Harper’s Bazaar Italia [IG] delivers a visual fashion power punch with ‘Decoro’, lensed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin [IG] for the March 2026 issue.

Models Ella Rattigan, Kendra Spears, Betsy Gaghan & Alaina Rae are styled by Paul Sinclaire in this platinum-level tribute American fashion columnist and editor Diana Vreeland. Brands include Balenciaga, Celine, Chanel, Dries van Noten, Emilio Pucci, Gucci, Maison Valentino, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Saint Laurent, Tom Ford and more./ Hair by Mustafa Yanaz; makeup by Dick Page

The legendary tastemaker worked for Harper's Bazaar US, and became editor-in-chief at American Vogue in 1962 until she was fired in 1971. In her next act, Vreeland became a special consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Vreeland’s Vogue departure was primarily due to extravagant spending and a perceived disconnect from changing reader tastes.

Many of us have complained for decades that American Vogue doesn’t deliver photoshoots like the good old days. These lavish photoshoots and expensive ideas became unsustainable for Condé Nast financially and didn’t reflect in any way the shifting cultural landscape of the early 1970s.

The Rise of the Global Left

Few people actually criticized Vreeland’s immense creative influence, and this photo shoot is excellent in introducing her to young creatives worldwide. AOC should look at her famous quotes to remind us of Vreeland’s ‘words of wisdom’. Her sometimes imperial commentary may be shocking 35 years later.

To draw a contrast, Miuccia Prada was an active member of the Italian Communist Party and a sign-carrying feminist activist in Milan during the1970s. Mrs. Prada achieved her doctorate in political science from the University of Milan in 1978.

"In the 1970s, as a left-wing woman, I was ashamed to make handbags, and I was also ashamed because it was a profession that I liked very much," Prada said in 2022.

The Droste Effect

On their IG, Inez and Vinoodh compliment themselves on their execution of the Droste effect, a recursive, ‘picture-within-a-picture’ technique where an image [ this Bazaar Italia magazine cover or editorial photographs] contains a smaller version of itself, repeating infinitely. Often used for surreal, meta, or high-concept visuals, the Droste creates a self-referential loop that draws us viewers deeper into the image