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Harper's Bazaar is an American women's fashion magazine. The magazine was founded in 1867 by Harper & Brothers as Harper's Bazar (and has since been operating as Harper's Bazaar since 1929); it is the oldest fashion magazine still in operation and was based off and originally the American version of the German publication Der Bazar.{{Cite web |title=The Harper Magazines, Part Three |url=https://storage.e.jimdo.com/file/438d0251-4770-4af9-8632-88832bfe468b/03%20Harper%20Mags%203rd%20draft.pdf |access-date=22 March 2025}}

The magazine is a monthly publication, published ten times per year with merged June/July and December/January issues.

According to the publications current editor-in-chief, Samira Nasr, "Harper's BAZAAR uses fashion as a way to explore the forces shaping culture today and to tell the most urgent stories of the moment."{{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar advertising and media kit |url=https://advertising.hearstmagazines.com/brands/harper-s-bazaar |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=advertising.hearstmagazines.com |language=en}} Whilst the publisher and owner, Hearst, describes it as "the style resource for women at every age, showcasing visionary stylists, photographers and designers with authority and insider insight."{{cite web |title=Harper's BAZAAR |url=https://www.hearst.com/magazines/harpers-bazaar |access-date=April 5, 2016 |website=www.hearst.com}}

The magazine has achieved notability for its innovative art direction under art director Alexey Brodovitch (who worked with the publication from 1934 to 1958).{{Cite web |last=Cason |first=Daniela |title=LibGuides: The Harper's Bazaar Archive: Content |url=https://proquest.libguides.com/harpers/content |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=proquest.libguides.com |language=en}} Norman Norell called it "a photographer's magazine" in reference to its innovative photography. Along with this the reinvention of the magazine under editor-in-chief Liz Tilberis, and art director Fabien Baron who wanted to make it into the most beautiful fashion magazine in the world.{{Cite news |last=Schiro |first=Anne-Marie |date=1999-04-22 |title=Elizabeth Tilberis, 51, Magazine Editor, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/22/arts/elizabeth-tilberis-51-magazine-editor-dies.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=10Magazine |date=2011-06-01 |title=LIZ TILBERIS: TEN INFLUENTIALS |url=https://10magazine.com/liz-tilberis-ten-influentials/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=10 Magazine |language=en-GB}} Is regarded as turning it back into a fashion publishing industry powerhouse. The magazine is also considered as the long-time rival to Vogue.{{Cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |date=1992-05-17 |title=Money. Power. Prestige. With so much at stake, Anna Wintour of Vogue and Liz Tilberis of Harper's Bazaar are locked in a . . . : Clash of the Titans |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-17-vw-356-story.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

The journal had been inspired by the German Der Bazar (meaning "The Bazaar"), which was a weekly fashion journal published from Berlin, Germany. Fletcher Harper suggested the idea of an American edition of the publication, in partnership with the German original. However, his brothers (James and Joseph Harper) believed that they were already too busy with their other publications (Harper's Monthly and Harper's Weekly) and that they would not be able to launch a new publication.{{Cite book |last=Theodore |first=Peterson |url=https://archive.org/details/magazinesintwent0000unse/ |title=Magazines in the Twentieth Century |publisher=Urbana: University of Illinois Press |year=1956 |isbn=9780252725371 |language=En}} Fletcher then decided to publish the magazine himself however upon hearing this the brothers changed their minds and decided to publish it together.{{Cite book |last=Harper |first=Joseph Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/househarper01harpgoog/ |title=The House of Harper: A Century of Publishing in Franklin Square |publisher=Harper & Brothers Publishers |year=1912 |isbn=9781402146633}}File:Harpersbazar.jpgThe publication debuted on November 2, 1867,{{Cite web |last=Georgievska |first=Marija |date=December 27, 2016 |title=Harper's Bazaar is one of the oldest American fashion magazines first published in 1867 |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/27/harpers-bazaar-is-one-of-the-oldest-american-fashion-magazines-first-published-in-1867/}} and was published by Harper & Brothers, based in New York City and edited by Mary Louise Booth. The magazine was published in a folio tabloid-size format and published weekly, with the subtitle of "A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction." During this time Harper's Bazar was able to stay ahead of other American publications like Godey's Lady's Book and Peterson's, which had to copy their illustrations from French magazines and re-engrave the printing plates of the latest fashions; however, due to the partnership with Der Bazar, the magazine would be sent the electrotypes of the original printing plates which lead to Harper's Bazar publishing the latest illustrations at the same time as the European journals which was months ahead of the other American publications.{{Cite journal |last=Minot |first=Lacey |date=2020-03-01 |title=Harper's Bazaar, premier magazine de mode |journal=West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=137–142 |doi=10.1086/711201 |issn=2153-5531 |s2cid=225086128}} This gave Harper's Bazar an edge above the other American publications for many years.

