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.

THE OBSESSIONS ISSUE

“WHEN you are PASSIONATE about something, it becomes LUMINOUS, a BRIGHT LIGHT that GUIDES you.” Susan Orlean

EDITOR’S LETTER • On OBSESSIONS

GIVĒON • Introducing This Issue’s MUSIC DIRECTOR

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WHY DON’T YOU…? • For our OCTOBER ISSUE, we’ve homed in on OBSESSIONS—how they INSPIRE US and bring us JOY. PASSION without obsession is merely INTEREST, and interest never started a REVOLUTION or stopped traffc on Fifth Avenue. This month, LYNETTE NYLANDER invites you to DIVE DEEP into your own FIXATIONS and make your life deliciously DECADENT.

Totally OBSESSED • This month, we’re DEVOTING our SHOPPING PAGES to everything we’re INFATUATED with right now—like GUCCI’s new HORSEBIT 1955 AURA BAG, in a soft yellow hue and supple leather that’s buttery PERFECTION

TOP Billing • PRADA gives the quintessential WOOL COAT a luminous MAKEOVER with PEARL adorned BUTTONS and—when paired with strappy HEELS—serious MAIN-CHARACTER energy

Good OPTICS • Whether WIRE or TORTOISESHELL, SLENDER or SPARKLY, a sleek set of STATEMENT GLASSES can instantly REFRAME your LOOK

Running WILD • ZEBRA STRIPE is the season’s ANIMAL PRINT DU JOUR—and a quick and easy way to add a bit of GRAPHIC FLAIR to a clean look as you HEAD OUT the door

French TWIST • CHANEL’s elegant PREMIÈRE GALON is a REIMAGINING of its classic PREMIÈRE—an octagonal timepiece with a new sculptural BANGLE in the house’s signature BRAID, served up in 18-KARAT GOLD and DIAMONDS

STERLING Quality • Known for her work in BRONZE and GOLD, LISA EISNER is now debuting HAND-CRAFTED SILVER pieces for the Row inspired by artist JOHN CHAMBERLAIN’s abstract FOIL SCULPTURES—each one a singular MASTERPIECE

Everlasting LOVE • CARTIER’s new LOVE UNLIMITED collection takes inspiration from the house’s legendary LOVE BRACELET and its signature SCREW MOTIF for a series of ridged RINGS and flexible BANDS that can be MIXED and MATCHED, worn SOLO or STACKED

SMOOTH Operator • Once reserved for AFTER DARK, SATIN is starting to see the LIGHT, imbuing some of fall’s finest SHOES, BAGS, SKIRTS, and TOPS with a dreamy LUSTER

MAJOR Strides • TORY BURCH has outrun the rest with her easy, TAILORED version of a classic TRACK PANT that can be worn dressed UP or DOWN, no matter the PACE of your style

Go LONG • TOE the LINE between POLISHED and PROVOCATIVE in a pair of elegantly ELONGATED OXFORDS

LOCKED In • For 20 years, CHLOÉ’S PADDINGTON BAG has been the IT ACCESSORY for BOHO-CHIC tastemakers like Kate Moss and Nicole Richie. Now, the brand’s creative director, Chemena Kamali, has REIMAGINED the SLOUCHY STYLE in two sizes and a range of AUTUMNAL SHADES, with lighter HARDWARE that lends its COOL FACTOR everyday ease.

THE PEOPLE and IDEAS SHAPING the CULTURE • When LAURA BROWN and KRISTINA O’NEILL were FIRED from their top-of-the-masthead FASHION jobs, they could have WALLOWED. They could have stayed QUIET. Instead, they OWNED IT. And now, they’ve WRITTEN the BOOK on it.

SOUND Effects • DEREK C. BLASBERG talks to musical mastermind MARK RONSON about his new MEMOIR of his early days on the ’90s New York club scene, the SPIRITUAL nature of the BIG BANGER, and why LIFE is like one big ever-evolving DJ MIX where the MAGIC is in the MOMENT

Made to MEASURE • HUSBANDS, the cultish men’s TAILORING label, is the SECRET French spot where FASHION’S ELITE go for their JACKETS and SUITS. LEAH CHERNIKOFF gets FITTED.

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MOLTO Milano • The once-overlooked FASHION CAPITAL is now a sparkling, THRIVING HUB of design and creativity where EVERYONE WANTS to...