Harper's Bazaar Australia Magazine - January/February 2020

In this issue

Reese Witherspoon
How to get happy
Gen X in Crisis

DIVORCED BY THE HOUR

Calling it quits on a marriage can take a wrecking ball to any lifestyle, but is especially devastating to women who have entrusted the family finances to a spouse who turns toxic. Communication is a chance to avoid costly conflict, learns Kirstie Clements.

4 mins

CRISIS CLIMATE

By some measures we’ve never had it better, so why are so many Gen X women quietly in the throes of midlife angst? Author Ada Calhoun asks whether we’ve been set up to fail

8 mins

Fashion's next frontier

Forget eco-friendly plant dyes, upcycled fabric scraps and paper packaging — the answer to fashion’s sustainability problem lies in tech, finds Grace O’Neill.

4 mins

Seeing blue

“We’re ready for the next chapter,” Reed Krakoff told BAZAAR on the eve of Tiffany & Co.’s biggest exhibition in a century. Grace O’Neill travelled to Shanghai for a glimpse at what’s next for one of the world’s most formidable jewellery houses.

4 mins

The Amazing Reese

If actor, producer, mother, author and fashion boss REESE WITHERSPOON appears to have it all figured out, it’s because she does. Well, almost. She chats to friend NATALIE PORTMAN about her new Apple TV+ drama, Morning Wars, and how she juggles everything life throws at her.

6 mins

STATEMENT MAKER

Gucci’s cruise 2020 show was a protest song of sorts by a designer riled by threats to women’s rights. Here, BAZAAR shoots favourite pieces from the collection in Rome’s Palazzo Brancaccio

2 mins

The DAYDREAMER

The season’s most covetable makeup colours were inspired by an artistic expedition to the Namibian desert.

3 mins

POWER player

Social media fitness juggernaut KAYLA ITSINES posted her first picture on Instagram in 2011. Today, she boasts nearly 40 million (ripped) followers and a net worth in the hundreds of millions. Now, as Shonagh Walker discovers, her role as mum is revealing her equally awesome inner strength

6 mins

Forget Perfect: Be Happy

Striving for a dream life is so last year. Meet the new wellness leader redefining what it means to be truly joyful today.

3 mins

The EROTIC LIFE of MOTHERS

Are middle-aged mums enjoying a sexual reawakening? Alex Kuczynski tightens her Kegels as she delves into the latest sex research

4 mins

SPARKING JOY

Rachel Gilbert and Tom Williams’s elegantly minimalist restored Art Deco home has been a labour of love.

5 mins

BREEZY RIDER

Lexus’s RX is sleek and sparkling with gizmos, down to ventilated seats. It’s love at first commute for Katarina Kroslakova

3 mins

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Harper's Bazaar Australia Magazine Description:

Harper’s BAZAAR is the style resource for women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture. With style, authority and insider insight, BAZAAR focuses on luxury fashion and beauty, and covers what’s new to what and who’s next. Month after month, Harper’s BAZAAR showcases the world’s most visionary stylists and talented designers to deliver readers a visually stunning portrayal of the world of fashion and beauty.