Posts by Morgan Hills
China Insight: Three Keywords Unveiling China Inc. — and the Trillion-yuan Fashion Growth Drivers Ahead
For global fashion and beauty executives, China’s five-year plans are more than domestic policy roadmaps but function as strategic signals — revealing how capital, innovation and consumption will be guided in the world’s second-largest economy. Last year marked a pivotal inflection point: the final year of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan and the runway toward the…
Read MoreSchiaparelli Spring 2026 Couture: A Sting in the Tale
Schiaparelli’s haute couture show this season came with a sting — a giant scorpion tail, to be precise. Creative director Daniel Roseberry channeled nature’s predators for his prickliest collection to date, using trompe-l’oeil effects to evoke alligator tails, horns and giant wings, which sprouted from the backs of jackets and dresses to mimic birds in…
Read More“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?
In 2023, the writer Patricia Lockwood chafed at Wallace’s supposed sainthood in a long piece for the London Review of Books. The essay, in its ambivalence, did things other than chafe; Lockwood’s Technicolor mind, much like her subject’s, tends to move quaquaversally, to use a word that perhaps only a sesquipedalian math nerd who modelled…
Read MoreEaster Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”
She also formed a bond with a Rapanui prophetess named Angata, the leader of an uprising against the sheep-ranching operation then dominating the island, which took place during the Routledges’ stay. Scoresby dismissed Angata as a “mad woman” and her followers as “ruffians.” Katherine saw a “charming, frail old lady,” with expressive eyes, at the…
Read MoreClinique La Prairie Launches Mental Health Program
PARIS – Clinique La Prairie, which specializes in longevity clinics and integrative medicine, is focusing on mental health with the launch of the Life Reset program in its centers in Switzerland and China today. It is billed to help people release stress, support emotional balance and resilience, and reconnect with their inner calm. The program…
Read MoreBottega Veneta’s Jenny Kim Said to Be Joining Dior
MORE DIOR: Christian Dior has moved swiftly to fill a top communications position in the Americas, WWD has learned. According to market sources, Jenny Kim is to succeed Marisa Pucci, who recently exited her role as chief communications and image officer at Christian Dior Americas to join Moncler. It is understood Kim starts next month,…
Read MoreAlix Earle’s Jacquemus Paris Men’s Fashion Week Look Continues Her Subtle Streak of Classic Black Pumps with a Twist
Alix Earle added another black heel to her growing rotation at Paris Men’s Fashion Week on Sunday, attending Jacquemus’ fall 2026 ready-to-wear show in the label’s Tourni pumps. The black leather style followed the outline of a classic pointed pump, cut with a low, curved vamp and finished with a tiny bow at the toe.…
Read MoreRomantic Rain and Eclectic Energy at Patou With Joy Sunday, Diane Kruger and Brittany Broski
Guillaume Henry fans Diane Kruger and Kelly Rutherford were among the guests that turned out for the Patou show Sunday, while “Wednesday” star Joy Sunday was chatting with Tommy Dorfman front row. They were both enjoying the rainy Parisian weather. “It’s kind of romantic, actually,” she said. As for her upcoming HBO series “DTF Saint…
Read MoreTeyana Taylor’s New Air Jordan Collaboration Gets an Official Preview
We’re less than a month into 2026 and fresh off her Golden Globe win, multihyphenate Teyana Taylor is quickly making an early case for Style Influencer of the Year. Early Sunday morning, Jordan Brand took to its official @jumpman23 Instagram account to share the first-ever look at Taylor’s upcoming Air Jordan 3 “Concrete Rose” collaboration.…
Read MoreWild Cherry Is Ready for Its Closeup
This could have easily been chaos, but it reads as mere idiosyncrasy, thanks to the sheer force of Wild Cherry’s appeal as a place to while away a few stylish hours. The music is hopping (when was the last time you heard “Ca’-Ba’-Dab,” by the Soul Swingers, and why isn’t every restaurant playing it on…
Read MoreCeline Men’s Fall 2026: ‘Classics With Bite’
It’s easy to forget that Celine is still a relative newcomer to menswear, introduced only seven years ago when Hedi Slimane joined the French house, established in 1945 and owned by LVMH since 1996. To wit: Slimane’s name is still mentioned at Celine headquarters on the Rue Vivienne, where the brand installed Michael Rider’s fall…
Read MoreChase Sui Wonders Makes Sundance a Family Affair in Archival Faux Fur-lined Anna Sui Slip Dress
Chase Sui Wonders brought a piece of Anna Sui’s late-’90s runway history to Park City on Friday, arriving at the “I Want Your Sex” premiere in a look straight from her aunt’s archive. The actress and filmmaker wore a pale green, beaded lingerie-style slip dress pulled straight from Anna Sui’s fall 1998 runway. The faux-fur…
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