< Previous10 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 Earrings, POA, Tiffany & Co. High Jewellery MAY 2020 THE FASHION 50 THE NEW MODEST Photographed by Žiga Milhelcic 70 THE COVERS THAT NEVER WERE Edited by Olivia Phillips & Anna Castan 86 YOURS ALWAYS, CHANEL Words by Tabitha Jane Glaysher 90 ONCE UPON A DREAM Photography by Luis Monteiro 103 THE NEW SHAPES Photography by Sølve Sundsbø THE EXTRAS 112 2020 VISION Styling by Judith Trezza THE JEWELS 116 THE WATCH WALTZ Words by Sophie Stevens 118 NATURE’S BOUNTY Photography by Santiago Belizon 123 TIME TRAVEL Words by Sophie Stevens THE BEAUTY 124 HOW TO CHEAT A FACELIFT Words by Jessica Maitlin 126 The Beauty Diaries 128 TRUE COLOURS Make-Up by Gio Lozano YOUR LIFE 136 The Art of Hygge 143 Dalia Dogmoch Soubra 144 A Word In Arabic 145 Bazaar Belief 146 Why Don’t You? ON THE COVER Feriel Moulaï, photographed by Ziga Mihelcic. Feriel wears: Skirt, POA, Carolina Herrera HBZ_146_008to010_TOC_11280566.indd 10HBZ_146_008to010_TOC_11280566.indd 1004/05/2020 02:11:13 PM04/05/2020 02:11:13 PMLuis Monteiro lensed our beautiful couture shoot, Once Upon A Dream on page 90 The CONTRIBUTORS 11 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 What have you learned about yourself in quarantine? I’ve learned that we eventually adapt to every situation. If someone had told me a year ago that I’d have to be locked at home for a few months, I wouldn’t have believed it, but somehow we all adapted. What do you want to remind your future self of about this time? To not take things for granted and to remember which things really matter and which don’t. What movie or TV show, book and podcast should we all have on our radar right now? I’ve been watching a few amazing shows lately such as Euphoria and Ozark. What have you learned about yourself in quarantine? That exercise is an incredible tool to make us sharper and calmer in these challenging times. What do you want to remind your future self of about this time? Honestly, I would be so happy If I could remind myself of the day that we fi nd a vaccine. What movie or TV show, book and podcast should we all have on our radar right now? I’ve been watching so many movies, but something I’ve really been enjoying is the documentary series The Last Dance about the Chicago Bulls. What have you learned about yourself in quarantine? I have learnt, to my surprise, that Cara Delevingne eyebrows do actually suit me! What do you want to remind your future self of about this time? Content creation isn’t for everyone. What movie or TV show, book and podcast should we all have on our radar right now If there’s one good thing to come out of this unfortunate circumstance: Radio Redhead, aka @misskarenelson. For books: The Assouline Travel Collection; perfect escapism. ŽIGA MIHELCIC Dubai-based photographer Ziga was the creative eye behind our cover featuring up-and-coming hijabi model, Feriel Moulaï on page 60 LUIS MONTEIRO One of our favourite London- based photographers, Luis made magic for our couture shoot, Once Upon A Dream on page 90 MARRIAM MOSSALLI Turn to page 50 to read about the exceptional Saudi women who make up Marriam’s second Under The Abaya book HBZ_147_011_CONTRIBUTORS_11280999.indd 1103/05/2020 11:55:21 AMEDITOR IN CHIEF OLIVIA PHILLIPS ART DIRECTOR OSCAR YÁÑEZ FASHION DIRECTOR ANNA CASTAN DIGITAL EDITOR LAURA KELL ARABIC EDITOR KHEMENA AHMAD JUNIOR FASHION ASSISTANTS NOUR BOU EZZ, AISHA RAUF JUNIOR DIGITAL ASSISTANT SARAH JOSEPH CONTRIBUTING EDITORS MOHAMMED SULTAN AL HABTOOR, ROSEMIN MADHAVJI COLUMNIST CARLA DIBELLO CONTRIBUTORS AYESHA SOHAIL, ALISON TAY, TABITHA JANE GLAYSHER AR AB IA MAY 2020 Tweed Cordage bracelet in yellow gold, platinum, cultured pearls and diamonds, POA, Chanel High Jewellery THIS EDITION IS PUBLISHED ON THE FIRST OF EACH MONTH IN DUBAI. 