Posts by Morgan Hills
How to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday
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Read MoreGraff Taps BTS’ Jung Kook As Global Ambassador
SHINING MOMENT: Graff has tapped Jung Kook as its latest ambassador. The jeweler dropped a campaign on Thursday to introduce the BTS member and K-pop star’s new role. “Jung Kook is a cultural icon, recognize for his multi-faceted talent,” said François Graff, chief executive officer of the jewelry house. “Bold and refined, he always offers…
Read MoreHow Preorders Could Change Sneaker Buying Forever — and Why They Might Not
The days of queuing up days in advance or starting off your morning by competing with automated bots for a chance to purchase in-demand sneakers could be finally coming to an end — or at least dramatically changing. Preorder sneaker releases have become a hot topic recently as Nike took full advantage of the energy…
Read MoreEight Great American Novels
You know what they say: a semiquincentennial happens only once, but great American literature is forever. Whether we can all agree on what makes a novel a great American one is another story (considering we can’t agree on much these days). To me, Curtis Sittenfeld’s “American Wife” fits the description. It’s the fictionalized story of…
Read MoreRabanne President Talks Strategy, Readies 1 Million Black Launch
PARIS — Rabanne is traversing a period of change, with a recently minted president, departing fashion designer — and a new edition of its blockbuster 1 Million fragrance. Renaud de Lesquen, president of Rabanne fashion and fragrance, outlined his strategy during the first interview he’s given since starting in the position at parent company Puig…
Read MoreShein Faces Legal Action in Germany Over Toxic Chemicals in Clothing
A German nonprofit is taking legal action against Shein after tests it commissioned found hazardous chemicals in 15 of 18 items from the e-tail juggernaut, including a women’s boot with a reproductive toxic plasticizer at 179 times the European Union’s legal limit and a jacket marketed to teenagers with polyfluorinated compounds at 12,000 times the…
Read MoreSublime Fury at the Ojai Festival
Nostalgia isn’t an Ojai virtue, however, and younger composers kept things current. Messiaen’s nature-consciousness found a counterpart in Gabriella Smith’s “Anthozoa,” for violin, cello, piano, and percussion, which evoked the microscopic bustle of coral reefs, with clicks and rustlings giving way to oceanic hymnal chords. Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “Ró” (“tranquillity,” in Icelandic) unfurled a not dissimilar…
Read MoreAt Pacha New York, an Infamous Night Club Is Reborn
By the time Rampa arrived on the decks, a bit before 1 a.m., the crowd was congealing into a congenial blur: serious dancers with their eyes closed, celebratory guys in basketball jerseys, swaying couples, groups of friends interested more in one another than in the guy in the booth. He had brought with him Prospa,…
Read MoreWhat Happened to Your Face?
One of the things Wittgenstein implies is that we don’t theorize the faces we see. I might talk of “reading” your face, but it isn’t like reading a code or a map: I don’t look at you, add together your liquid eyes and droopy mouth, and pronounce my final judgment that you’re sad. I simply…
Read MoreSomething Is Very Wrong with Modern Longevity Science
One hardly needs a list of blue zones to think of commonsense ways to improve life span. We can invest in biomedical research and enact laws and regulations to reduce pollution, design walkable neighborhoods, establish safe public spaces, create affordable housing, and curb smoking. Such strategies might not trend on TikTok, but they would be…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Longchamp Names Chinese Opera Star Lijun Chen Local Brand Ambassador
The renaissance of traditional Chinese fashion styles in the local market has lifted the tide for adjacent cultural realms — most recently, a burgeoning fandom around classic Chinese theater. Now one of the industry’s rising stars, the Yue Opera performer and film actress Lijun Chen, has become the face of Longchamp in China. The 34-year-old…
Read MoreNobody’s a Stranger When You Play “No Letting Go”
I was not alive for Dylan going electric, but I was alive for the Diwali riddim. I can’t imagine that the sixties felt so monumental. In 2003, it seemed that every other song on the radio was built on the Jamaican producer Steven (Lenky) Marsden’s backing track, named after the Hindu festival of lights and…
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