Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2017 i Harper's Bazaar India

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To meet o n e of the most famous automobile designers in the world, you have to wind your way through the Italian countryside, lined with vineyards, until you reach the quiet municipality of Clavesana, best known for its soft, fruity red wines. Here, perched on a small hill, is the studio and home of designer Chris Bangle, who has just created a range of new crystal shapes for Swarovski. Crystals, though, are not Bangle’s primary area of expertise. The American designer shot to fame as the chief of design at BMW, where he was responsible for translating the classic designs of BMW, Mini, and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars into the 21st century. Bangle’s modern aesthetic stirred controversy, and yet helped BMW become the global leader in car sales and won…

Vacheron Constantin’s Middle East and India exclusive collection combines the regions’ penchant for luxury with the precision of Swiss watchmaking. Set in rich tones of gold and brown, the pieces immediately evoke desert sands, bright sunshine, and the façades of ancients forts. The Overseas small model comes with a six-sided bezel that is daintily set with 64 round-cut diamonds totalling over one carat. At the heart of its stainless steel or 18-kt pink 37 mm diameter case beats the new Calibre 5300, which is developed by Vacheron Constantin. This 128-part self-winding movement powers the hours, minutes, and small seconds at 9 o’clock, while ensuring an approximately two-day power reserve. A brown dial and a pair of gold luminescent hands sweep around the matching hour-markers. The back of the watch features…

Doing the right thing. A refrain that punctuates my life like full stops at the end of simple sentences—grammatically correct, but over before poetry, rhythm, emotion have room to flourish. It didn’t even spare my first heartbreak, a day marked by breakup’s greatest hits: Ice cream, surreptitious cigarettes, and an embarrassing playlist that included Torn and Painted on my Heart. You know, what romantic comedies say you should do. Then I resolved to move on. As if it were a matter of will. But this decision to assert a strong, independent self was apparently inevitable. And it didn’t stem from control, but rather intuition. “Heartbreak is like the body is going into some kind of shock. When we face something we weren’t expecting, we respond in three ways: Freeze, flight,…

I grew up watching old black and white Hindi and Hollywood movies. Little surprise then that unrequited love was big on my radar. In the 1950s, when Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Ashok Kumar reigned on the Silver Screen, love triangles were the trope to go with, and I adored the will-silently-love-you-till-death-do-us-part story line. It was so unnecessarily tragic. Children are cruel that way, and respond to other peoples’ suffering with glee. It is funny to a 10-year-old that a grown-up will choose not to utter a word or confess their love, but will somehow expect their quarry to know about it, and return their feelings. It was much later in life that I began to appreciate this silent love for what it was—old-world charm, perhaps respect and…

“We didn’t have anything to lose and didn’t care what people thought. Mario and I were young and we were in love.” Since being discovered at New York’s JFK airport at 14, Kate Moss has been a muse to many—from Lucian Freud, Chuck Close, and Banksy to Edina and Patsy on Absolutely Fabulous. Let’s just say that like Helen of Troy with her ships, hers is the face that launched countless careers, exhibitions, fashion lines, and at least one 18-carat gold, 110-pound statue that we know of. (It’s called Siren, and it’s by the British artist Marc Quinn.) The photographs accompanying this article were taken by yet another creative inspired by the 43-year-old British beauty. That would be her current boyfriend, the 30-yearold socialite and photographer Count Nikolai von Bismarck.…

July 12, 2010 From being featured on the front page of The Economic Times as one of the few women marketing managers for male-centric luxury goods and a month away from flying to Paris to start my MBA, to having just shot for an international magazine—I thought I had it good. I was walking on air and addicted to the superficial, as we tend to be when younger. “I think you should wait for the doctor to share the results with you,” said the nurse who closed the package with my name on it and walked out swiftly. My heart sank. This can’t be happening. It was just a small lump that gynaecologists had deemed a fibroid without insisting on a biopsy. Until it started to throb. I quickly ripped…