Bazar{{'}}s circulation was estimated at reaching between 70,000 and 100,000 within the first six weeks of circulation.

Bazar under Mary L. Booth (who stayed as the editor of the publication until her death in 1889) has been described as a "covert" voice for women's rights, with articles about women's suffrage and equal rights. However, Booth herself denied that the magazine had any political agenda or attempted influence. Booth was succeeded by Margaret Elizabeth Sangster who stayed as editor-in-chief until 1899; she left and was replaced by Elizabeth Jordan when the publication was reorganised.

Early contributors include George William Curtis (authored Manners Upon the Road), Thomas Wentworth Higginson (authored Women and Men), James Payn (writing articles under "Robert Kemble, of London"),{{Cite book |last=Harper |first=Joseph Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/househarper01harpgoog/page/348/mode/2up?q=Bazar |title=The House of Harper: A Century of Publishing in Franklin Square |publisher=Harper & Brothers Publishers |year=1912 |isbn=9781402146633 |pages=348}} Wilkie Collins, F. W. Robinson, Virginia Woolf,{{Cite magazine |date=2025-01-03 |title=The 2025 Harper's Bazaar short-story competition is now open for entries |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/culture-news/a36157/harpers-bazaar-short-story-competition/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-GB}} George Eliot, and Emmeline Raymond (the Paris correspondent).{{cite journal |author=Ruxandra Looft |date=Winter 2017 |title=Unseen Political Spaces: Gender and Nationhood in the Berlin and Paris Fashion Press during the Franco-Prussian War |journal=Journal of European Periodical Studies |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=48 |doi=10.21825/jeps.v2i2.4812 |doi-access=free}}

In 1901 the magazine's format made the transition from a weekly to a monthly magazine, and changed its format/size, partly because of the publisher's financial struggles.

Hearst purchased the magazine for Harper & Brothers in 1913; before Hearst's purchase the magazine had steadily been losing money for many years. Under Hearst ownership the magazine was turned into a thick glossy magazine, and had a distinct editorial change from a Harper's publication to a Hearst publication.

Sell left the magazine in 1926 and Charles Hanson Towne became editor-in-chief; under his tenure a second "a" was added to "Bazar" and the publication was renamed to Harper's Bazaar from November 1929. Arthur Samuels then replaced Towne in 1929.

Carmel Snow became fashion editor in 1932, joining Harper's Bazaar from its rival Vogue which caused a stir in the fashion industry. Snow felt like she was constrained at Vogue, with Edna Woolman Chase (editor-in-chief of Vogue) having no intentions to leave her position. Edna Woolman Chase and Condé Nast (publisher of Vogue) believed her exit as "the ultimate betrayal" and Nast never spoke to Snow again.

One of Snow's first influential editorials was created in 1933. Snow and the Hungarian photojournalist Martin Munkácsi went to a windswept and cold Long Island beach for a swimwear fashion shoot which was Munkácsi's first fashion story. A photo was taken featuring model Lucile Brokaw who ran towards the camera which became part of fashion-magazine history, with most fashion photoshoots previously featuring still mannequin-like models shot in a studio; the photo became a turning point for fashion photography.

