Harper's Bazaar UK December 2022/January 2023

Welcome to our Women of the Year issue, which brings together some of the most impressive cultural and political figures of our time. Over the course of the year, the Bazaar team meet regularly to discuss who should be crowned the winners, and the debates can be quite fierce. (We are stricter than the Academy Awards organisers, however, in that nobody can win if they aren’t able to attend the event…) The whole team was united in the wish to see the luminous Anya Taylor-Joy receive the Actress trophy for her recent work, and to give Viola Davis, the star of The Woman King, an Icon award in celebration of her boundary-pushing career. I wanted to pay tribute to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, liberated in March after six years in an Iranian prison. Her…

MAUDE APATOW The winner of our Breakthrough award has been acting since she was seven years old, most recently capturing the attention of viewers around the world with her nuanced performance as Lexi Howard in the HBO drama Euphoria. In this issue, she discusses how the series has changed her life. A party from history you wish you’d attended ‘The Mamma Mia! wrap party.’ Words of wisdom you’ll never forget ‘“Worrying means you suffer twice.”’ A woman who inspires you ‘Definitely my mum – but the second person who comes to mind is Cate Blanchett, because she’s just such a badass.’ Your favourite thing about winter ‘Being out in the cold and then coming inside to sit by the fireplace.’ LAUREN WASSER After developing toxic-shock syndrome at the age of 24 and losing both her legs as…

1 THE FONDANT-PINK SUIT Chanel’s sparkling ensemble is guaranteed to hit a sweet spot – particularly with the additional icing of a gold and onyx timepiece. Sequin jacket, £8,655; matching trousers, £6,435; yellow gold, steel, lacquer, onyx and leather watch, £4,850; white gold and diamond bracelet, from a selection; gold and diamond earrings, from £1,700, all Chanel 2 THE DAYTIME METALLICS Sequins at dawn! Make Akris’ dazzling pencil-skirt your secret weapon. Sequin skirt, £1,350, Akris. Silk shirt, £1,420, Brunello Cucinelli. Wool-tweed jacket, £1,790, Lanvin. Crystal bag, £3,800, Prada. Gold and diamond earrings, from £1,650, Chanel 3 THE VELVET CRUSH Luxuriously smooth and glamorously lustrous, Emporio Armani’s sage-green co-ords are as cosseting as they are stylish. Velvet shirt, £350; matching trousers, £450, both Emporio Armani. White gold and diamond bracelets, from £10,250; white gold ring, £3,125; gold and diamond…

The corset as outerwear – or, indeed, any kind of exposed lingerie – is fashionable this season. Is this a trend best left to TikTok influencers? Revealing one’s underpinnings is commonplace now among social-media attention seekers (sorry, influencers), so underwear as daywear is A Thing. This is more about provocation than the fine art of seduction, however, and leaving such a meagre amount to the imagination is not for sophisticated grown-ups. Instead, you want subtle suggestion: showing off a little lacy froth at the décolletage, maybe, or revealing a jewel-toned bra strap beneath an LBD. For an evening glam slam, try a corset under a trouser suit instead of a camisole. Help! I need a new winter coat. What should I buy and how much do I need to spend? Really, you need…

Elegantly contained within its own lamb-skin trunk, Dior’s micro saddle bag is a masterstroke of form and function. The intricately embroidered piece is available exclusively at Harrods, where the brand is set to unveil a spectacular festive collaboration, the Fabulous World of Dior. Step inside a bijou replica of the Dior atelier, explore miniature marvels from the Avenue Montaigne to La Colle Noire, and feast your eyes on gingerbread figures in the image of Monsieur Dior himself. WORDS BY FRANCES HEDGES. PHOTOGRAPH: PAUL ZAK. STYLED BY CRYSTALLE COX. SET DESIGN BY EMMA WITTER…

HAIR BY YOSHITAKA MIYAZAKI. MAKE-UP BY VICTORIA BOND, USING CHANEL DEMANDER LA LINE AND CHANEL LE LIFT PRO. STYLIST’S ASSISTANT: HANNAH AKANDE. MODEL: LORNA FORAN AT THE HIVE MANAGEMENT…