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HBZ_147_010to011_MASTHEADok_11281572.indd 1203/05/2020 11:47:25 AM13 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 THE NEED FOR TWEED Chanel’s fi rst high jewellery collection dedicated to Coco’s favourite fabric is imbued with beauty, rhythm and the timelessness of the maison itself COMPILED BY XXXXXXX XXXX. PRICES APPROXIMA TE Tweed Cordage necklace in yellow gold, platinum, cultured pearls and diamonds, POA, Chanel High Jewellery HBZ_147_010to011_MASTHEADok_11281572.indd 1303/05/2020 11:47:37 AMPHOTOGRAPHY : EV A KRUIPER Sunglasses, Dhs1,375, Loewe at Matches Fashion OLIVIA PHILLIPS EDITOR IN CHIEF @BAZAARARABIAHARPERSBAZAARARABIA@HARPERSBAZAARARABIAHARPERSBAZAARARABIA.COM There’s still a Tiger King- shaped hole in my life, but it’s been fi lled at least somewhat (no, not by Too Hot To Handle), but by Defending Jacob – Apple TV’s latest highly addictive mystery-thriller. Pico Baguette Charm (to hold my Air Pods), Dhs2,590, Fendi Berber Killim Rug, Dhs1,550, Beldi Bazaar 34 Boulevard Saint Germain Candle, Dhs1,020, Diptyque FROM OLIVIA ’ S (WFH) DESK … 14 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 As we enter phase two (three? four? I’ve lost count) of, as Jess Cartner-Morley so brilliantly put it in The Guardian, “whatever this is”, we’ve probably learned more about ourselves in 30 days than in the last few years put together. The naïve questions we asked a month ago seem like a quaint distant memory lost in a fog of banana bread and lapsed good intentions. Now, stuff’s got real. Well, real-er. Could this, right now, be the hardest part? The reckoning with the new reality that lays before us? The conversations I’ve been having with my team, and with a group of 12 incredible designers including Elie Saab, Alice Temperley and Mary Katrantzou, have riffed on this, with one big, central question recurring: what now? How do we rebuild, having been given the unprecedented opportunity to rip it up and start again? How do we create our future selves – and our future world – in the best way possible? And how do we evolve to meet the next chapter, keeping the human touch in this “new world of remote everything”, as CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella described it. Read their thoughts, sent straight (and yes, remotely) from their workspaces at home, in The Great Indoors on page 44. Looking back to look forward is another way we have found ourselves navigating the storm. Throwbacks have proliferated social media (psychologists say nostalgia is both stabilising and comforting, both of which sound pretty good right now), and we, too, have taken to rummaging in the archives. In The Covers That Never Were, we celebrate our most iconic shoots and reimagine what the covers would, could, or even should have looked like. Turn to page 70 to read the fondest memories of the world-class creatives behind the pictures. From there to Saudi Arabia – a country whose bold power moves have been speeding towards its brave new world for far longer than we’ve been thinking about ours. With a foreword by the indomitable HRH Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, we feature the follow-up to KSA’s street-style book Under The Abaya on page 50, and proudly watch the stereotype-shattering unfold for the second time. It’s more than fi tting that this global-scale self-refl ection is occurring during Ramadan – the most introspective month of all. What have I learned? Just how resilient we all are. That, and we mustn’t fear change, as challenging as it may feel. We’re standing at the crossroads of the future. We’d better make the most of it. WH AT NOW? T-shirt, Dhs815, Christopher Kane at Farfetch T C a Jeans, Dhs2,070, Maison Margiela Sandals, Dhs1,575, Paris Texas at Browns Fashion Blazer, Dhs7,325, Altuzarra Serpenti Seduttori Watch, Dhs85,000, Bvlgari ED ITOR’S PICK S als, 575, Paris s at Browns on Serpenti Seduuuttori Watch, Dhs85,000, Bvvvlgari EDITOR’S LETTER HBZ_147_014_Editorsletter_11282827.indd 1403/05/2020 11:58:54 AMShoes, Dhs18,850, Bottega Veneta PHOTOGRAPHY : P AUL ZAK. STYLING: TILL Y WHEA TING EDITOR’S PICK 15 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 HBZ_147_013_EDpick_11269462.indd 1503/05/2020 11:56:04 AMFrom exclusive interviews with prolifi c industry leaders, to pioneering names that are prompting us to see the world around us in new ways through a design that bridges culture and art, Harper’s Bazaar Interiors is your ultimate guide to luxury living. Follow @HarpersBazaarInteriors on Instagram to keep up to date on the design- led stories from the region and beyond. Soci a l NE T WOR K HarpersBazaarArabia.com/Interiors HBI_044_000_HOUSE AD Instagram_11023713.indd 2018/11/2019 03:16:13 PM17 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 PHOTOGRAPHY : DON PENNY/STUDIO