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.
MICHAELA COEL
EDITOR’S LETTER • On LEGACY
DANIEL CAESAR • Introducing This Issue’s MUSIC DIRECTOR
Harper’s Bazaar
WHY DON’T YOU…? • What do WOMEN of GREAT WORTH know? That while BEAUTY fades and the FEATHERS on your COUTURE may lose their FLUTTER, ACTIONS leave a LASTING IMPACT. In honor of our LEGACY ISSUE, LYNETTE NYLANDER looks to these ARBITERS of STYLE who did it BETTER than the REST. Take NOTE!
LOVE Letters • LOUIS VUITTON is marking the 130TH ANNIVERSARY of its LEGENDARY MONOGRAM with a new collection of BAGS featuring the ORIGINAL PRINT, introduced in 1896
Under WRAPS
WELL Heeled • The CLASSIC PUMP is back and improbably COOL, thanks to sharp SILHOUETTES, modern PRINTS, UNEXPECTED hues, and rich DETAILS
Volume UP
Star POWER • BOTTEGA VENETA has reimagined THE LAUREN, a BAG that, like the WOMAN for which it was named, remains an enduring EMBLEM of EASE and ELEGANCE
Good HANG • GEMSTONE EARRINGS with COLOR-BLOCKED JEWELS offer instant LIFT—and a little bit of DAZZLE
String THEORY • BRING the PARTY to a crisp BUTTON-UP by LAYERING STRANDS of COLORFUL BEADS and NATURAL STONES on top
Go EASY
Exclamation POINT
HAPPIEST Place • DRESS UP your most beloved lived-in VINTAGE TEE with a sparkling DIAMOND and GOLD NECKLACE (Mickey Mouse Club MEMBERSHIP not REQUIRED)
POUCH Perfect • MRS. PRADA loves a little SACK BAG, and you will too with PRADA’s plush new version, available in both SATIN and LEATHER—a chicly functional PLUS-ONE for wherever the DAY (or NIGHT) takes you
BLUE Notes • A splashy STATEMENT PIECE (or FOUR) in the season’s COOLEST HUE will make your entire spring WARDROBE SING
Finishing TOUCH • A CROC-PATTERNED leather bag in a STRUCTURED SHAPE adds instant POLISH and even a little GRAVITAS
FINE & Dandy • There’s something wildly HANDSOME about topping off a TAILORED LOOK by wearing a CLASSIC WATCH on your BELT—especially when it’s a diamond-bezeled gold OMEGA SPEEDMASTER
MAJOR Crush • CHANEL adds a SWOON-WORTHY new NECKLACE in the house’s signature QUILTED MOTIF to its COCO CRUSH collection. STACK it or let it shine SOLO.
Of the ESSENCE • BEJEWELED WATCHES are having a MOMENT, with a glittering array of new GEM-STUDDED TIMEPIECES that clock as exquisite bijoux, adorned with precious stones like DIAMOND BAGUETTES and SAPPHIRE CABOCHONS
RETURN of the FIREBIRD • DANCE THEATRE of HARLEM revives its ICONIC PRODUCTION, including the ORIGINAL SETS designed by the late GEOFFREY HOLDER, lovingly RESTORED by HIS SON
WHEN in ROME • DEREK C. BLASBERG touches down in THE ETERNAL CITY and talks to fashion’s PHILOSOPHER KING, luxury maverick BRUNELLO CUCINELLI, about his new film, finding MEANING in the CHAOS of the MOMENT, and why your real LEGACY is the way you LIVE your LIFE
SEASON of the SCARF • GENERATIONS of WOMEN have reached for a little SILK SQUARE as an essential ACCESSORY to add POLISH and REFINEMENT. But this spring, the FOULARD gets a little FREAKY.
FASHION AND CULTURE
The NEW SOUTH of FRANCE • The FRENCH RIVIERA is always a good idea. VISIT in the OFF-SEASON to soak in its BUZZY CONTEMPORARY-ART SCENE sans tourists.
Pardon My FRENCH • The OLD HOLLYWOOD HAIR TREND making a very MODERN COMEBACK
EDITORS’ FAVORITES
ONE-WOMAN SHOW • As a WRITER and ACTOR, MICHAELA COEL has NEVER SHIED AWAY from CONFRONTING the raw, diffcult parts of her ART—or LIFE. NOW, with two new FILMS and a highly anticipated RETURN to TV, she has NEW TRUTHS to MINE and TELL.
TRUE North • Amid the MIDCENTURY-MODERN...