Snow became the magazine's editor-in-chief in 1934 and Samuels joined House Beautiful. Snow's approach was more hands on than Samuels who was more distant to his employees, preferring a "closed-door" approach. Following a design exhibition at the Art Directors Club, Snow was introduced to the work of Russian artist Alexey Brodovitch who she offered the art director role that evening. Brodovitch revolutionized magazine design and became "virtually the model for the modern magazine art director". He also introduced the Didot typeface to the magazine, which then became the logo font and would be copied with notable publications including Vogue, L'Officiel, and Elle using Didot as their logo typeface.{{Cite web |title=Eye Magazine {{!}} Feature {{!}} Through thick and thin: fashion and type |url=https://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/through-thick-and-think-fashion-and-type |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Eye Magazine |language=en}} Brodovitch is also remembered for his use of white space and cropped layouts.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-24 |title=The Arrogance & Influence of Alexey Brodovitch |url=https://www.neboagency.com/blog/the-arrogance-and-influence-of-alexey-brodovitch/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=www.neboagency.com |language=en}} Truman Capote said about Brodovitch, "What Dom Pérignon was to champagne ... so [Brodovitch] has been to ... photographic design and editorial layout."{{Cite magazine |date=2007-06-01 |title=Alexey Brodovitch: 1934-1958 |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a94/bazaar-140-0607/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}}

One of his assistants at Bazaar was Tony Lane, who later became the art director of Rolling Stone.{{Cite web |last=Brower |first=Steven |date=2016-01-13 |title=Remembering Art Director & Designer Tony Lane |url=https://www.printmag.com/culturally-related-design/art-director-designer-tony-lane-music-design/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=PRINT Magazine |language=en-US}}

Brodovitch also introduced photographers Richard Avedon, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Irving Penn, and more to the magazine along with the artists Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, and Andy Warhol. Avedon had fourteen interviews with the magazine before being hired.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}File:Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Toni Frissell, Woman in tennis outfit, 1947.jpg, published in Harper's Bazaar, February 1947]]In late 1935, Snow saw a young Diana Vreeland dancing at the St. Regis Hotel bar in a lace dress by Chanel and the day after commissioned her to write a column called "Why Don't You... ?" for the magazine. A typical suggestion: "Why don't you ... wear, like the Duchess of Kent, three enormous diamond stars arranged in your hair in front?." She was immortalized in Funny Face where she inspired the character Maggie Prescott (played by Kay Thompson).{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Kerry |date=2021-02-05 |title=How 'Funny Face' Became The Ultimate Fashion Reference |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/article/funny-face-fashion |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}} Richard Avedon was also immortalized in the film, inspiring the character Dick Avery (played by Fred Astaire).{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Ault |first2=Alicia |title=Richard Avedon Pushed the Boundaries of Portrait Photography |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/richard-avedon-pushed-the-boundaries-of-portrait-photography-180981330/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}} Avedon shot many iconic photographs for the magazine (working from 1945 as a staff photographer) including models roller skating in the Place de la Concorde,{{Cite magazine |date=2007-08-16 |title=The Avedon Years: 1945-1965 |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a177/bazaar-140-0907/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |magazine=Harper's BAZAAR |language=en-US}} Dovima with circus elephants,{{Cite web |title=Dovima with Elephants, Evening Dress by Dior, Cirque d'Hiver, Paris |url=https://www.artic.edu/artworks/221681/dovima-with-elephants-evening-dress-by-dior-cirque-d-hiver-paris |website=Art Institute of Chicago|date=1955 }} and more glamourous editorials with large sets.{{Cite web |last=BAZAAR |first=Harpers |date=2022-10-25 |title=How Richard Avedon reinvented fashion photography |url=https://harpersbazaar.com.au/richard-avedon-photography/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Harper's Bazaar Australia |language=en-US}}

Guadeloupean model and dancer Ady Fidelin became the first black model to be featured in a major American fashion magazine when she featured in Harper's Bazaar in September 1937.{{cite news |last1=Felder |first1=Rachel |date=April 29, 2022 |title=Overlooked No More: Ady Fidelin, Black Model 'Hidden in Plain Sight' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/obituaries/ady-fidelin-overlooked.html |work=The New York Times}}

Following the Second World War Junior Bazaar was launched, aiming to be a competitor to Mademoiselle and Seventeen. However, in 1948 it was merged into Harper's Bazaar with Snow believing that she was diverting too much of her energy to the publication.