SOLANGE DESSIMOULIE, WHO LAUNCHED DECLÉOR in 1974, shares her story of drawing inspiration from martial arts and creating a journey for the senses using essential oils What is the story behind Decléor’s inception? I grew up with a holistic approach to beauty—first intuitively and then as a specialist. I became so passionate about beauty products that I sought out to become an aesthetician, hungry to learn all the secrets. In the ’70s, I studied naturopathy, aromatherapy, and phytotherapy in Bobigny, a city near Paris. During this period I also studied the martial art of Tai Chi, practices that have been incorporated into Decléor’s treatments. After learning this and working for beauty companies, I wanted to create a brand for natural and efficacious products, and that is when I launched Decléor.…

WHEN I READ ALAIN DE BOTTON’S ESSAYS IN LOVE, I was surprised not as much by the book’s powerful narrative but more by the fact that the author was in his early-20s when he wrote it. How could someone so young have such clarity of thought? That’s a refrain I often return to now, but in the abyss we call Instagram, which is, surprisingly, home to a burgeoning shift in poetry. Amid the memes and tropes of #adulting, micro-nuggets of poetry stand out, written by twenty-somethings, stark in their message. They speak not about cloudless climes and starry skies, but rather of current concerns of people like them—identity, belonging, sexuality, feminism, sisterhood, heartbreak. And as their tens (or hundreds) of thousands of followers will attest, their voices are heard With…

Your first memory of music? Listening to my mother while she sang Que Sera Sera as a lullaby to my sister and I. What makes you happiest? Midwinter kitten snuggles. Your go-to karaoke song? Bohemian Rhapsody. What are you reading? The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. What does your band Mosko stand for? Celebrating spontaneous music and the dance moves that come alongside. What’s always in your bag? Mint and chopsticks. A hidden talent? I can tweet like a white bum bulbul. Your first ambition? To be an astronaut. Fail. To do whatever my heart desires, to be continued. What’s next? Sleepless nights, music releases, tours, and ice cream.…

The house is the most Parisian brand,” says Anthony Vaccarello, the creative director of Saint Laurent, who brought its design atelier back to the French capital after four years in Los Angeles under his predecessor Hedi Slimane. “You think of it, and you think of Paris and Catherine Deneuve and all those amazing women.” But right now we’re in New York, where it’s pouring rain, and Vaccarello, a thoughtful, gentle-eyed man of 37, is tucked away in his room in the Mercer hotel sipping hot water and lemon from a teacup. It’s a quick trip for the designer, who flew in from Paris the day before and is returning the following. For Vaccarello, repatriating YSL’s atelier was the starting point to think about its future. “It’s a mix of the…

SCORPIO OCTOBER 24-NOVEMBER 22 After feeling inadequate, your selfconfidence is about to receive a boost. This will be good for you provided you don’t let it go to your head. Even if you are the one with the most knowledge or experience, handle it with the lightest of touches. Motto of the month Too much consulting can confound. SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 23-DECEMBER 21 You may have missed out on the good times recently as your focus has been elsewhere. So don’t feel guilty about indulging yourself and someone close. Around October 5, you will be reminded of how much fun you can be when circumstances allow. Motto of the month Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body. CAPRICORN DECEMBER 22-JANUARY 20 Those in authority will want you…

At first glance, an illustration of three women in flowing Grecian gowns isn’t groundbreaking. But, featured on the cover of Bazaar’s February 1904 issue, it made a strong statement—the fashion it celebrated went against the rigid norms of the time. The gowns depicted lightness, freedom of movement, made even more significant given that the issue appeared when the women’s suffrage movement was gaining steam. At the turn of the century, women began to break away from traditional expectations, both societal and sartorial: Tight corsets made way for more relaxed styles, and newer cuts that revealed bare skin replaced bulky layers. The cover was not only reflective of a burgeoning shift, but also prescient of what lay ahead. In subsequent years, easy drapes could be seen in collections by Valentino, Dolce…

IN HIS BOOK THE COURSE OF LOVE, Alain de Botton says, “...love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm.” Obviously we decided to make that our template for the issue. Which is why we reached out to the man himself and asked for more. And he agreed. An India first. Mr Botton shared a piece with Bazaar and started the journey into this complex, complicated emotion. In a piece titled Can Exes be Friends? he writes that friendship is the greatest disservice to love as it does no justice to either relationship. Taking the idea further, Akhil Sharma introspects about loss and learning from it—“The first lesson is, of course, all relationships are flawed until you decide to make them work.” And Lang Leav believes that, “time is testament to…

