Harper's Bazaar

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 FREEDOM

JAMES TAYLOR

Harper’s Bazaar

CARTIER HIGH JEWELRY • LE CHŒUR DES PIERRES

HARYMA

WHY DON’T YOU…? • It’s SUMMER! And as TEMPERATURES RISE, it’s TIME to THINK about all the ways you can be prepared for FEWER CLOTHES and MORE FUN. LYNETTE NYLANDER implores you to CONSIDER these TREATMENTS and TWEAKMENTS that don’t require a SURGEON’S KNIFE for the PERFECT seasonal PICK-ME-UP!

BEACH Bound • Our curated GUIDE to the season’s best SWIMWEAR and bright WEEKEND ESSENTIALS for every SPLASHY SUMMER ESCAPE

SWIM GUIDE

Stay GOLDEN • VAN CLEEF & ARPELS’s glimmering, dotted PERLÉE pieces are PRIME for piling, from chic BANGLES and diamond RINGS to the perfect cocktail WATCH

True STRIPES

Pure BLISS

Free SPIRIT • The latest addition to BULGARI’s iconic SERPENTI collection is a HIGH-JEWELRY reinterpretation of a boho BEADED NECKLACE, with naturally rich padauk WOOD and TURQUOISE set among DIAMONDS and a MANDARIN-GARNET cabochon

Feeling IT • EASY EXTRAS in NATURAL materials like RATTAN and RAFFIA lend the breeziest looks a rich, tactile TOUCH

Black TIE • CHANEL’s new NOEUD DE CAMÉLIA TIMEPIECE reworks the house’s signature floral motif in DIAMONDS and finishes it with a GROSGRAIN-RIBBON BRACELET for a COUTURE-CODED take on the EVENING WATCH

FACE Value • A MINERAL DIAL in a material like TIGER’S-EYE, TURQUOISE, or MALACHITE is always a ROCK-SOLID choice for a COOLER kind of POLISH, whether worn as a PENDANT or with a STATEMENT STRAP

THE PEOPLE and IDEAS SHAPING the CULTURE • If there’s an ART to EXPOSING the ABSURDITIES in everyday life, then DAVID SEDARIS is one of its GREATEST living practitioners. Here, the author OPENS UP about finding HUMOR in all the CHAOS and why UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF often REQUIRES an AUDIENCE.

Mythic VISION • DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to business leader and indomitable culture shifter MELLODY HOBSON about the forthcoming LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART in Los Angeles and why the STORIES we TELL allow us to not only IMAGINE new WORLDS but REIMAGINE our OWN

The CULT of ECKHAUS LATTA • What does an INDIE fashion SUCCESS STORY look like TODAY? A lot like the EVER-COOL brand Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta have BUILT.

FASHION AND CULTURE

A Good LIFE • Take another LOOK at Mid-Coast MAINE, through the MAKERS (and designers and artists) who CHAMPION the HUMAN TOUCH

Bombshell BEAUTY • A hundred years since MARILYN MONROE’s birth, her IMAGE, and how she CRAFTED it, remains as relevant as EVER

EDITORS’ FAVORITES

Alex the GREAT • ALEX CONSANI was a bored TEENAGER in the suburbs during Covid, making TIKTOK VIDEOS to KEEP herself AMUSED. NOW she is ONE of the WORLD’S most FAMOUS SUPERMODELS, trying her hand at ACTING, moving into her BIG-GIRL HOME, and entering her “EXPERIMENTAL ERA.”

Endless SUMMER • In surf-side HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, where she was DISCOVERED as a teen, model SELENA FORREST makes WAVES in a cool MIX of FLUID LAYERS and RELAXED TAILORING

The ART of POSSIBILITY • Filled with original commissioned artwork, the new OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER in CHICAGO is much more than a monument to PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA’s eight years in offce. It’s a reminder of what FREEDOM really looks like—and what AMERICA, at its best, can still be.

Left BANK • CLASSIC PIECES with an EFFORTLESS EDGE find a LIBERATED new RHYTHM in the streets of PARIS

ARCHIVE • ALEXEY BRODOVITCH, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939