Inhaltsverzeichnis für February 2025 in Harper's Bazaar

“The Serpent should be on every finger and all wrists,” the legendary and quotable Harper’s Bazaar editor Diana Vreeland once declared. She was referring to Bulgari’s Serpenti collection, which launched in 1948 with a gold bracelet watch featuring a square dial and coiled Tubogas band. An instant hit, the watch has been lavishly iterated upon, gaining realistic heads with gemstone eyes in the ’50s and colorful enamel scales in the ’60s and ’70s. In 2010, Bulgari released its popular Serpenti Tubogas collection, which fused the coiled bracelet with a sleek snake-head-shaped case. Last year, the Italian jeweler began collaborating with Japanese architect Tadao Ando on a suite of Tubogas styles inspired by the four seasons, including a spring edition with a pink mother-of-pearl dial that arrives this month—just in time…

In November, on the Sunday after the election, I drove down to Washington, D.C., for orientation. I was still sleep-deprived and riding a high from Election Day. As a member-elect, you travel to a hotel not too far from the Capitol where Democratic and Republican freshmen come together for two weeks of what is essentially a crash course in Congress. You go to sessions to learn the legislative process in a bit more detail than Schoolhouse Rock! You go through ethics training and the biannual rite of passage of the office lottery to secure a freshman office space. You also get to spend time learning your way around the Capitol; I still, after two weeks, was getting lost in its tunnels. But being in the Capitol, you realize you’re in…

THE SWEDISH BRAND Hodakova loves a belt but doesn’t sell a belt. If you want to buy a belt by the buzzy label, worn by celebrities like Cate Blanchett and Greta Lee, you’ll need to buy multiples, and you can’t wear them with your pants either. Instead, they’re stitched together to form a bag or a dress or a shirt. Hodakova sells what it considers “converted goods”: luxury items constructed from repurposed materials—belts that aren’t really belts. When I first saw the Hodakova baguette bag, made to order out of six different belts, with bulky silver buckles that protrude from the side and clank up against one another, I wanted it instantly. I’ve never been one for belts, but a bag made of belts? That was up my alley. It’s…

CLEAN COMFORT Swap astringent cleansers for more nourishing and calming formulas during the colder, drier months. Laneige Water Bank Gentle Gel Cleanser ($29; shopBAZAAR.com ) hasa comforting pH of 5.0, which protects the skin’s natural oils and sensitive barrier. Plus, blue hyaluronic acid (fermented with moisturizing deep-sea algae) and allantoin hydrate and soothe parched skin with every wash. WARDROBE STAPLE Jil Sander’s minimalist designs are interpreted and distilled for the label’s first-ever fragrance collection. Included in the six scents ($354 each; jilsander.com) are earthy notes, natural ingredients, and even some sartorial cues. Smoke, a clean, woody scent, evokes freshly washed clothes and a toasty fireplace. CENTER OF ATTRACTION Pheromone fragrances have gained popularity for their ability to create irresistible bespoke scents. Most work with your natural skin chemistry and pH…

FASHION OFTEN LIKES to draw on the past, returning to the mood board of reliably revolutionary ideas and inspirations—the ones that thrilled us when we first saw them and never fail to deliver that familiar jolt of excitement when they resurface on the runways, in the culture, and in our feeds and lives. But for the late photographer Peter Lindbergh, whose indelible images appeared in Harper’s Bazaar over the course of three decades, what made fashion so uniquely compelling was its potential to offer glimpses of the new. It was an idea that featured prominently in a story on metallics that Lindbergh shot for Bazaar’s March 2007 issue. Model Magdalena Frackowiak starred as a stylish space traveler exploring an otherworldly desertscape in the most shimmering looks of the season, alongside…