Here’s some interesting trivia: Louis Vuitton, the man not the monogram, was one of the first to see Claude Monet’s seminal Impression, Sunrise painting back in 1874. Perhaps it was the founder’s love for the arts that has trickled down to the heart of the luxury powerhouse even today. Over the years, the maison has enjoyed an enviable chemistry with an esoteric mix of artists. When Marc Jacobs was the artistic director, he worked with the late New York designer and artist Stephen Sprouse in 2001 to unveil a graffiti-inspired collection. That set a precedent for the years to come. For Spring 2003, Jacobs enlisted contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, who created a kawaii dreamscape by reimagining a multicoloured monogram (the partnership continued for 13 years), and Richard Prince,whose spray…

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Somet imes, in order to change the world, you have to change the way you see it, shift your perspective, add a new lens. That is exactly what Edwin Herbert Land, the founder of Polaroid Eyewear, was trying to do when he invented the polaroid filter—one that reduced glare from sunlight to enhance vision. Subsequently, numerous other inventions cemented Land’s place as one of the world’s most intrepid inventor-entrepreneurs of our time with almost 535 patents to his name. This year, the brand celebrates the 80th anniversary of its founding with a short film titled The Fish Bowl. It puts the spotlight on the journey of its founder and offers a glimpse into the wide scope of his work. The documentary starts with Land dropping out of Harvard in the…

Through love’s great power to be made whole In mind and body, heart and soul— Through freedom to find joy, or be By dint of joy itself set free In love and in companionhood: This is the true and natural good. To undo justice, and to seek To quash the rights that guard the weak— To sneer at love, and wrench apart The bonds of body, mind and heart With specious reason and no rhyme: This is the true unnatural crime.…

How many years must we put between us to prove we are no longer in love? How many summers and Septembers, distractions and chance meetings, remnants of our sad, hopeful love in another’s look, an all too familiar gesture—how long do we go on dragging our aching bodies day after day through this yawning, yearning world, searching for a glimpse of what could have been? Tell me there has been someone else like me, for you. That your experience of love has not been defined by the way I spoke your name into the hollow of your neck. Ask me if I have found the same kind of reverence anywhere else but in your slow, patient hands, your sea-salt lips spilling laughter mid-sentence, my heart rising in a crescendo like…

On a surreal Roman night, the Eternal City reclaimed its role as muse to the iconic Italian jewellery house, Bulgari. Under velvet skies, we gathered to watch girl-of-the-moment Bella Hadid wa l k down the Spanish Steps to celebrate the unveiling of the brand’s new eau de parfum, Goldea The Roman Night. Created by the legendary per fumer A lber to Mo r i l l a s— celebrated for his landmark creations such as Ma r c Ja c ob ’s Daisy EDP and Giorgio Armani’s Acqua di Gio—Goldea pays homage to Rome, the birthplace of perfume. Jean- Christophe Babin, chief executive officer of the brand, explains, “The base for perfume was born in Roma, because the Romans worshiped the senses. To be in Roma is to pay tribute…

FLAWLESS FOUNDATION Nykaa’s new SKINgenius Foundation’s lightweight formula works a double shift: The hyaluronic acid in the foundation keeps the skin hydrated while the Polylift technology and colour-adapting pigments allow it to sculpt and lift, along with seamlessly matching the complexion. The result is flawless, glowing, and dewy skin. Available in a range of five shades, this weightless foundation takes you from day to night. MASTERCLASS Bazaar chats with Stafford Braganza, the national education manager for L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, and NYX Professional Makeup as NYX launches its first flagship store in India. What is a Fall 2017’s must-have product? With the holographic makeup trend (use of three dimensional and iridescent makeup) emerging in India, I believe chromatic eyeshadow, shimmering highlighter, and pearlescent lipsticks are the way to go.…

John le Carré’s greatest character, the British intelligence officer George Smiley, returns after 25 years in the riveting A Legacy of Spies. A new beginning for the Oscar-winning Tom Hanks comes by way of Uncommon Type, his debut collection of 17 humorous, heart-warming short stories. The award-winning Jessmyn Ward’s lyrical, poignant Sing Unburied Sing looks at race in contemporary America. Manu Joseph effectively uses satire for social and political commentary in Miss Laila: Armed and Dangerous.…

