30.11.07

Harper Bazaar



* The publication's name was the subject of one of sitcom character Archie Bunker's famous malapropisms, when he referred to it as Harper's Brassiere.

* Winged creatures in Peter David's fantasy novel Sir Apropos of Nothing, said to be the male equivalent of harpies, were called Harpers, and more descriptively, the Harpers Bizarre.

* In the final shot of the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie Rear Window (1954), Grace Kelly's character is shown reading a non-fiction book called Beyond the High Himalayas. When she notices her boyfriend (James Stewart) is sleeping, she puts it down to read Harper's Bazaar instead.

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