Elyssa Kostopoulos

Sydney

Content Director at RUSSH

Journalism student at UTS. Passionate about writing and the evolving world of the fashion media industry.

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Articles

First look at Nagnata's 'Return to Earth' film at AFW 2025

2 days ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

At Australian Fashion Week 2025, Nagnata did what it does best – provoking, grounding, and reminding us that style can be both a visual language and an act of care. With Return to Earth, founder and creative director Laura May unveiled more than just a collection. She offered a philosophy in motion, one that asked not only what we wear, but what we leave behind. “Return to Earth has been a long time in the making,” May says.
Actor Jessica De Gouw gets ready an evening with Cartier

3 days ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

It’s just after golden hour on Collins Street, and inside Cartier’s new Melbourne boutique, the energy is shifting. Velvet-lined rooms. Champagne in tall flutes. Diamonds catching light from every angle. But before the doors opened and the crowd rolled in, Jessica De Gouw was getting ready – somewhere between jazz and 90s pop, surrounded by skincare, silk, and sentiment. “When it comes to big events, I always start with water. Hydrate, hydrate,” she says, perched on the edge of a dressing room chair.
'RUSSH' invites you to a conversation on sustainable beauty

6 days ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

At RUSSH, we believe beauty should be as thoughtful as it is transformative. That the jars on your vanity can be beautiful inside and out – and that caring for yourself shouldn’t come at the cost of the planet. In celebration of conscious rituals and refillable icons, RUSSH is inviting 20 readers to an intimate morning with L’Oréal Groupe, dedicated to the future of beauty.
How to recycle your beauty empties

1 week ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

In partnership with L'Oréal Emptying a beauty product feels like a testament to its efficacy, but when it comes to thoughtfully disposing of the packaging, it can be confusing. What can be recycled, and how do we recycle things properly? Often, beauty product packaging is made up of multiple materials. It can also be unclear exactly what the materials are. That’s why so often, it ends up in landfill.
First Nations artist Otis Hope Carey collaborates with Christian Louboutin

1 week ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

In partnership with Christian Louboutin On the first evening of May, Sydney pulsed with red-soled elegance as Christian Louboutin unveiled its Fall-Winter 2025 collection in an exclusive showcase with celebrated Gumbaynggirr Bundjalung artist Otis Hope Carey.
Our April fashion favourites are all about the details

1 week ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

There’s a quiet power in the details. And in our April fashion favourites, we find ourselves drawn to the subtleties — the tiny shifts in texture, the unexpected twist of a silhouette, the way a single accessory can anchor an entire look. This is the month for precision. For craftsmanship that doesn’t scream for attention, but rather rewards those who lean in for a closer look. As the southern hemisphere edges into cooler territory, our style instincts follow suit. Layers are intentional.
Where to buy tickets to Spilt Milk 2025

1 week ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

Summer’s most anticipated festival is back – and Spilt Milk 2025 is rewriting the rules on what a headline can mean. A lineup this stacked doesn’t come around often. But then again, Spilt Milk has never done things by halves. The lineupAt the top of the bill is Kendrick Lamar – Pulitzer Prize winner, GRAMMY magnet, and West Coast legend – making his long-awaited return to Australian stages following his sold-out Grand National Tour with SZA.
Inside the 20th anniversary of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women

2 weeks ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

There are few prizes that have consistently shifted the axis of contemporary art like the Max Mara Art Prize for Women. This year, in a gesture of quiet but resounding celebration, Max Mara marks two decades of the Prize’s transformative legacy with Time for Women! Empowering Visions in 20 Years of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women – an exhibition staged at the iconic Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, from April 17 to August 31, 2025.
Eliza Scanlen wants to get closer to herself

2 weeks ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

In partnership with Burberry There is a crispness to London in the spring. The kind of softness that feels cinematic if you catch it at the right time of morning – all light leaks and long shadows, the promise of possibility stitched into the air. Eliza Scanlen caught it. She rode her bike through the quiet streets of North London to a studio just blocks from home to shoot our latest digital cover story. It felt romantic, she says.
All the TV shows and films coming to Netflix Australia in May 2025

2 weeks ago | russh.com | Elyssa Kostopoulos

As autumn slips further into its final act, Netflix Australia’s May 2025 releases are here to meet the season’s mood. With the scent of woodsmoke in the air and the sun calling it quits by five, we turn inward – and into stories that speak to change, chaos, comfort, and connection. There are return seasons we’ve been holding our breath for (yes, Unseen, we’re looking at you), and new titles that promise a thrill, a tear, or at the very least, a conversation starter.