Posts by Morgan Hills
EXCLUSIVE: Majid Al Futtaim to Close THAT Concept Store in Dubai’s Mall of the Emirates
DUBAI — Majid Al Futtaim is closing THAT Concept Store, the homegrown multibrand retailer it launched at Mall of the Emirates in 2021, and redeploying its space as part of a $1.3 billion overhaul of the Dubai shopping center. In a statement provided exclusively to WWD, the company framed the move as a strategic reset…
Read MoreThe Fear Driving “Well, I’ll Let You Go” and “Othello”
Like the recent Broadway play “Little Bear Ridge Road,” “Well, I’ll Let You Go” is a portrait of people living in isolation, their walls up—a situation ripe for an explosion. Refreshingly, the play doesn’t cheat its way toward its climax, and instead arrives at something simpler and more affecting: the audience learns what happened to…
Read MoreFrom Heel to Calf
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Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Olive Young to Open First U.S. Store in Pasadena, Calif.
South Korean beauty retailer Olive Young is making its U.S. debut with the opening of its first American store in Pasadena, Calif., WWD has learned exclusively. The 8,647-square-foot space, located at 58 West Colorado Boulevard, is slated to open on May 29, marking the retailer’s first brick-and-mortar location in the U.S., alongside the launch of…
Read MoreWhy the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
In a talk on the “art of rough drafting,” George Saunders, the Phil Jackson of writing teachers, says he’s learned, through writing and revision, that “there is a mind greater than the one I’m talking to you with right now . . . and it’s smarter than me.” In my coaching sessions, I try to…
Read MoreKenzo Pre-Spring 2027: Clothes for Work and Play
The fashion gene seems to be closely linked to the ceramics gene, with the likes of Raf Simons, Jonathan Anderson, Matthieu Blazy and Andrew Gn among passionate collectors. Nigo, creative director of Kenzo, is another enthusiast. The Kyoto house of ceramicist Kawai Kanjiro ranks as his favorite museum in the world, and he hand-throws his…
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Bonobos Launches Linen Campaign With ‘Summer House’ Stars Carl Radke and Ben Waddell
Bonobos has launched a summer campaign built around linen, with Bravo’s “Summer House” stars Carl Radke and Ben Waddell fronting the project. The shoot places the collection in a New York summer setting and centers on relaxed pieces designed for warm weather and easy day-to-night wear. Called Cooler in Linen, the campaign — set inside…
Read MoreThe Glories of Cannes Are Upon Us
As ever, Gray uses personal dramas to illuminate larger political realities. In the coming-of-age film “Armageddon Time,” he drew a direct connection from the racist policies of the Reagan era to the overt white supremacy of the Trump era. In “Paper Tiger,” he seizes on a specific mid-perestroika moment, when the rapid opening up of…
Read MoreAsia on Edge as Beijing Summit Rekindles Xi-Trump ‘Frenemies’ Relationship
Even as the high stakes meeting in Beijing concluded on Friday, and President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One having established a veneer of friendship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing it as an “incredible visit” in which “a lot of different problems” had been settled, business heads and economists across Asia were watching with…
Read MoreMary Todd Lincoln Has Long Been Derided. Is Her Reputation Salvageable?
In these early years, Mary helped more often than she hindered, as when she steered Lincoln away from accepting the dead-end territorial governorship of Oregon. Like Nancy Reagan a century later, she carried her husband’s grudges for him, warning him about rivalrous colleagues with whom his own temperament often let him continue to do business.…
Read More“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda
Midway through my watch of the new tech-satire series “The Audacity,” I received an e-mail from Google that I had received many times before. My personal data had been found online, it said. This time, it was my phone number; previously, it had been more private information. The most I could do, it seemed, was…
Read MoreRiley Keough Gives Cannes’ Emerging Clear Shoe Trend a Wedge Twist in Alaïa
Riley Keough gave the clear shoe trend a more architectural Cannes read on Friday, arriving for the “Soudain” competition screening in Alaïa’s Invisible Thong Sandals. Riley Keough wearing Alaïa’s Invisible Thong Sandals at the competition screening red carpet of “Soudain” during the 79th Cannes Film Festival Cannes on Friday. Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images The…
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