WHY DON’T YOU Embrace GLAMOUR?

Having GOOD TASTE will NOT make you HAPPY. CULTIVATING your INNER AESTHETE might.

Story by EMILIA PETRARCA

I was walking along the river in Rome one afternoon last fall when a woman rounded a corner in an outfit that made me gasp. She was wearing a black visor upside down on her head like a crown (which made her look like a Goth pope), plus a matching black top and wideleg black pants with slits down the side, and she was carrying a black Pleats Please Issey Miyake tote bag. Her lips were a shade of Nebbiolo purple, and covering her eyes were small silver sunglasses resembling those shutter shades Kanye West used to wear in the 2000s, only a more artful version. I was so taken aback that I paused, turned around, and began following her. Not too far—I didn’t want to be a creep—but I was…

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Harper's Bazaar (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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