FEATURED TRACKS 1 “QUANTUM UNIVERSE” Bilal 2 “EDITH AND THE KINGPIN” Herbie Hancock feat. Tina Turner 3 “OUR REUNION” Matthew Stevens feat. Esperanza Spalding 4 “THIS PLACE” Tamela Mann 5 “PEGASUS” Wayne Shorter 6. “TURIYA AND RAMAKRISHNA” Alice Coltrane 7. “TROMBONE CONCERTO: I” Christian Lindberg, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and James DePreist 8. “ANDREW” Geri Allen 9. “BLUE LINE” Kurt Rosenwinkel 10. “FOG” Cécile McLorin Salvant 12. “THE BLESSING” Ornette Coleman 13. “THE WAIT” Lilblackkids, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Keith Rice 14. “WINDOW” Noname feat. Phoelix 15. “AFTER THE RAIN” John Coltrane 16. “TARDE” Milton Nascimento feat. Wayne Shorter 17. “LLORARÉ” Liliana Herrero and Juan Falú Listen to Esperanza Spalding’s full playlist exclusively on Apple Music. “I wish MORE of that daring JAZZ VANGUARD MUSIC would make it into the MAINSTREAM,” says ESPERANZA…

WHY DON’T YOU…? Embrace the BOHO SPIRIT with a zodiac-themed COIN NECKLACE.…

Fendi has always been renowned for a legendary dedication to craftsmanship. So to help mark its 100th anniversary this year, the Italian fashion house has collaborated with American work-boot stalwart Red Wing—a heritage brand celebrating its own 120th birthday—to dream up one of spring’s most unexpected and covetable styles. The DAL 1925 sees Red Wing’s iconic Classic Moc boot reimagined in Fendi’s supple Cuoio Romano leather, with the addition of the label’s signature Selleria hand stitching for extra refinement. The creation of each pair requires roughly 80 steps performed by more than 30 people. After first undergoing five hours of interlace detailing by Fendi’s leather-goods specialists in Tuscany, the upper of each shoe is then sent to Red Wing’s Minnesota factory, where assembly is completed. The result? A durable everyday…

CLICK. SHOP. LOVE. TRANSITIONAL DRESSING MADE EASY. It may be hard to envision shedding coats and scarves for warmer weather, so let our edit of key transitional pieces help you usher in the new season. A cream-colored satin skirt from Khaite can be worn with boots and a sweater now and with a tee and Alaïa thong sandals in a month or two. This suede Nili Lotan jacket will be a versatile workhorse, perfect for early spring and fall, with jeans or skirts or trousers. A baby-pink Bottega clutch adds cheer to any look, while gold finishes lend polish. = BUY ON SHOPBAZAAR.COM…

LOUIS VUITTON x Murakami is back and brighter than ever. It’s been more than 20 years since Japanese artist Takashi Murakami collaborated with the French luxury brand. He was recruited by then creative director Marc Jacobs to produce a series of bags and accessories for Vuitton’s Spring 2003 collection. Murakami’s rainbow-hued Monogram pattern and original characters, including the cherry-blossom face, decorated some of Vuitton’s most iconic carryalls, printed on white or black leather in a way that imbued classic bags like the Speedy and the Alma with an instant rush of cool. It also marked the first time the house had ever allowed its legendary Monogram canvas to be altered. Over the years, the LV x Murakami collection has become one of the most commercially successful—and sought after—fashion and art…

Zoe Saldaña is in the passenger seat of a car, squinting at me in the glare of a particularly generous sun as the expanse of Southern California blue sky and tan desert flashes behind her. Her long dark hair skims her shoulders. It’s an apt setting for the perpetual-motion machine of promotion that she’s currently at the center of; with her role in the buzzy drug-cartel-thriller-cum-musical Emilia Pérez, she is in contention for every major film award for the first time in her 25-year-long career. Saldaña is en route to a hotel to prepare for an event later tonight, part of the endless rounds of parties and appearances that make up a campaign during awards season. She’s in the thick of it, even though she tells me, “I don’t like…

Serpenti is Bvlgari is Serpenti is Bvlgari is Serpenti is Bvlgari.… In a series of swirls and coils, this mantra is reimagined to honor the Year of the Serpent in the Chinese calen-dar, a celebration of both the year ahead and one of the storied jewelry brand’s most distinctive icons, a symbol that has been revered since the days of antiquity. Serpenti is Bvlgari is Serpenti is Bvlgari. This magical repetition of words, an incantation, slinks across these pages in the sinuous form of a snake, a species that has been an object of fascination, reverence, and mystery for thousands of years. The Ouroboros—the mythological serpent consuming its own tail to create an endless circle, a shape without beginning and without end—evokes the continuous cycle of renewal. Since the dawn…

