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

QUESTLOVE

WHY DON’T YOU…? • What’s Going On in CULTURE and STYLE

CONTRIBUTORS • ON WHEN THEY FEEL THE MOST FREE

Harper’s BZAAR

Smooth Confidence

WHAT TO BUY AND HOW TO WEAR IT

Button DOWN

Step UP • The sturdy LEATHER dockside STAPLE gets a LUXE makeover

Rainbow BRIGHT • LOUIS VUITTON’s iconic CAPUCINES top-handle bag is SUMMER-READY in a range of PLAYFUL new prints and KALEIDOSCOPIC colors

Shore THING • Keep it breezy with a roomy CARRYALL paired with NAUTICAL STRIPES

Rein SUPREME • Hit your stride in RALPH LAUREN’S new EQUESTRIAN-INSPIRED SHADES, featuring an OVERSIZE SILHOUETTE and STIRRUP-SHAPED HARDWARE

Personal GROWTH

Tour de FORCE • Oh, the places you’ll go in a GRAPHIC ringer TEE and LAYERED diamond CHAINS

WATCHES

SHOPPING LIST: SUMMER MUST-HAVES • The Tie-Dye Maxi Dress The Collar Necklace Square Sunglasses The Leather AirPod Case The Printed Beach Towel The Braided Sandal The Cutout Maillot The Woven Bucket Bag

CALIDA RAWLES, AMY SHERALD, and TA-NEHISI COATES with KAITLYN GREENIDGE IN CONVERSATION • The PAINTER, the PORTRAITIST, and the AUTHOR on WHAT IT MEANS to be FREE

In a CATEGORY of their OWN • As POSE takes its final bow, producer, writer, and director JANET MOCK and stars MJ RODRIGUEZ, INDYA MOORE, and DOMINIQUE JACKSON reflect on how the GROUNDBREAKING SERIES began—and then CHANGED EVERYTHING

SAVING Grace • Achieving FINANCIAL FREEDOM isn’t easy. But as MELLODY HOBSON discovered, the best place to start is by INVESTING in YOURSELF.

What GOES AROUND • Why LUXURY BRANDS are embracing CIRCULAR FASHION

ANTHONY RAMOS • The 29-year-old STAR of Jon M. Chu’s IN THE HEIGHTS brings his LIVED EXPERIENCE to the big-screen adaptation of the Tony Award–winning MUSICAL that CHANGED BROADWAY

FASHION AND CULTURE

MARIE DUTTON BROWN

BODY Talk • If you’ve largely ignored everything BELOW THE CHIN, you’re NOT ALONE. Now, WHERE to START.

Dolly Parton • The country LEGEND reveals her FIRST-EVER FRAGRANCE and what goes into her SIGNATURE LOOK

The PERIOD Revolution • Our culture hasn’t been COMFORTABLE talking about MENSTRUATION, to the detriment of PEOPLE’S HEALTH. Things ARE CHANGING.

THE NEW ESSENTIALS • Nine INNOVATIVE WAYS to make GETTING your PERIOD less of a HEADACHE

NEWS

The FREEDOM Issue

CHANGING the GAME • For MEGAN RAPINOE, the FIGHT for EQUAL PAY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, and DOMINATION on the SOCCER FIELD are all CONNECTED. Who says it can’t be a JOYFUL one?

SEA CHANGE • The season’s breeziest DRESSES go against the current, with RICH TEXTURES, unexpected FLOURISHES, and DRAMATIC SILHOUETTES

ON the ROAD • From the Mojave Desert’s KELSO DUNES to the GULF COAST of TEXAS and the cobblestone streets of NEW ORLEANS, photographer Bryan Liston and model Nikki McGuire took the TRIP OF A LIFETIME (Porsche included), journeying more than 1,000 miles to capture the season’s most FREE-SPIRITED LOOKS

Full SPECTRUM • A reminder that COLOR DOESN’T FADE with AGE

How KELIS Remixed HER LIFE • When the PANDEMIC hit, the “MILKSHAKE” SINGER did what many only FANTASIZE about doing: She sought refuge on a FARM in the COUNTRY, and found LIBERATION in unruly LIVESTOCK and homegrown ARUGULA

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