Gleb Derujinsky joined the magazine in 1950 (working with the magazine till 1968) and produced some of the magazine's most iconic images.{{Cite book |title=Capturing Fashion: Derujinsky |publisher=Flammarion |year=2016 |page=45}} Derujinsky was a pioneer juxtaposing haute couture dresses with deserts, junkyards, fairgrounds and airports, with the comparison between Avedon and Derujinsky being "Avedon shot dresses and clothes, Gleb shot women living in them".

In 1957 Derujinsky traveled across the world with Nena von Schlebrügge, and Ruth Neumann in co-operation with Pan Am for the inauguration of the Boeing 707.{{Cite book |title=Capturing Fashion: Gleb Derujinsky |publisher=Flammarion |year=2016 |page=107}} They shot in eleven countries in 28 days.

Brodovitch (who struggled with alcoholism) was fired in 1958{{Cite web |title=Alexey Brodovitch |url=https://archive.artic.edu/irvingpennarchives/1973#:~:text=Brodovitch,%20who%20struggled%20with%20alcoholism,hospitalized%20beginning%20in%20the%201960s. |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=The Art Institute of Chicago}} and his wife died the following year, all of which lead to a severe depression and following a 1967 hip injury he moved to the south of France where he died in 1971.

The February 1959 issue featured an editorial with Chinese-American model China Machado (oftern erroneously reported as the cover, which is actually the December 1958 issue with Dovima); she was one of the first people of colour to be featured in a major American fashion magazine.{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Vanessa |date=2016-12-19 |title=China Machado, Breakthrough Model Until the End, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/fashion/china-machado-first-non-white-supermodel.html |access-date=2021-06-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The publisher (Hearst) was against the inclusion of Machado believing that Southern subscribers would quit their subscriptions.{{Cite web |title=China Machado, Model |url=https://intothegloss.com/2014/02/china-machado-model |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Into The Gloss |language=en}} She later became the magazine's senior fashion editor and then fashion director.

The Nancy White era circulation peaked in 1969 with 442,220 copies circulated.{{Cite news |last=Curtis |first=Charlotte |date=1971-06-27 |title=Vogue, Bazaar Are Changing In Own Ways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/27/archives/vogue-bazaar-are-changing-in-own-ways.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

Nonnie Moore was hired as fashion editor in 1980, having served in the same post at Mademoiselle.{{cite news|title=Nonnie Moore, Fashion Editor at Magazines, Dies at 87|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|date=February 24, 2009|access-date=February 26, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/business/media/25moore.html|work=The New York Times}} The New York Times noticed the changes she made at Harper's Bazaar, highlighting how the magazine had been "looking a little dowdy", but that Moore had "noticeably sharpened the magazine's fashion point of view" by showing "brighter, younger and more stylish", complimenting her use of "young and exciting fashion photographers", such as Oliviero Toscani.{{cite web |last=Duka |first=John |url=https://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F60F16FC3C5F0C758CDDA80894D9484D81 |title=Notes on Fashion |work=The New York Times |date= January 6, 1981|access-date= February 25, 2009}}

Liz Tilberis was appointed editor-in-chief in 1992, she was previously the editor-in-chief of British Vogue, replacing Anna Wintour in 1987.{{Cite web |last=Member |first=Newsweek Staff Newsweek Is A. Trust Project |date=1992-09-06 |title=The Battle Of The Rag Mags |url=https://www.newsweek.com/battle-rag-mags-198630 |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Rourke |first=Mary |date=1992-05-17 |title=Money. Power. Prestige. With so much at stake, Anna Wintour of Vogue and Liz Tilberis of Harper's Bazaar are locked in a . . . : Clash of the Titans |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-17-vw-356-story.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}

Harper's Bazaar has 29 editions worldwide.

