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.
On REINVENTION
ICE SPICE • “I’m still GROWING UP,” says 23-year-old RAPPER ICE SPICE, “so I feel like I’m CONSTANTLY EVOLVING while still staying TRUE to myself.”
The Month in CULTURE and STYLE
Harper’s Bazaar
Dancing SHOES • Outfitted with rubber treads, TOD’S BUBBLE BALLERINA FLATS offer a SPORTY UPDATE on one of the season’s big FOOTWEAR OBSESSIONS
Brief STATEMENT
Hold ON • The most REFINED way to carry your ESSENTIALS is still in a classic TOP-HANDLE BAG
LONG & SHORT of It
Fresh PICKED • DIOR’s raffa D-BUBBLE BAG is an ode to founder Christian Dior’s great LOVE of GARDENING, embellished with HAND-CROCHETED FLOWERS
Gathering POWER • Dress up a PLAIN, BOXY TEE by cinching it at the WAIST with a GEMSTONE BROOCH
RAIN Check • Stay CRISP—and dry—through those APRIL SHOWERS in a sharp mix of LAYERED NEUTRALS topped with a cream-colored WEATHER-RESISTANT JACKET
Star POWER • DOLCE & GABBANA’S SHINY, GLITTERY turn-of-the-millennium REVIVAL for SPRING
Something FIERCE • Inspired by the mythological fire-breathing CHIMERA, this DIAMOND-SCALED NECKLACE from CARTIER’S BEAUTÉS DU MONDE collection features YELLOW-SAPPHIRE EYES and a jumbo RUBELLITE TOURMALINE
High POLISH • GREET the SPRING SEASON in PASTEL TIGHTS and coordinated CHROME EXTRAS
First BLUSH • VAN CLEEF & ARPELS’s new LUDO SECRET WATCH showcases two ROSE-GOLD plates covered in PINK SAPPHIRES that, when pressed, reveal a guilloche MOTHER-OF-PEARL DIAL
Singer SAMARA JOY and pianist ROBERT GLASPER on making JAZZ NOW
I LIKE It! • SAMANTHA IRBY used to be ASHAMED of her “BASIC” TASTES—until she realized the POWER in EMBRACING them
Fashion’s NEW ORIGIN Story • CURIOUS how your CLOTHES were MADE? There’s now an APP—and new CUTTING-EDGE BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY—for that, which could TRANSFORM the concept of LUXURY.
FASHION AND CULTURE
PLUNGE Power • Traditional BATHS, HAMMAMS, and STEAMS around the GLOBE are being MODERNIZED and REVAMPED as ONE-OF-A-KIND EXPERIENCES
The RED Lip EFFECT • RED LIPSTICK is POWERFUL, PROVOCATIVE, and DEEPLY PERSONAL. Here, how (and why) a SWIPE of SCARLET remains as TIMELESS as ever.
SCENT Therapy • CALM DOWN, IMPROVE FOCUS, FEEL CHEERIER—in a single spritz. How FRAGRANCE makers are using the SCIENCE of SCENT to impact our MIND and EMOTIONS.
NEWS
SHE Can GO Her OWN WAY • HOLLYWOOD has a WELL-WORN PATH for “serious” ACTORS. But since WINNING the OSCAR, BRIE LARSON has BECOME one of the industry’s stealthiest SUPERSTARS by REFUSING to stick to the SCRIPT.
Big SKYE • The ULTRASCENIC peaks and bluffs of the SCOTTISH ISLES play host to spring’s ADVENTUROUS assortment of otherworldly DRESSES, reimagined TRAIL GEAR, and avant ACTIVEWEAR
Spring SHIFT • The KEY to TRANSITIONAL DRESSING: an easy mix of LAYERS, LENGTHS, and LEATHER
CHANGING the GAME • With the BACKING of a glittery GROUP of ENTERTAIN-MENT-INDUSTRY and TECH-WORLD HEAVY-WEIGHTS, Los Angeles’s ANGEL CITY SOCCER FRANCHISE is vying to TRANSFORM the landscape of WOMEN’S SPORTS
The CLOTHES MAKETH the WOMAN • DONATELLA VERSACE on CONFIDENCE, RESILIENCE, and her POWERFUL new collection: “I have to SEE the SPARKLE inside the WORLD”
KATE MOSS MARCH 2001
BRIE LARSON
BRIE LARSON • “I WANT to be IN REALITY.… I WANT to be IN what’s as CLOSE to WHAT’S TRUE as POSSIBLE.”
RALPH LAUREN