UK Harper’s Bazaar December 2019 : Cate Blanchett by Tom Munro

[JPineapple]

Helena's ed is delightful.

 

[MON]

Helena's cover is giving me every judgmental aunt during the holidays vibe. I am living.

Though she deserved better tbh. Its kitschy, I'd concede. But it doesn't exude the glamour of a cover.

 

[amby]

 

[vogue28]

Jorja Smith by Richard Phibbs:

 

[aracic]

Of all Jorja's pics, they chose that to put on the cover? Shameful!

 

[JPineapple]

Jorja's second picture was perfect for the cover

 

[Benn98]

Breakthrough Talent: Letitia Wright

Photographer: Agata Popieszynska
Stylist: Charlie Harrington
Hair: Stefan Bertin
Makeup: Rebekah Lidstone
Manicure: Sabrina Gayle
Cast: Letitia Wright



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[Benn98]

Woman of the Year: Cate Blanchett

Photographer: Tom Munro
Stylist: Miranda Almond
Hair: Kerry Warn
Makeup: Morag Ross
Manicure: Nicole Leblanc
Cast: Cate Blanchett



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[Benn98]

British Icon: Helena Bonham Carter

Photographer: Pamela Hanson
Stylist: Leith Clark
Hair: Daniel Martin
Makeup: Louise Constad
Manicure: Sabrina Gayle
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hughes, Lewis Jamieson





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[Benn98]

Musician of the Year: Jorja Smith

Photographer: Richard Phibbs
Stylist: Georgia Medley
Hair: Zateesha Barbour
Makeup: Carol Lopez
Manicure: Sabrina Gayle
Cast: Jorja Smith



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[Benn98]

Breakthrough Designer: Alexa Chung

Photographer: Josh Shinner
Stylist: Florrie Thomas
Hair: George Northwood
Makeup: Florrie White
Cast: Alexa Chung



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[Benn98]

Television Icon: Ruth Wilson

Photographer: Richard Phibbs
Stylist: Miranda Almond
Hair: Earl Simms
Makeup: Florrie Thomas
Manicure: Sabrina Gayle
Cast: Ruth Wilson



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[Benn98]

Paris, Mon Amour

Photographer: Agata Popieszynska
Stylist: Charlie Harrington
Hair: Perine Rougemont
Makeup: Natsumi Narita
Cast: Steffi Cook



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[Benn98]

The Style Guide: Monochrome

Photographer: Josh Shinner
Stylist: Florrie Thomas
Hair: Yoshitaka Miyazaki
Makeup: Victoria Bond
Manicure: Sabrina Gayle
Cast: Xiaoqian Xu



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[[Piece Of Me]]

They seriously put Alexa Chung as the "breakout designer". I CAN'T!

 

[tigerrouge]

I would have loved a femme fatale Ruth Wilson cover, but I'm just glad I don't have to see one with Alexa Chung in her nightie.

 

[GivenchyHomme]

And people call Nicole Kidman an Ice Queen?

 

[Benn98]

So this is indeed Justine's last issue as per her editor's letter! Really the end of an era for Harper's and her tenure ended up even stronger than Lucy's in terms of identity. You could always point a Harper's cover or edit amongst a sea of others. Where will we get our dose of frothy fantasy from now? MC is dead, Vogue is too concerned with identity politics, and Elle, well too soon to tell.
I wonder what will happen to the likes of Leith, Miranda, and Charlie, who has been churning out the same aesthetic issue after issue to the point that I cannot tell who styled which. Where will they go because the print media is not really open to this dreamy and saccharine styling anymore? Leith is Keira Knightley's stylist and I'm not sure if she's still at Violet. But Miranda and Charlie worked for this magazine almost exclusively. Maybe they will surprise all of us by falling in line with the new order just as Kate Phelan is doing under Edward.

Town and Country will be fine with a reshuffle, but I doubt whether the new EIC at Harper's would be able to come in with a direction entirely opposite to Justine's. For starters the existing readers are more mature. I'm sure the acting editor will pretty much follow in the current vein until the new hire is announced.

 

[apple]

I'll be missin Justine! Love Helena's cover and editorial.

 

[MON]

Justine will be missed. Redundant as her covers may seem, the woman had a vision, knew her readers, and stuck with them.

Did not follow her that much, but her magazine was memorable.

The successor has big shoes to fill IMO.