• Harper's Bazaar Arabia (in Arabic and English, since 2007 | Edited by Olivia Philips){{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Launches in Dubai - Harper's Bazaar Launches in Dubai {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-launches-in-dubai |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Australia/New Zealand (in English, from 1984 to 1990 and then from 1998 to 2020, since 2021 | Edited by Jillian Davison){{Cite web |last=Hornery |first=Andrew |date=2021-06-06 |title=Harper's Bazaar set to be relaunched in Australia |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/harper-s-bazaar-set-to-relaunch-in-australia-20210607-p57yna.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
• Harper's Bazaar Brazil (in Portuguese, since 2011 | Edited by Patricia Carta){{Cite web |title=Hearst Magazines International Launches Harper's Bazaar in Brazil Starting with the November Issue - Hearst Magazines International Launches Harper's Bazaar in Brazil Starting with the November Issue {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/hearst-magazines-international-launches-harper-s-bazaar-in-brazil-starting-with-the-november-issue |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar China (in Simplified Chinese, since 2002 | Edited by Simona Sha)
• Harper's Bazaar Czech Republic (in Czech, since 1997 | Edited by Nora Grundová)
• Harper's Bazaar France (in French, from 1983 to 1991, since 2023 | Edited by Olivier Lalanne){{Cite book |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb34386643g |title=Harper's Bazaar France |date=1983 |publisher=Syds - France |location=Paris}}{{Cite web |last=Richford |first=Rhonda |date=2023-02-22 |title=Harper's Bazaar Launches French Edition |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/harpers-bazaar-launches-edition-france-1235540431/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
• Harper's Bazaar Germany (in Germany, from 1963 to 1970 and then from 1985 to 1992, since 2013 | Edited by Kerstin Schneider){{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Germany Launching in Fall 2013 - Harper's Bazaar Germany Launching in Fall 2013 {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-germany-launching-in-fall-2013 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Greece (in Greek, since 1996 | Edited by Eleni Pateraki)
• Harper's Bazaar Hong Kong (in Traditional Chinese, since 1988 | Edited by Crystal Wong)
• Harper's Bazaar India (in English, since 2009 | Edited by Rasna Bhasin){{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Launches in India - Harper's Bazaar Launches in India {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-launches-in-india |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Indonesia (in Indonesian, since 2000 | Edited by Ria Lirungan)
• Harper's Bazaar Italy (in Italian, from 1968 to 1997, since 2022 | Edited by Massimo Russo){{Cite web |author=W. W. D. Staff |date=1997-12-12 |title=MEMP PAD |url=https://wwd.com/feature/article-1111968-1786495/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-07 |title=Harper's Bazaar Italy Launches Print Edition |url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/news/media/harpers-bazaar-italy-print-magazine/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=The Business of Fashion |language=en}}
• Harper's Bazaar Japan (in Japanese, since 2000 | Edited by Yuko Oguri)
• Harper's Bazaar Kazakhstan (in Russian, since 2004 | Edited by Larissa Azanova){{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://harpersbazaar.kz/about/ |website=Harper's Bazaar Kazakhstan}}
• Harper's Bazaar Korea (in Korean, since 1996 | Edited by Sekyung Cho){{Cite web |date=3 July 1996 |title=Harper's Bazaar Is Set For Launch in South Korea |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB836340506546272000 |website=The Wall Street Journal}}
• Harper's Bazaar Latin America (in Spanish, since 1980 | Edited by María José Guzmán)
• Harper's Bazaar Malaysia (in English, since 2003 | Edited by Aziz Draim)
• Harper's Bazaar Netherlands (in Dutch, from 1986 to 1990, since 2014 | Edited by Miluska Van 't Lam){{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Netherlands to launch in September 2014 |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-netherlands-to-launch-in-september-2014 |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Qatar (in English, since 2022 | Edited by Olivia Philips)
• Harper's Bazaar Saudi (in Arabic and English, since 2021 | Edited by Olivia Philips)
• Harper's Bazaar Serbia (in Serbian, since 2014 | Edited by Petar Janošević)
• Harper's Bazaar Singapore (in English, since 2001 | Edited by Kenneth Goh)
• Harper's Bazaar Spain (in Spanish, since 2010 | Edited by Inmaculada Jiménez){{Cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Launches in Spain - Harper's Bazaar Launches in Spain {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-launches-in-spain |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Taiwan (in Traditional Chinese, since 1989 | Edited by Kora Hsieh)
• Harper's Bazaar Thailand (in Thai, since 2005 | Edited by Nichakul Kitayanubhongse)
• Harper's Bazaar Turkey (in Turkish, since 1993 | Edited by Gulen Yelmen)
• Harper's Bazaar Ukraine (in Ukrainian, since 2008 | Edited by Kateryna Popova){{Cite web |title=Harpers Bazaar Launched in Ukraine |url=https://www.sanoma.com/en/news/2008/wp/harpers-bazaar-launched-in-ukraine/ |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.sanoma.com |language=en}}
• Harper's Bazaar United Kingdom (in English, since 1929 | Edited by Lydia Slater)
• Harper's Bazaar United States (in English, since 1867 | Edited by Samira Nasr)
• Harper's Bazaar Vietnam (in Vietnamese, since 2011 | Edited by Tran-Nguyen Thien-Huong)