“I liked talking to old people because they always had stories to tell,” says Ruskin Bond, of his earliest inspirations. Now 83, he’s as enchanted by narratives of the people he comes across. Which is why an interview with him is hardly one-sided—he asks questions, too, and waits patiently and attentively for answers. It’s a strange experience for a journalist trained to remain neutral, but a remarkable one for a reader facing a literary legend, a Padma Bhushan awardee who continues to inspire with his words, 67 years after he first began to write. We meet on a rainy evening at a bookstore in Mussoorie, where he has been signing copies for legions of fans every Saturday for the past 18 years. Those who line up include not only adults…

“To see India monochromatically is to miss it altogether,” Raghubir Singh once said to Time magazine. Working in the period after India’s Independence, Singh (1942-1999) broke with the colonial tradition of picturesque landscapes and predominantly monochrome images of alienated subjects. Instead, he captured the streets of India teeming with life and pulsating with colour. Singh’s chosen medium was 35mm Kodachrome Singh’s chosen medium was 35mm Kodachrome, neither sold nor processed in India at the time. In 1976, he left India and began working in London, Paris, Hong Kong, and New York. He published more than a dozen books in his lifetime, exploring India by region. Early works from the 1960s and 1970s focus on the landscape and social fabric of India, but he would soon turn his lens to the…

In the current political climate, Michael Kors is an anomaly. He is inclusive, inherently feminist, and is instinctively creating modern classics for the everyday woman. Little surprise then, that his eponymous fashion empire has heralded a new wave of stylish, yet comfortable dressing. In a Bazaar exclusive, the iconic American designer talks about always remaining loyal to his customers and being a keen observer of street style. Tell us about your MICHAEL Michael Kors Fall 2017 collection. There is tailoring, lots of coats and knitwear—all the wardrobe essentials, particularly for work. What was on your moodboard while you were designing it? Fall was inspired by the idea of the rock ’n’ roll glamour of the 1980s but with a modern edge. We shot the campaign in London, which is one…

The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai was transformed into an opulent salon for the launch of Paco Rabanne’s newest fragrance for men, Pure XS. A fitting set-up, given that the fragrance, encased in a royal blue velvet box and featuring notes of fiery ginger and sweet vanilla, is ideal for the evening. Guests like Shruti Haasan, Sikandar Kher, Ujjwala Raut, Upen Patel, Viraf Patel, Pria Kataria Puri, Narendra Kumar Ahmed, Nimish Shah, Payal Khandwala, Rooshad Shroff, and Vikram Raizada mingled over flutes of champagne. Over the night, DJ duo The Elektrovertz drew people to the dance floor. The face of Paco Rabanne, the Portuguese model Francisco Henriques, even posed with guests in the photo booth—a golden bathtub filled with tinsel. 60 seconds with ... Shruti Haasan What kind of scents do…

IN AN INDUSTRY BUILT ON CREATIVITY, the inevitable commercial aspect of it might be frowned upon for hampering the virtuosity of fashion. And yet for Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra, the two can together be the perfect partners in creating a brand that’s both inspiring and individualistic. The duo’s conceptual 17-yearold brand is known for its progressive take on traditional garments. Often, it is underlined by ideas of gender equality and cross-cultural inspiration. Designed for both men and women, Shantanu&Nikhil bridges the gap between Indian and international, classic and contemporary, high fashion and sporty. It’s the art of pulling an iconoclastic look together from so many influences that helped the duo produce memorable pieces such as sari gowns befitting the new-age bride, draped kurtas, and activewear-inspired jackets. In a freewheeling chat…

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HOLD THE PHONE From Apple’s new generation iPhones— the 8, 8 Plus, and X—our pick is the iPhone 8. Even with a big new display, it is compact enough to fit into the pocket of your jeans or your favourite mini-bag. With a tough new glass back, it’s also sturdier than its predecessor, making it more durable even when held by butter fingers. A bonus? That glass back comes in three new finishes—space grey, silver, and gold—with a seven-layer colour process for a precise hue and opacity. There’s really no need for a phone cover. Featuring an improved 12-megapixel camera that also delivers super HD videos and powered by the iOS 11, this phone will cover all your style and technology needs, and then some. RUBY SPARKS There’s one thing…

