Harper's Bazaar Magazine February 1962 Youngest American Wardrobe No Label


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Harper’s Bazaar Magazine — February 1962 — Youngest American Wardrobe Cover (No Label)

This vintage Harper’s Bazaar issue from February 1962 presents a sophisticated early-spring style on the cover, photographed by Lillian Bassman. The featured look combines a long, sharp coat with a smaller, cropped jacket for an elegant contrast—cut with fluid lines, narrow sheaths, and soft tailoring in luxurious Zibeline-Matka silk. Designers include Emme and Larry Aldrich. Retailers include Bonwit Teller, Woodward & Lothrop, Lord & Taylor, and I. Magnin. Accessories feature leather jewelry by Hobe, hair by Kenneth, and makeup by Alexander de Markoff (Radiant Red lipstick and Subject/Beige eyeshadow).

Condition: Good. The item shown in the listing photos is the exact copy you will receive. Please check all images for condition verification. Combined shipping is available upon request. All items include a plastic protective covering.


Table of Contents Highlights:

Fashion:

  • The Bazaar Look
    – What Makes It (p.76)
    – What’s Afoot (p.78)
    – Where It Goes (p.80)
    – How To Take It (p.84)
    – What Wraps It Up (p.86)
    – What Cinches It (p.88)
    – How It Gets Around (p.90)

  • City Looks: Attuned to Spring (pp.100–103)

  • Slim and Mobile: Transitional coats and suits (p.103)

  • Fashion Coup: The Two-Hose Shoe – brilliance in black and white (pp.106–113, 124–127)

  • Free Foot Phase: Evolution of the two-hose shoe (p.128)

  • Entering Spring:
    – The Wonderful Blues (p.130)
    – The Chic of Chamois (p.144)

The Young Perfectionist:

  • Deep-Country Clothes: Casual sophistication (pp.138–143)

  • Paris Spring: Pale and pretty fashion preview (p.148)

  • Deep-Country White Coat (p.150)

Small World:

  • Youngest American Wardrobe: Youthful, wearable American style (pp.134–137)

Beauty:

  • Repairs Under Way: Business as Usual: Modern beauty routines (p.118)

  • No-Glow: A new fingertip theory of glamour (p.132)

Features and Fiction:

  • The Sirens by Maria Dermott (p.82)

  • The Song of the Saw by Ben Karp (pp.92–96)

  • Homage to Giacometti by Jean Genet (p.102)

  • Recollections of Brancusi by Eugene Ionesco (p.104)

  • My Pipe Dream by Pamela Hansford Johnson (p.109)

  • American Playwright: Arthur Kopit (p.115)

  • English Actor: Paul Scofield (p.116)

  • The Triumph of Wit: Excerpts from A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt (p.117)

Regular Features:

  • What a Wonderful Idea (p.28)

  • Travel Bazaar: Papeete by Elinor S. Gimbel (p.30)

  • The Intelligent Woman’s Scrapbook: The Caviar Outlook by Vagn Riis-Hansen (p.34)

  • Not to Be Missed by Geri Trotta (p.44)

  • The Editor’s Guest Book (p.73)

  • School and Camp Directory (p.100)

  • Travel Guide (p.170)

  • Shopping Bazaar (p.172)

This issue encapsulates early 1960s American elegance, introducing spring fashion with clean silhouettes and refined detail, alongside rich literary and cultural content. A classic collectible for lovers of mid-century fashion and editorial history.

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