Harper's Bazaar UK

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Harper’s Bazaar • Published on 9 March

Editor’s letter

Contributors

10 things we love • Neutral tones, clean lines and luxe fabrics: understated spring fashion to make an outsize impact about town

ROLAND MOURET • In a collection that pays tribute to the brilliance of Pierre Cardin, Roland Mouret blends Fifties French elegance with American art deco energy

Ask Avrıl • Our fashion director Avril Mair answers your style conundrums and solves your sartorial headaches

Cometh the hour • Mark the arrival of longer days and brighter dawns with the season’s most elegant timepieces

BAZAAR ACCESSORIES

Fashion forward • The visionary entrepreneurs working together to change the way we shop. Plus: interview-dressing tips and stylish subscription services

MAKING GOOD • Both trailblazers in sustainability, Amy Powney and Monica Vinader have joined forces on their quest to bring greater transparency to the fashion and jewellery industries. They tell Frances Hedges about their shared mission

AGENDA • Need-to-know news, recommendations and reviews for high-flying women

Grace notes • Cinderella makes an enchanting return to the Royal Opera House. Plus: a high-voltage adaptation of The Power; a tribute to tartan at the V&A Dundee; and Jennifer Saunders on her comedy of bedside manners

HAVING A BALL • The magic of fairy tales lives on in the Royal Ballet’s triumphant Cinderella revival.

SAY IT WITH SPARKLE • As Ashish Gupta’s first retrospective opens, the designer talks to Brooke Theis about sticking to his guns, subverting stereotypes and expressing himself through sequins

WOMAN TO WOMAN • A rising star of the stage finds common creative ground with her mentor, the director Phyllida Lloyd

SIREN CALL • Virago marks half a century of seminal prose with a spellbinding short-story collection

LIFE SUPPORT • As Alan Bennett’s dark comedy Allelujah arrives on the silver screen, its star Jennifer Saunders reflects on hospitals, hope and how to find the funny side of ageing

WHEEL OF FORTUNE • The designer Jonathan Anderson salutes the late ceramicist Lucie Rie’s innovative spirit

SHE’S ELECTRIC • The TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s emotionally charged novel The Power feels as current – and shocking – as it did on publication.

ROUTE DIVERSION • Anne Youngson switched professional gear when she moved from automobiles to authorship – and in doing so, found her true vocation.

CLOSE TIES

POP ART • A new book, Guitar: The Shape of Sound (£39.95, Phaidon), uncovers the stories behind the strings strummed by musicians including Joni Mitchell and St Vincent.

HIP TO BE SQUARE • From 17th-century hunting garb to contemporary creations by Vivienne Westwood and Grace Wales Bonner, the V&A Dundee’s ‘Tartan’ exhibition celebrates one of the most famous textile designs in the world and its role in fashion for centuries.

Family values • The mother-and-daughter duo whose shared style sensibility is turning Somerset into a design haven. Plus: home-grown tulips; cookbooks with heart; and a hidden wilderness on London’s riverbank

Go west • Celia and Frankie Philo’s new interiors store is the latest address to know in the perennially fashionable Somerset town of Bruton

FRAME OF MIND • Discover Mount Collective’s thoughtful approach to...