL COLOURS • Bryan Ferry – iconic frontman of Roxy Music and master of artful melancholia – tells RUSSH about his holistic approach to music, the intoxicating power of his music, and the art of performing a great cover.
BACK INTO BALANCE • Sensitive skin has become an increasingly common complaint in the age of skincare maximalism, so how do we rethink what it means in a modern world?
INSTRUMENTS OF CARE • Once reserved for the expert’s hand, these beauty tools offer new ways to shape, soothe and awaken.
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME • In the scent of CHANEL’s newest fragrance, Chance Eau Splendide, lingers the intertwined philosophies of perfumer Olivier Polge and muse Angèle, who remind us that chance is not found, but made.
CUT AND PASTE
NOTES FOR A FUTURE SELF • In the quiet hours of a London morning, Eliza Scanlen finds herself between frames – lingering in the light, chasing the kind of stories that live just beneath...