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.

“ONCE I put SOMETHING OUT into the WORLD, it no longer BELONGS to ME.” DUA LIPA

WHAT DOES IT MEAN to be an ICON in 2025?

EDITOR’S LETTER On ICONS

Introducing This Issue’s MUSIC DIRECTOR MARK RONSON • “True ICONS break the MOLD,” says MARK RONSON. “They’re ONE of ONE, and they probably INSPIRED an entire STREAM of PEOPLE after them.”

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WHY DON’T YOU…? • For our ICONS ISSUE, our GUEST COLUMNIST is someone who hasn’t just DRESSED his fair share of ICONS, he is ONE himself. For almost 65 years, BOB MACKIE has created some of POP CULTURE’s most indelible moments. He’s an ARBITER of living life FABULOUSLY, with a few SEQUINS thrown in for good measure.

WOVEN Together • First introduced in 1975, BOTTEGA VENETA’S INTRECCIATO WEAVE has become synonymous with the house’s HANDCRAFTED approach to LUXURY, translated over the years into an array of UNDERSTATED BAGS that will take you ANYWHERE and stand THE TEST of TIME

True COLORS

BOTTOM Lines

On the JOB

Green STREAK

FLOWER Power • VAN CLEEF & ARPELS’s new FLOWERLACE collection includes a pair of DIAMOND-accented EARRINGS and a coordinating BROOCH that can also be CLIPPED onto a NECKLACE, offering a CORNUCOPIA of ways to make your fall wardrobe BLOSSOM

ROCK On • TOUGHEN UP your FALL WARDROBE with the CLASSIC COMBO of STUDS and LEATHER

FRESH Delivery • TIE together your EVENING LOOKS with coordinating WHITE EXTRAS like this tweed CHANEL HANDBAG and these beaded VALENTINO GARAVANI PUMPS—all adorned with BLACK BOWS for extra CHARM

TIME Flies • CARTIER’s diminutive ART DECO–inspired COCKTAIL WATCH is the kind of bold, distinctive TIMEPIECE that sets EVENING LOOKS (and hearts) AFLUTTER, with a half-inch ONYX case and a GEOMETRIC linked bracelet adorned with DIAMONDS and EMERALDS

Crown JEWELS • From delicate TENNIS BRACELETS to lavishly set EARRINGS, DIAMONDS offer a touch of opulent SPARKLE that always fits like a GLOVE

With the BAND • Whether MINIMALIST or MAXIMALIST, worn SOLO or STACKED, the season’s STATEMENT ACCESSORY is the perfect FINISHING TOUCH

DREAM Team • LOUIS VUITTON’s fall collection is stocked with SUMPTUOUS EXTRAS like the roomy new EXPRESS BAG and shearling-lined NOMAD BOOTS—two DISTINCT STYLES guaranteed to make your JOURNEYS COMPLETE

Ultra VIOLET • Go all in with the season’s BUZZIEST COLOR, from dusty LILACS to soft PERIWINKLES to pretty PLUMS

Small WONDER • OMEGA’s sporty new SEAMASTER AQUA TERRA is proof that great things come in SMALL PACKAGES, available in both SOLID and MIXED-METAL finishes, with a SLIMMED-DOWN 30-millimeter case that feels elegantly OF THE MOMENT

Purely PAMELA • It’s been a BANNER YEAR for PAMELA ANDERSON. But with a SLATE of NEW PROJECTS and a SECOND CHANCE at SUPERSTARDOM—this time, on her OWN TERMS—the very best is YET to COME.

The CHICEST Mind • DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to philanthropist and style icon DEEDA BLAIR about the emergency of our current MENTAL-HEALTH CRISIS, funding (and fighting for) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, and why, when it comes to making the world better and more beautiful, POWER and PURPOSE go hand in hand

CLEAN Slate • It might seem like there’s nothing particularly EXCITING about a WHITE BUTTON-UP. But as LIANA SATENSTEIN discovers, the HUMBLE SHIRT has the POWER to REFOCUS your STYLE.

FASHION AND CULTURE

DUTCH Masters • Amsterdam’s ART and DESIGN INFLUENCE still LOOMS LARGE

ICON Awards • When compiling our LIST of the most innovative BEAUTY LAUNCHES of the year, we asked: Do these glosses, goops, tools, and tinctures BOLDLY GO where no...