• Harper's Bazaar Argentina (in Spanish, from 2011 to 2019)
• Harper's Bazaar Bulgaria (in Bulgarian, from 2008){{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Harper's Bazaar Bulgaria - Magazine {{!}} Magazines {{!}} The FMD |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/magazines/harpers-bazaar-bulgaria/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=The FMD - FashionModelDirectory.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Chile (in Spanish, from 2015 to 2019)
• Harper's Bazaar Colombia (in Spanish, from 1980 to 2019)
• Harper's Bazaar Ecuador (in Spanish, from 1980 to 2019)
• Harper's Bazaar Peru (in Spanish, from 1980 to 2019)
• Harper's Bazaar Poland (in Polish, from 2013 to 2019){{Cite web |date=February 5, 2013 |title="Harper's Bazaar" kosztować będzie 11,90 zł. Na okładce I numeru Małgosia Bela |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/harper-s-bazaar-kosztowac-bedzie-11-90-zl-na-okladce-i-numeru-malgosia-bela |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.wirtualnemedia.pl |language=pl}}
• Harper's Bazaar Romania (in Romanian, from 2007 to 2021){{Cite web |title=Harper's BAZAAR Launches in Romania - Harper's BAZAAR Launches in Romania {{!}} Hearst |url=https://www.hearst.com/-/harper-s-bazaar-launches-in-romania |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=www.hearst.com}}
• Harper's Bazaar Russia (in Russian, from 1996 to 2022){{Cite news |last=Britten |first=Fleur |date=2022-04-20 |title=Vogue Russia closes as Condé Nast stops publishing after 'rise in censorship' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/apr/20/vogue-russia-closes-as-conde-nast-stops-publishing-after-rise-in-censorship |access-date=2024-06-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• Harper's Bazaar Venezuela (in Spanish, from 1980 to 2018)

Harper's Bazaar Arabia was launched in March 2007 and is published by ITP Media Group and based in Dubai.{{cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar (English) |url=https://www.itp.com/magazine/63-Harpers_Bazaar |website=ITP}} The brand also publishes Harper's Bazaar Art, Interiors and Junior titles.

In July 2018 Harper's Bazaar Arabia became the first magazine to have a Saudi Arabian woman on the cover when they featured Taleedah Tamer as their July/August cover girl.{{cite news |last=Holt |first=Bethan |date=June 28, 2018 |title=Could Taleedah Tamer become Saudi Arabia's first supermodel? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/could-taleedah-tamer-become-saudi-arabias-first-supermodel/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/could-taleedah-tamer-become-saudi-arabias-first-supermodel/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |newspaper=The Telegraph |via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}

Editors

• Rachel Sharp (2007–2009)
• Louise Nichol (2009–2018)
• Salma Awwad (2018–2020)
• Olivia Phillips (2020–present)

Harper's Bazaar Australia is based in Sydney. The magazine originally ran from 1984 to 1990. The magazine was relaunched in March 1998 with Nicole Kidman on the cover. The magazine's current editor is Jillian Davison, who started the position in 2021.

