Every issue of Harper's Bazaar speaks to the varied interests of the discerning contemporary woman who seeks the best for her home, career and lifestyle.
EDITOR’S LETTER
WHY DON’T YOU…? • The Month in CULTURE and STYLE
THE BUY
Harper's Bazaar USA
CONTRIBUTORS • ON THE LEGACIES THEY’RE WORKING TO BUILD
INTRODUCING THIS ISSUE’S MUSIC DIRECTOR LENNY KRAVITZ
What to Buy and How to Wear it
On the BUTTON
Garden STATE of MIND
Strong POINTS
Good SPORT
Back in BUSINESS
Off the CUFF
The SPRING in Your STEP • Up your game with PRADA’s sporty KITTEN HEELS
Pretty Little THINGS • Mini SHOULDER BAGS get dressed up in PASTEL HUES and GLOSSY FINISHES
On the LINE
With a TWIST • The ’80s STAPLE gets a designer MAKEOVER with bold PATTERNS, big BOWS, and gold ACCENTS
Happy FEET • The LUXURIOUS combo of chunky SLIP-ONS and thick woolly SOCKS has never felt more right.
Double FEATURE • Layered SHIRTING looks twice as nice with a SET of unconventional PEARLS
HOOK it up • Whimsical EAR CUFFS offer an INSTANT MOOD BOOST—NO PIERCING required
Dreaming in COLOR • Go BIG with maximalist JEWELS in a PAINTERLY palette
JEWELRY NEWS
THE BAZAAR SHOPPING LIST: SPRING ESSENTIALS
CAMILLA BLACKETT, SUSAN FALES-HILL, and ISSA RAE IN CONVERSATION • Three GROUNDBREAKING showrunners on the DELIGHTS and BURDENS of REPRESENTATION, and changing the way we WATCH TV
FRAN LEBOWITZ • The HUMORIST on our POST-PANDEMIC future, her distaste for OUTDOOR DINING, and why everyone thinks New York is over—except REAL New Yorkers
VOICES THE PEOPLE AND IDEAS SHAPING THE CULTURE
LEGACY of Love • Looking back on GENERATIONS of love stories in her family, novelist and Harper’s Bazaar features director KAITLYN GREENIDGE examines how those RELATIONSHIPS have SHAPED her own life
AMERICAN Hustle • The FASHION BUSINESS in NEW YORK is at an EXISTENTIAL CROSSROADS. But its RELENTLESSLY CREATIVE SPIRIT and INFLUENCE are more vital than ever.
ALDIS HODGE • Why his BREAKOUT performance in One Night in Miami… is literally the stuff of LEGEND
FASHION AND CULTURE
Get AMAZING SKIN at Home • From the DERMATOLOGIST-RECOMMENDED BASICS to the GADGETS WORTH SPLURGING ON, here’s how you can OPTIMIZE YOUR SKIN (without overhauling your whole regimen)
In My MOTHER’S Image
NEWS
ASTROLOGY
The IMPORTANCE of BEING MEGAN THEE STALLION • The rapper is at the top of her ARTISTIC GAME, finishing college, and defending her right to be YOUNG, BLACK, and FREE
Black & White & RED • Find your LIGHT in the season’s most dramatic COLOR CODE
As You Like IT • Spring’s SHARP BLACK TAILORING and PLAYFUL KNITS can be MIXED and MATCHED to MEET YOUR MOOD
An ARTISTIC LEGACY • How the STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM transformed the ART WORLD—and why its INFLUENCE has never loomed LARGER
GAME of THRONES • Spring’s BEST BAGS take a FRONT-ROW SEAT
What MARTHA STEWART KNOWS • The ORIGINAL INFLUENCER remains AS RELEVANT AS EVER thanks to her relentless REINVENTION, shrewd branding, and the occasional thirst trap
The Mighty, MIGHTY Birkin • How the HERMÈS carryall withstood trends and WEATHERED SEASONS to become an INDELIBLE PART of the CULTURE
All in a DAY’S WORK • Make hay while the SUN SHINES in a daring combination of ruffles, sparkles, and bright floral prints
From the Editors of HARPER’S BAZAAR • The RETURN of the classics with a newfound ENERGY and STRENGTH
ART & ARTISTS