WHY DON’T YOU…? Pair it with a BURGUNDY HANDBAG for a rich SPLASH of COLOR.…

The Leather Moto Jacket The Chunky Linked Bracelet The Suede Top-Handle Bag The Clog Sandal The Retro Sneaker The Chain Belt Bag The Box-Pleat Skirt The Button-Up Knit…

I’ve never been married, but one time I was the groom in a Las Vegas wedding-themed photo shoot. Filmmaker Gia Coppola was the bride. We were shooting a fashion story for the May 2012 issue of this very magazine. I was on set as the stylist, but when the Elvis impersonator we’d hired went AWOL, I stepped into the King’s white polyester bell-bottoms to save the day. Thankyou. Thankyouverymuch. No, this month’s column isn’t about how I’m a fashion hero. (But it could be, dammit!) It’s about the revelation that is The Last Showgirl, Coppola’s new film set in Sin City and starring Pamela Anderson as an aging dancer whose feathered, bedazzled career comes to an abrupt end. It’s a stark, moving performance that has earned Anderson a Golden Globe…

The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam, a palatial network of ornately carved, domed, marble-tiled chambers, has stood in the Zeyrek neighborhood of Istanbul for almost 500 years. Designed by the Ottoman architect Sinan, it recently reopened with much fanfare after a meticulous 13-year restoration by the Marmara Group. It’s one of New York–based artist Laila Gohar’s most treasured places in the city. Gohar, who was born and raised in Cairo, has been visiting Istanbul for years, as her mother, who is Turkish, now resides there. “I have never been anywhere else that feels like Istanbul,” says Gohar. “It’s intense and crowded and bustling but at the same time soft and slightly melancholic. Not in a sad way, but in a stunningly poetic way.” She credits the city’s distinctive energy to the legendary…

Having HEALTHY HAIR once required a VOW against HEAT STYLING and a COMMITMENT to high-maintenance TREATMENTS. But NOW? Every product in your ROUTINE can be an antidote to DAMAGE. Here, our annual HAIR AWARDS highlight the BEST of the bunch. What do all the new hair-care products in our bathrooms have in common? Nearly every formula these days works to actively repair damage, says celebrity hair-stylist Nathaniel Hawkins—from your in-shower essentials and curl gels to the dry shampoo used to refresh an old style. “New breeds of innovative technology and advanced ingredients have emerged that make achieving stronger, healthier hair easier than ever,” he adds. Even salon-level treatments are making their way into our routines, like shine-enhancing glosses and bond-repair formulas. Ahead are our 2025 Harper’s Bazaar Hair Awards winners,…

“It’s one thing to DREAM of or HOPE for something, but to actually be in the PRACTICE of it is still quite SURPRISING. It SHOCKS me every day.” TOMMY DORFMAN “I try and LIVE my LIFE with open EARS, open EYES, and an open SPIRIT.… I think everything can be INSPIRATIONAL if you just look AROUND.”PALOMA ELSESSER “I would like to EXIST on a PLANE of VIBES.… If you’re just vibing all the time at the same WAVELENGTH, LIFE is GOOD.” KAREEM RAHMA “NATURE is magical. It’s the most MYSTERIOUS thing on the PLANET. I’m constantly CURIOUS about how it’s FUNCTIONING and WORKING.” JESSICA MILLER “I am often just trying to FIND my SPIRITUAL center or CONNECT to the parts of MYSELF that are more HUMAN and just trying to find as much…

This past summer, I walked out of back-to-back Zoom meetings to discover my husband had packed up our Subaru Ascent with his belongings and left. The 200 rock-band T-shirts, his Converse Chucks, his toothbrush, and whatever else he could fit in the trunk disappeared without so much as a conversation. I considered canceling our upcoming all-inclusive trip for two to Antigua’s Cocobay Resort, but the trip was nonrefundable and nontransferable. I had just been promoted at work, so I’d splurged on a private cottage with its own pool that overlooked the Caribbean. None of my friends were able to join me on short notice, so I embraced the idea of solo travel and started trying on swimsuits. At the airport, I scrolled anxiously on Instagram. I was served an ad…