Harper Bazaar

Page of Harper Bazaar magazine

Current and stylish, Harper’s Bazaar magazine provides some of the best comprehensive coverage of the fashion world today. By showing the latest from the catwalks worldwide, the magazine has become an indispensable source of information about beauty, health, fitness, finance, home decoration, travel, entertainment and art for every woman, while the emphasis is still on fashion. Clothes, bags, shoes, jewelry and watches from the leading designers, fashion tips from the stars, must-haves and great finds – it’s all inside. Visionary stylists and expressive photographers join hands to offer you exceptional photo-shoots that you can use as a source of inspiration for your own style. If you are one those people who lead, instead of following, can’t be ignored and see things in a different way – this is your magazine! Inspiring and celebrating the feminine style since 1867, Harper’s Bazaar is now a true fashion authority for which designers as well as regular women can look up to. The magazine is published monthly by Hearst Publishing.

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.

Harper Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar worldwide

In addition to the United States, Bazaar is published in 18 countries, including Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Lithuania, Russia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

[edit] Harper's Bazaar UK

In November 1970 the Hearst Corporation’s Harper’s Bazaar UK (founded in 1929) and Queen magazine (which dated from 1862) amalgamated to form Harpers & Queen. The magazine focused on British "high society" and the lives of socialites and the British aristocracy. Its circulation for July 2007 was 105,834 copies, with an adult readership of 197,000

It was announced in late 2005 that Harpers and Queen would once again be branded Harper’s Bazaar UK from the March 2006 issue onward. Under the direction of its editor Lucy Yeomans and former art director Sheila Jack, the magazine has reestablished itself as a major fashion title, with the phrase "For Stylish Minds" a modern interpretation of the original slogan. At the 2007 PPA awards Harper's Bazaar won the prestigious Consumer Magazine of the Year award.

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Since its debut in 1867 as America's first fashion magazine, the pages of Harper's Bazaar, first called "Harper's Bazar", has been home to talent such as:

* fashion editors including Carmel Snow, Carrie Donovan, Diana Vreeland, Anna Wintour, Liz Tilberis, Alexey Brodovich,
* photography from Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Man Ray, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Robert Frank, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Patrick Demarchelier,
* illustrations by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) and Andy Warhol.
* writer Alice Meynell

When Harper’s Bazaar began publication it was a weekly magazine catering to women in the middle and upper class. They showcased fashion from Germany and Paris in a newspaper design format. It wasn’t until 1901 that Harper’s moved to a monthly issued magazine which it maintains today. Now Harper's Bazaar is owned and operated by the Hearst Corporation in the U.S. and The National Magazine Company in the U.K.

Harper & Brothers founded the magazine. This company also gave birth to Harper's Magazine and HarperCollins Publishing.

Glenda Bailey is the editor-in-chief of U.S. Harper's Bazaar.

Harper Bazaar

Harper's Bazaar is a well-known American fashion magazine, published as Harper's Bazaar UK in the UK after the rebranding of Harpers & Queen. Harper's Bazaar considers itself to be the style resource for "the well-dressed woman and the well-dressed mind".

Every month, Bazaar assembles photographers, artists, designers and writers to deliver a "sophisticated" perspective into the world of fashion, beauty and popular culture.
~Wikipedia.