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.

EDITOR’S LETTER • On PERFORMANCE

PLAYLIST • Introducing This Issue’s MUSIC DIRECTOR SHABOOZEY

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WHY DON’T YOU…? • As we celebrate the POWER of PERFORMANCE this month, LYNETTE NYLANDER implores you to CHANNEL the GREAT DIVAS, past and present, in your daily ROUTINE. As SHAKESPEARE wrote, all the WORLD’S a STAGE!

CHAIN Reaction • PRADA’s PETIT SAC NOIR, a mini BUCKET BAG with BIG-BAG energy, has been dressed up in vibrant new LIPSTICK SHADES and is available in either napa LEATHER or recycled NYLON, with gleaming mixed-metal HARDWARE for maximum CHARM

GATHERING Force

COAT Check

THE BUY

First BLUSH

GROUND Game • STEP it UP this FALL with a pair (or five) of the season’s KEY BOOT STYLES, from flat, more UTILITARIAN options to high-heeled SHOWSTOPPERS

Exquisite TASTE • TIFFANY & CO.’s BIRD ON A ROCK collection riffs on designer JEAN SCHLUMBERGER’s iconic motif in a range of HIGH-JEWELRY pieces that includes a TURQUOISE-CABOCHON-strung necklace with a diamond-and-gold PENDANT for a SOARING touch of GLAMOUR

OFF the CUFF • The season’s most OF-THE-MOMENT timepieces possess the ARTISTRY and GLITTER of high jewelry, taking shape in an array of PENDANTS, PINS, and RINGS designed to keep you perpetually DIALED IN

Classic FORM • PATEK PHILIPPE artfully updates its signature CALATRAVA dress watch with a ROSE-GILT dial and a glossy CHOCOLATE strap for an UNDERSTATED touch of LUXURY that will stand the test of TIME

SOFT Power • Fall’s most COVETABLE LINKED WATCHES feature CANDY-HUED DIALS that add some COLORFUL POP to CLASSIC TIMEPIECES and serve as a perfectly playful FOIL to more EARTHY autumn LOOKS

Another WAY • The late artist ABIGAIL McGRATH cultivated a creative life for herself filled with FREEDOM, JOY, and a commitment to BEAUTY. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, KAITLYN GREENIDGE writes, it’s a kind of LIFE worth PROTECTING.

Holding THE STAGE • DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to comedian and writer JULIO TORRES and playwright JORDAN TANNAHILL about the POWER of WORDS, how PERFORMANCE can be an act of DEFIANCE, and the importance of telling QUEER stories in REPRESSIVE (and REGRESSIVE) times

Who Gets to Be PREPPY? • The style once RESERVED for the PRIVILEGED few is now UBIQUITOUS, open to broad INTERPRETATION, and ACCESSIBLE to ALL

FASHION AND CULTURE

Wildest DREAMS • There’s never been a better time to go on SAFARI, with CAMPS that prioritize CONSERVATION delivering ONCE-in-a-LIFETIME experiences

LIGHT Show • LASER TREATMENTS have gotten so ADVANCED, there’s now a LIGHT-BASED option for every skin GOAL and TONE. Ahead, the EXPERT GUIDE to the latest and greatest TECHNOLOGIES for RADIANT, SMOOTH skin—NO NEEDLES or scalpels required.

TREASURE Chest

EDITORS’ FAVORITES

CYNTHIA ERIVO Is Unstoppable • CYNTHIA ERIVO has always been a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PERFORMER with a VOICE for the AGES. Now, she’s a STAR for them too.

Perfectly IMPERFECT • POLISH doesn’t always MEAN PERFECTION. LIBERATE YOURSELF in an EXPRESSIVE mix of TAILORING, KNITS, and cozy fall STAPLES worn ELEGANTLY UNDONE.

On VIEW • With EXTRAORDINARY GEMS and OPULENT SETTINGS, the season’s most EXQUISITE HIGH-JEWELRY creations are feats of BRILLIANCE and BEAUTY

Leaps & BOUNDS • MISTY COPELAND transformed the DANCE WORLD during her 25 years with the American Ballet Theatre. Now she’s RETIRING from the only company she’s ever known—but she’s still RAISING the BAR.

ARCHIVE • DWANA SMALLWOOD, NOVEMBER 2000