D. STYLING: MIAKO KA TOH Wait EN NY/S TUDI O D. STY LING : MI AKO KA TO H Collector box set with mini bags, POA, Chanel TH E COLLEC T OR BOX Featuring mini versions of four of Chanel’s most distinctive bags – the 2.55, the Gabrielle de Chanel, the Classic and the Boy Chanel – this quilted lambskin case from the house’s Métiers d’Art collection is the ultimate box set HBZ_147_017_LISTwaitChanel_11267869.indd 1703/05/2020 12:24:23 PM18 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 The XXX AS TOLD TO: OLIVIA PHILLIPS I’m an early riser. I love the mornings, I get up at around 7:00AM on a typical day but on holiday it’s even earlier as I love to wake up to nature if I’m by the beach, or go walking in a city like NYC or Paris. I’ll put a sweater over my PJs and go grab a coffee and a bagel or a croissant. At the weekends I might sleep in a bit, and then I either do yoga at Urban Yoga in Dubai, or at home. My mat of choice is a sand-coloured one by Rumi. It’s such good quality and I take it with me everywhere I go. I prefer to do my yoga practise at home really, as then I get to cook brunch. I love cooking and weekends are the time I get to do it the most. The fi rst thing I do when I wake up is head immediately to the coffee machine. I love to add just a pinch of cinnamon; that combination of smells is so good! I have a shot every morning that I prepare the night before – turmeric, honey and grapefruit juice. The fi rst time I check my phone is around 8:30AM when I have my fi rst coffee with a banana while going through emails. But that’s not before I do my morning facial routine. I cleanse with Sukin Foaming Facial Cleanser and then apply Sukin Rosehip Oil that my dear friend Jessica Kawahaty recommended. I’m obsessed with it now, it’s such a good product. Then I massage my face with the Goop rose- quartz roller for fi ve minutes while music plays in the background. My get-up-and-go song is Got To Be Real by Cheryl Lynn but I also listen to salsa or jazz by composer Stan Getz. My make-up only takes me around 10 minutes (I love vegan brand CTZN Cosmetics and use its lipsticks and lipliners, Tom Ford’s eyeliner and Fenty’s bronzer) and I have a work uniform so I don’t spend time picking outfi ts. I have a collection of black, white or nude lightweight cotton-jersey suits that I wear with a bodysuit underneath and my Yeezy sneakers. Either those or kitten heels from Prada or Manolo Blahnik. Now we’re in lockdown, I try to have the same routine in my “I F I ’ M I N A C I T Y L I K E N Y C O R P A R I S , I L O V E T O P U T A S W E A T E R OV E R M Y P J S A N D W A L K T O GR A B A CO F F E E A N D A BA GE L O R A CR O I S S A N T ” hours with... Arwa Al Banawi M usic , coffee and calm defi nes Sau di des ign er Arw a’s routin e – both in and out of Ram ad an HBZ_147_018tp019_24hours_11271740.indd 1803/05/2020 05:27:19 PM19 HarpersBazaarArabia.com May 2020 The LIST study – and I still get dressed even if I’m WFH. I’ll have my second coffee at around NOON and then I switch to matcha green tea. During Ramadan I wake up at 10, and my day starts as normal… just without the coffee! But I’ll also make my meals as normal – I’ll just eat them after we break the fast. I work out during Ramadan before the Maghreb prayer time – around 6:30PM – and then afterwards have three dates with water, and then whatever I have prepared during the day. Usually salmon and avocado on toast, or an açai bowl. I do any heavy work after I break my fast so I’ll do social media and design-related tasks during the day, and e-commerce and team meetings in the evenings. I do bring my work to bed – I’ll sometimes sketch before I go to sleep or go through PR and marketing pipelines and take notes. I wear silk or cotton PJs – I love the brand Oysho – and my bedroom is very clean, cold and zen with a candle and a crystal salt lamp by my bed. I’m a very calm sleeper and I love to doze off with something in the background; Friends or Seinfeld, or The Cooking Channel; specifi cally Barefoot Contessa! ■ AR W A’ S PICK S Roberi & Fraud sunglasses at Farfetch, Dhs1,155 Byredo Pulp EDP, Dhs975 Sukin Rosehip Oil, Dhs79 Arwa sketching her next collection Rumi yoga mat at Mumzworld, Dhs280 CTZN Cosmetics Nudiversal lipstick in Shade 20 Mykonos, Dhs95 HBZ_147_018tp019_24hours_11271740.indd 1903/05/2020 05:27:50 PMNext >