Harper's Bazaar April 2022

FASHION IS ALL ABOUT MOMENTS, and right now we’re in the midst of one of transition. It’s early spring, which for many of us means the shedding of winter layers. But this season, it feels like we’re also somehow shedding the last vestiges of our lives in the pre-pandemic days. Returning to what we thought of as “normal” is no longer the dream. We finally seem to be looking ahead at both the issues right in front us and what might lie beyond them, living in the space between the irrefutable end of something and the blurry fuzz of potential. It’s a feeling we’ve all become well familiar with over the past two years, as so many aspects of our lives have been rocked by the shock of the new:…

It used to be a trope in women’s magazines that when we reached a certain age—say, the ripe old age of 40—it was time to reinvent ourselves. Usually with a short haircut. This issue’s theme is devoted to the idea of reinvention, and my hope is that we can reframe the conversation so that it’s a celebration and interrogation of our constant state of becoming, rather than those arbitrary and sexist changes society would have us impose on ourselves. Our cover subject, Renée Zellweger, photographed by Mel Bles, has reinvented herself numerous times over the course of nearly three decades in Hollywood—as Bridget Jones, as Roxie Hart in Chicago, and more recently in her Oscar-winning performance as Judy Garland—inhabiting each role so wholly that her characters live on in the…

Since her breakout performance in 1995’s Kids, Sevigny has been a singular force in film, TV, and fashion, appearing in critically acclaimed flicks and prestige hits and collaborating with brands ranging from Opening Ceremony to Miu Miu and Marc Jacobs. During the pandemic, she took on her most transformative role yet when she gave birth to her first child. “That was extremely life-changing,” she says. “I’m still figuring out how to manage work with the baby.” Currently, Sevigny appears in Hulu’s The Girl From Plainville. Based on the 2017 Esquire article of the same name, the series tells the true story of then-17-year-old Michelle Carter’s “texting-suicide case” and the events that led to the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III. “It’s very much an American tragedy,” says Sevigny, who…

1 CATCH A BROADWAY REVIVAL Funny Girl, the 1964 production that helped launch Barbra Streisand into the stratosphere, returns to Broadway this month with Beanie Feldstein in the title role. Opening April 24 at the August Wilson Theatre, the musical follows chorus girl Fanny Brice as she rises through the ranks and becomes one of the biggest stars in show business—on her own terms. 2 DISSECT ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley and House of Cards showrunner Melissa James Gibson are behind this anthology series premiering April 15 on Netflix. Sienna Miller plays the wife of a British politician accused of rape (Rupert Friend) who is convinced of her husband’s innocence. 3 STREAM LADY FOR SALE The sophomore effort from actor-musician Lola Kirke, inspired by female…

MEL BLES PHOTOGRAPHER: “Renée Zellweger Lets Down Her Guard (Sort Of),” page 93 “I’ve tried to reinvent myself numerous times and have always failed dreadfully, thinking I needed to become a more organized, sophisticated version of myself. I realized a few years ago that this version of me isn’t going anywhere. And of course, this original, wilder persona is doing just fine.” KIESE LAYMON WRITER: “The Burden of Bearing Witness,” page 66 “The pandemic forced me, like most folks I know, to create new rituals. Instead of writing, teaching, and hopping on planes every week, I became one of those people whose daily pleasure was parking at the dog park and listening to music until I fell asleep. That’s a beautiful day to me now.” MICKEY RAPKIN WRITER: “Renée Zellweger…

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