There are some very strong and socially-endorsed reasons why partners breaking up generally try to remain friends. To the person being—however nicely— rejected, the promise of friendship can feel like an emotionally reassuring consolation prize. We may no longer be allowed to share their bed, have children with them, or end our days in their company, but at least something can be rescued from the ashes: We will continue to be able to call them when we like, share our fears and go to the movies together. To the person performing—however nicely—the execution, the promise of friendship is equally attractive. We may be itching to eject the partner but we are not—for that matter—devoid of feeling. We are, as we might say in sentimental moments, extremely fond of the soon-to-be…

You have made a terrible mistake. You have broken up with a woman who is too good for you and who, because the gods blessed you, for some reason was willing to love you. “You go that way,” she says when you end things on a street corner. She points in one direction, “And I’ll go that way,” pointing in another. Even at this moment, a part of you is amazed that someone so beautiful—let us pull out the clichés: Tall, willowy, elegant, regal— cares enough about you to be hurt. You walk away rattled and, as you walk, remorse comes. You had good reason to break up with her. Parents, job, distance. There are always reasons and every relationship is ultimately the wrong relationship until you decide it is…

One might argue that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but social media believes otherwise. With pass-or-fail tests going viral, like the ‘Thigh Gap’ and ‘A4 Waist’ challenge, society has created unequivocal ideals of what is and is not considered beautiful, leaving very little room for anything in between. Using such black-and-white formulae to determine whether someone is good-looking may seem impractical, yet scientists continue to utilise ratios, equations, and proportions to quantify beauty. But can one’s attractiveness be validated by simple math? Take for example, the ‘Finger-Trap Test’ that originated in China in 2014 and has been circulating the internet since. It claims to determine whether or not you’re attractive by simply placing your pointer finger on your nose and chin. If your lips do not touch…

Shaving is a ritual that has found a place in the lives of women the world over— but, unfortunately, I was late to the party. Like most Indian women, I was told many myths about the dangers of shaving: That it leads to ingrown hair, or hair that grows back darker and thicker, and most outlandishly, that it turns your skin a five-o’clock-shadow shade of green. Waxing has always been our go-to hair removal practice, but I think it is time more of us walked down the road less travelled. My personal experience with using a razor has been overwhelmingly positive. My legs and skin feel impossibly smooth, and I have a spring in my step when I step out of the shower postshave. Now, I am not suggesting that…

Veteran artist Tara Sabharwal, who has taught at the Guggenheim Museum and whose work is in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Library of Congress in the United States, among others, has a solo show, The Open Window, at Art Alive Gallery, New Delhi this month. Her recent non-figurative paintings, she says, “mark a return to the open awareness I sometimes felt as a child. I set my brush free, and through a process of spontaneous mark making, observe my thoughts until my mind begins to shut down.”…

WITNESSING AND CREATING HER ART IN THE HERE AND NOW, NALINI MALANI HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE AVANT-GARDE. Her work has been described as a complex weaving together of mythology, contemporary context, experimentation, and political consciousness. All of which makes it rather fitting that Malani will be the first Indian artist to have a retrospective at the prestigious Centre Pompidou in Paris; it is scheduled to open this month and run until January 2018. “My work is an extended exploration of conflict—religious and military. I am particularly interested in the female experience of war, both real and mythological,” explains Malani. Her oeuvre ranges from simple drawings on paper or artist’s books to large video installations that engage the audience in an immersive environment. The exhibition at the Pompidou will…

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Petra offers many flavours on a plate—whether it’s seekh kebab in a cherry and date sauce, or firni with rose water. The shawarma is so lean and clean, with variations like added pine nuts. This is how as a chef traveller you use your skills and get inspired. I got different ideas for how to create variations in the shawarmas in my own kitchen VIEWS TO REMEMBER Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) in Petra at night. They seat you in the treasury in the dark, and ask you to close your eyes and imagine what Petra would have been like in the golden days. Upon opening your eyes you see that all the lights are on and then Petra glows. That is a stunning sight. Away from the hustle…

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