In July 2020 the magazine's publisher Bauer Media Australia shuttered the publication citing declining advertising revenue and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last=Doyle |first=Michael |date=July 21, 2020 |title=InStyle, Elle, Women's Health, Men's Health among Australian magazines axed by Bauer Media |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/elle-womens-health-ok-instyle-magazines-axed-by-bauer/12478658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811093817/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-21/elle-womens-health-ok-instyle-magazines-axed-by-bauer/12478658 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |work=ABC News}}{{cite news |last1=Meade |first1=Amanda |date=July 20, 2020 |title=Mercury Capital axes eight former Bauer magazines, including Harper's Bazaar, Elle and Men's Health |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/21/bauer-media-australia-axes-eight-magazines-including-harpers-bazaar-elle-and-mens-health |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827050944/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jul/21/bauer-media-australia-axes-eight-magazines-including-harpers-bazaar-elle-and-mens-health |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |access-date=September 4, 2020 |work=The Guardian}} The magazine resumed publication in September 2021 as Harper's Bazaar Australia/New Zealand and is now published by Switzer Media and Publishing.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210607121139/https://mumbrella.com.au/hearst-magazines-harpers-bazaar-returning-to-australia-686438 Hearst magazine's Harpers Bazaar returning to Australia] Mumbrella June 7, 2021

Editors

• Lee Tulloch (1984–1985)
• Alexandra Joel (1988–1990)
• Karin Upton Baker (1998–2001)
• Alison Veness (2001–2008)
• Jamie Huckbody (2008–2009)
• Edwina McCann (2009–2012)
• Kellie Hush (2012–2018)
• Eugenie Kelly (2018–2020)
• Eugenie Kelly (2021–2021)
• Jillian Davison (2021–2025)

In November 2001 Best China Fashion was launched. In September 2002 it took on the Harper's Bazaar name before fully rebranding in 2005.

Editors

• Su Mang (2001–2018)
• Simona Sha (2018–present)

Harper's Bazaar En Español is the Mexican and Latin American edition of Harper's Bazaar, was launched in Miami in 1980.

Editors

• Victoria Puig de Lange (1984–?)
• Laura D.B. de Laviada

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Editors

• Vivian Mak (1991–2000)

Harper's Bazaar India launched in 2009 with Kareena Kapoor on the cover.{{cite web |title=Hottest covers of Harper's Bazaar – – Photo1 – India Today - |date=April 4, 2012 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/hottest-covers-of-harpers-bazaar/1/6838.html#photo2}} The magazine is based in Mumbai.{{cite web |last=Advano |first=Alyssa |date=October 17, 2017 |title=The Life of Nonita Kalra, Editor of Harper's Bazaar India |url=https://scadmanor.com/the-life-of-nonita-kalra-editor-of-harpers-bazaar-india/ |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=The Manor}}

Editors

• Sujata Assomull Sippy (2009–2012)
• Nishat Fatima (2012–2016)
• Nonita Kalra (2016–2020)
• Nandini Bhalla (2020–2023)
• Rasna Bhasin (2023–present)

Editors

Harper's Bazaar Singapore published its first Singapore edition of the magazine on November 4, 2001. It is published by SPH Magazines.

In 2015, Harper's Bazaar Singapore launched its website.{{cite web |title=Harper's Bazaar Singapore – Fashion, Beauty, Travel, Parties & Culture |url=http://harpersbazaar.com.sg}}

Harper's Bazaar Singapore has won several awards, including a MPAS Awards 2018 for Fashion Media of the Year (Gold).{{cite web |title=Media Release: SPH Magazines a big winner at MPAS Awards 2018 – SPH Magazines |url=https://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/news/2018/11/09/media-release-sph-magazines-a-big-winner-at-mpas-awards-2018}}{{cite web |title=Harper's BAZAAR – SPH Magazines |url=https://www.sphmagazines.com.sg/magazines/harpers-bazaar}} The magazine was also the media partner for the first four seasons of Asia's Next Top Model.

