Short answers, pulled from the story.
Harper's Bazaar was founded on the 2nd of November 1867, by Harper & Brothers in New York City. It launched as a weekly publication called Harper's Bazar, inspired by the German fashion journal Der Bazar, and is the oldest fashion magazine still in operation.
Mary Louise Booth was the founding editor of Harper's Bazar, serving from 1867 until her death in 1889. She oversaw the magazine's early growth and is credited with quietly championing women's rights through the publication's pages.
William Randolph Hearst purchased Harper's Bazar in 1913. The magazine was renamed Harper's Bazaar with its November 1929 issue, when editor Charles Hanson Towne added a second "a" to "Bazar." Hearst has owned and published the magazine ever since.
Alexey Brodovitch served as Harper's Bazaar art director from 1934 to 1958 and overhauled the visual language of magazine design. He introduced the Didot typeface as the magazine's logo font, pioneered the use of white space and cropped layouts, and brought in photographers including Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Louise Dahl-Wolfe.
Guadeloupean model and dancer Ady Fidelin became the first Black model to appear in a major American fashion magazine when she was featured in Harper's Bazaar in September 1937.
Harper's Bazaar publishes 31 active editions around the world as of 2026, in languages including Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Czech, Serbian, and Turkish. The United Kingdom edition has run since 1929, making it the longest-running international edition.