Harper's Bazaar UK February 2023

Welcome to Bazaar’s first edition of 2023. I’m sure that I’m not alone, after a sedentary festive season, in finding myself filled with a desire to shake things up, embark on fresh adventures and dive headlong into the new. This is why, in a somewhat self-flagellating way, I insist on beginning the year with a swim off the Devon coast, while my appalled family cheer me on from a safe distance, swaddled in coats and scarves, and sipping hot coffee. That bracing plunge into what’s next is the spirit with which I wanted to imbue the magazine this month – starting with our trio of talented cover stars, who head up our portfolio of the women to watch this year on stage and screen, and also behind the scenes (page 90).…

LUCY BOYNTON Following acclaimed childhood appearances as a young Beatrix Potter in Miss Potter and as Margaret Dashwood in the BBC adaptation of Sense & Sensibility, Boynton has matured into a thoughtful, in-demand actress, best-known for her role in Bohemian Rhapsody. As she prepares for another busy year of filming, she tells Bazaar how she preserves her sanity in a frenzied industry. A motto you live by ‘ “Don’t take anything personally.”’ Self-care is… ‘the freedom to choose how you spend your time – in my case, usually reading in the bath.’ What are you looking forward to in 2023? ‘The unknown. The great thing about my job is that I don’t know where I’ll be this time next year.’ A woman who motivates you ‘My sister, Emma-Louise, who unrelentingly holds me accountable for everything…

1 TOUJOURS PARIS Chanel’s timeless take on black and white found a new focus for S/S 23 as a love letter to Parisian chic. With lightweight tweeds, rippling dresses and glittery slingbacks, the collection was as eternally enchanting as the city itself. 2 TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED From Gucci’s fluffy Gremlin charms to Loewe’s deflated-balloon pumps, via Louis Vuitton’s doll’s-house bag and and wildly exaggerated zippers, the new normal is anything but. 3 THE LITTLE MERMAID Silvery sequins as shiny as fish scales, feathers fluttering like fronds and rippling chiffons in shades of aquamarine and pearl: dive into an underwater world. 4 STEM SELLS Florals for spring… groundbreaking. The perennial trope gets a refresh, with skirts unfurling like petals at Roksanda and bodices literally turning turning into lilies at Loewe. 5 SAY YES TO THE DRESS Even those for…

I’m refusing to turn turn up my heating as a matter of principle. What options are there to to keep me cosy instead? This is the least sexy sexy thing I’ll ever suggest, but here goes: M&S Heatgen thermal leggings, £25 for a pack of two. Thank me later. Meanwhile, Birkenstock’s felted-wool Boston clogs are this year’s Uggs – Sienna Miller is a fan, naturally. After Covid put the dampers on last year’s Valentine’s Day celebrations, I’m thinking of breaking the habit of a lifetime and going out for dinner à deux on 14 February. What should I wear to make my partner swoon? You might need to call ahead to check the restaurant has its heating on, but the designer du jour is Nensi Dojaka, who launched a body-con craze that’s taken…

OF ALL THE STUCCO HOUSES that line Laura Bailey’s Notting Hill street, hers will catch your eye first. A commanding five-storey mansion set back from the pavement, with a wideter race framed by foliage and a wrap-around porch where her wicker basket bicycle stands, it looks like it belongs in a Richard Curtis film. This is appropriate, because she shares it with her partner Eric Fellner, the producer of several Curtis films, including Notting Hill. The model, writer and photographer greets me in the hallway, which leads towards a navy-carpeted staircase that winds through the heart of the house. Today, she is dressed in a striped Chanel polo-neck jumper and a relaxed dark-grey Alex Eagle trouser suit – cross-Channel chic befitting her roles as ambassador for both the French fashion house…

YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OF Emma Grede, but you will have seen the impact of her ideas. A pioneering advocate of inclusive sizing, the British-born, Los Angeles-based entrepreneur works quietly behind the scenes of her billion-dollar companies – which include the denim brand Good American and the shapewear line Skims – while harnessing the influence of her Kardashian business partners. The eldest of four sisters raised by a single mother in east London, Grede decided at a young age that she was going to work for herself. ‘My mentality has always been that, regardless of background, my thoughts are as valid as anybody else’s, and somebody needs to hear them.’ After dropping out of the London College of Fashion, she took a job working on sponsorship deals for catwalk shows…