Posts by Morgan Hills
“Widow’s Bay” Sets a High Bar for Horror Comedy
A decade ago, back when Twitter was still Twitter, and writerly types gathered there to amuse one another, a Los Angeles-based screenwriter named Katie Dippold posted one of the all-time great tweets. It was “tbt,” or throwback Thursday, a weekly excuse to post a picture from one’s past. Dippold chose an image of herself sitting…
Read MoreBest Shoes for Nurses to Shop Online, From Clogs and Crocs to Running Sneakers
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. In this article View More Best Shoes (+ Accessories!) for Female Nurses to Buy Online This Year View more + Let’s get one thing straight: Nurses are real-life superheroes, tasked with providing essential medical…
Read MoreA Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike
The novel’s main two conflicts center on the university. First, there is an ongoing existential battle being waged between the university (the purview of the academics) and the city’s wild, unstoppable greenery (the purview of the gardeners, a quasi-mystical class of stoic workers who wear wide-brimmed hats and communicate in parables and aphorisms). As a…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Melissa Releases Second Futuristic Shoe Collection With Diesel
Nearly one year after their first collection, Melissa and Diesel are reuniting for the second chapter of their collaborative partnership. The second drop sees the return of three footwear styles offered in an extended size range, designed around the reimagination of Diesel’s “D” monogram, which contributes to the contemporary look of the line. Shoe styles…
Read MoreStephen Spielberg’s Reckless, Audacious “Disclosure Day”
Margaret is entirely aware of what she’s doing when she pulls off these empathetic maneuvers, but she remains oblivious to how she herself is being puppeteered—when she speaks Russian or Korean, when she clucks. There’s a link between these conscious and unconscious forms of mind control, and for Spielberg Margaret’s eventual coming to consciousness is…
Read MoreSarah Jessica Parker Leads Star-studded Fendi Baguette Campaign
ORIGINAL BAGUETTE: There’s no doubt Sarah Jessica Parker contributed to cement Fendi’s Baguette place in pop culture when playing Carrie Bradshaw in “Sex and the City,” and declaring it was not simply a bag. “This isn’t a bag, it’s a Baguette,” she pleaded to her robber in season three of the iconic series. Now Parker is…
Read MoreOlivia Rodrigo’s Early-Twenties Lament
“They say modern love’s a cruel endeavor,” Olivia Rodrigo sings on “u + me = <3,” a lush, desperate new song from her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love.” She adds, “And to that I say, ‘Fuck it, whatever.’ ” Insouciance has always been Rodrigo’s abiding philosophy when it comes…
Read MoreLaverne Cox Spins Mugler’s 2001 Spider Dress Into Pride Gala Mode in Seattle
Laverne Cox spun one of Thierry Mugler’s rare archival designs back onto the carpet Saturday, attending the Lifelong Pride Gala at The Sanctuary in Seattle in the fall 2001 Spider dress. Laverne Cox at the Lifelong Pride Gala in vintage Thierry Mugler in Seattle on Saturday. Getty Images for Lifelong Also colloquially referred to as…
Read MoreWhat Marcel Is Selling
The menu, from the French chef Marie-Aude Rose, who also runs La Mercerie, is old-fashioned in the au-courant way. A preprandial demi-baguette is laid directly on the tablecloth—no board, no basket, no plate; nothing is chicer, or more exquisite, than exquisite nonchalance. (A puck of butter is complimentary, though you can level up to a…
Read MoreThis Paris Pop-up Gives a Great Sense of Tokyo
The next best thing to a buying trip in Japan — for consumers and retailers alike — might be the Toyko Sense pop-up in Paris showcasing 29 mostly under-the-radar brands across fashion, home and personal care. Open daily from Sunday to July 7 at 16 Rue des Minimes, the retail showcase comes courtesy of Japanese…
Read MoreKate Millett Disappears
Millett said that she created “Terminal Piece” because “it could not be written.” The failure of language again: Is it because language is itself a social system and therefore ultimately untrustworthy? Is the art work, with its autonomy and silence, the only place where individual reality can be safely revealed? Yet it is language that…
Read MoreKate Millett Disappears
Millett said that she created “Terminal Piece” because “it could not be written.” The failure of language again: Is it because language is itself a social system and therefore ultimately untrustworthy? Is the art work, with its autonomy and silence, the only place where individual reality can be safely revealed? Yet it is language that…
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