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.

Chloë SEVIGNY

On BEAUTY

WATER FROM YOUR EYES

Harper’s Bazaar

WHY DON’T YOU…? • Nowadays, EVERYBODY claims to be an EXPERT, but the real ones have DECADES of KNOWLEDGE and TRAINING. For our May BEAUTY ISSUE, LYNETTE NYLANDER spotlights some of the world’s best SPECIALTY STORES. These are RARE JEWEL BOXES that must be experienced IN PERSON. So go ahead and make the JOURNEY. We promise it’s WORTH IT.

POWER Couple • BALENCIAGA and MANOLO BLAHNIK have joined forces for a lustrous new COLLECTION of SILK-SATIN HEELS with jewel-like CRYSTAL-EMBROIDERED EMBELLISHMENTS that will instantly STEP UP your SPRING WARDROBE

Full BLOOM • WHY DON’T YOU…? Make it a full-on mood with BLOSSOM-BEDECKED extras.

Tray CHIC • HARRY WINSTON serves up artful TWISTS on TRADITION with an array of new RINGS and EARRINGS featuring HERITAGE STONES like DIAMONDS and SAPPHIRES in RADIANT CLUSTERS and GEOMETRIC SETTINGS

BRIGHT Idea

Stealth MODE • Go INCOGNITO with BOLD OVERSIZE SHADES that deliver FULL COVERAGE—and MAXIMUM IMPACT

Inside OUT • HERBERT LEVINE’s leather ANKLE BOOTS are engineered to be worn either ZIPPED or UNZIPPED, with a luxe BROWN SUEDE LINING that’s worth SHOWING OFF

Take AWAY • Pack some STYLE into a SUMMER ESCAPE with a sumptuous CARRYALL in rich CAMEL or BROWN

DIAL Tone • A MONOCHROME TIMEPIECE in a COMPLEMENTARY or CONTRASTING HUE adds a GRAPHIC TWIST to a COLORBLOCKED LOOK that feels as EASY as a FLICK of the WRIST

GOLDEN Touch • BULGARI’s new VIMINI NECKLACE was inspired by an archival motif based on ANCIENT ROMAN WICKER BASKETRY, with a MALLEABLE DESIGN and PAVÉ-SET DIAMONDS that radiate MODERN ELEGANCE

Mirror IMAGE • ARTIST LISA YUSKAVAGE on taking INSPIRATION from her own early PORTRAITS of WOMEN for a new BODY of WORK that’s a collage-like MEDITATION on MEMORY, INVENTION, DESIRE, and BEAUTY

MILAN by DESIGN • DEREK C. BLASBERG explores the Italian fashion capital’s singular DESIGN SCENE, anchored by SALONE DEL MOBILE, the annual SPRINGTIME FAIR that now draws MILLIONS of visitors from around the world—part of a distinctly Milanese legacy of ART and ARTISANSHIP

A TALE of Two HEMLINES • This season, UNEVENLY CUT skirts and dresses SIGNAL a moment where FASHION—and the zeitgeist—is caught between LIBERATION and CONSERVATISM, INFORMALITY and ELEGANCE, FANTASY and PRAGMATISM

FASHION AND CULTURE

Viva LA SERENISSIMA • The 61st VENICE BIENNALE welcomes artists and art lovers to the Floating City, along with a slew of new HOTELS and IYKYK EATERIES

The SKINCARE Awards • In the AGE of the BLEPH and the FACELIFT, it can be TEMPTING to LOSE FAITH in the power of SKINCARE. Allow these 28 WINNERS of our ANNUAL AWARDS to change your mind—and your SKIN.

EDITORS’ FAVORITES

The REAL DEAL • For THREE DECADES, Chloë SEVIGNY has cut a SINGULAR PATH, both on SCREEN and in FASHION, building a BODY of WORK that feels as UNEXPECTED as it does AUTHENTICALLY her own

MODERN Beauty • THE SEASON’S most exquisite HIGH-JEWELRY pieces feature TRADITIONAL STONES in sharp, sleek SETTINGS for a COOLER kind of SHINE

The CHANEL Whisperer • MATTHIEU BLAZY has given NEW LIFE to the 116-year-old HOUSE built on the RADICAL NOTION that GLAMOUR grounded in REALITY can make you FEEL something SPLENDID

Follow SUIT • In PARIS, the ever-magnetic MALGOSIA BELA showcases SPRING’s MOST SPECTACULAR TAILORING: BOLD, ARCHITECTURAL, and with a distinctly MODERN EASE

ARCHIVE • RAYMOND MEIER, MARCH 1994