Kenneth Goh has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine since 2014.{{cite web |title=Media release: Kenneth Goh appointed Editor-in-Chief of Harper's BAZAAR Singapore – SPH Magazines |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328051243/https://www.harpersbazaar.com.sg/about/ |archive-date=March 28, 2020 |access-date=January 31, 2020}}

Editors

• Min Chun Chang

The Harper's Bazaar UK edition was first published in London in 1929.{{cite journal|first=Ping|last=Shaw|title=Internationalization of the women's magazine industry in Taiwan context, process and influence|journal=Asian Journal of Communication|date=1999|volume=9|issue=2|pages=17–38|doi=10.1080/01292989909359623}} In November 1970, New York City-based Hearst Communications amalgamated it with Queen magazine (which dated from 1862) to form Harpers & Queen. The magazine was widely perceived to be focused on British "high society" and the lives of socialites and the British aristocracy. In March 2006, it was renamed Harper's Bazaar, bringing it in line with its international sister titles, and repositioned as a more celebrity-oriented fashion magazine. Harper's Bazaar UK has a long history of literary contributions from leading writers, including Evelyn Waugh, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and Virginia Woolf. It maintains that connection today, with recent articles written by Ali Smith, Jeanette Winterson, and Margaret Atwood, and runs its own Literary Salon.

Editors

• Joyce Reynolds (1929–1945){{Cite web |date=2005-12-31 |title=A name for all seasons |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/a-name-for-all-seasons-jj3sl87rlj0?region=global |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}
• Anne Scott-James (1945–1951)
• Eileen Dickson (1951–1964 or 1965)
• Ruth Lynam (1965–1968)
• Nancy White (1965–1967)
• Pamela Carmichael (1968–1969)
• Michael Griffiths (1968–1969)
• Willie Landels (1970–1986){{Cite news |last=Obituaries |first=Telegraph |date=2023-05-05 |title=Willie Landels, editor and artist who made Harpers & Queen London's most talked-about magazine – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/05/05/willie-landels-obituary-harpers-queen-died/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}
• Nicholas Coleridge (1986–1989)
• Vicki Woods (1990–1993){{Cite news |last=Horyn |first=Cathy |date=2001-06-11 |title=Is This the Woman to Rescue Harper's Bazaar? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/11/college/is-this-the-woman-to-rescue-harpers-bazaar.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
• Fiona Macpherson (1993–2000){{Cite news |last=Valentine |first=Penny |date=2000-12-12 |title=Fiona Macpherson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/dec/12/guardianobituaries.pennyvalentine |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• Lucy Yeomans (2000–2012){{Cite web |last=Rees |first=Alex |date=2012-03-15 |title=British Harper's Bazaar Editor Quits, Moves to Net-a-Porter |url=https://www.thecut.com/2012/03/harpers-bazaar-uks-editor-moves-to-net-a-porter.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=The Cut |language=en}}
• Justine Picardie (2012–2019){{Cite web |last=Rees |first=Alex |date=2012-08-22 |title=British Harpers Bazaar Taps Justine Picardie |url=https://www.thecut.com/2012/08/british-harpers-bazaar-taps-justine-picardie.html |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=The Cut |language=en}}
• Lydia Slater (2020–present){{Cite web |last=Conti |first=Samantha |date=2020-10-20 |title=Hearst U.K. Promotes Lydia Slater to Editor of British Harper's Bazaar |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/hearst-uk-promotes-lydia-slater-editor-british-harpers-bazaar-1234639496/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}

File:Lindsay Coffey Harper's Bazaar December 2021 Cover.jpg, Lindsey Coffey on the Cover of December 2021 Harper's Bazaar magazine Vietnam]]

The magazine was founded in Ho Chi Minh City on June 27, 2011. The Vietnamese version of Harper's Bazaar is called Phong cách Harper's Bazaar as a result of merging Harper's Bazaar and Phong cách.{{cite web|url=http://vnexpress.net/gl/van-hoa/thoi-trang/2011/06/sao-chuan-bi-cho-le-ra-mat-phong-cach-harper-s-bazaar/|title='Sao' chuẩn bị cho lễ ra mắt 'Phong Cách Harper's Bazaar'|publisher=VnExpress Giải Trí}}

Harper's Bazaar Vietnam was also a co-sponsor of the first season of Project Runway Vietnam (local title: Nhà thiết kế thời trang Việt Nam).

In 2014, Harper's Bazaar Vietnam launched its website.{{cite web|url=http://bazaarvietnam.vn|title=Home|website=Harper's Bazaar Việt Nam}}

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