Do people get confused by Harper's Magazine and Harper's Bazaar? After all, the luxury goods industry is not so different from Halliburton — shameless, ubiquitous, and sooo fucking talented at charging more for less. So again, we're taking things to their (ill)logical end with our own "Harper's (Bazaar) Index", inspired by Harper's famous feature, which parses the world of big oil, big money, big politics and Big Pharma and puts it into easily-digested numerical form. After the jump, Anna and I look at the May issues of both magazines and juxtapose co-sponsored Senate bills among presidential candidates with their sense of style; compare the KKK to luxury design house Lanvin; and "discuss" federal subsidies for American airlines with respect to the chic summer vacations of Chloe Sevigny, Lake Bell and Isabella Rossellini's daughter Ellettra.
(Images created by Cheryl Campbell; click image to enlarge)

Harper's Index, May 2008 [Harper's]
Julianne Moore, Portrait Of A Lady [Harper's Bazaar]
Earlier: The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: The Couture Economy, Demi Moore & Joan Collins' Issue With Rich Guys
•the Harper's (Bazaar) Index: Designer Diets, Little Miss Mortimer & Lindsay Lohan's DUIs
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: J. Lo's Diamonds, Giuliani And The Cougar Allure
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: January 2008
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: December 2007
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: September 2007
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: August 2007
•The Harper's (Bazaar) Index: July 2007











Comments
Oh, Francisco. I know more gay sluts than female sluts.
Just sayin'.....
I'm fully in support of women wearing less perfume, lest they repel all people. Strong perfume in a crowded elevator is nasty.
@Archetype: Why can't he be an slutty artist?
I have to go home and pack tonight, and if I thought an orgasm would be involved, I'd be much more excited.
@theruraljuror: I know no slutty artists. Therefore they must not exist.
"Eco-Psychology" therapy treatment for those anxious about the environment? WTF?!
I am all for "Keep it Green, Keep it Clean" but if you need therapy because of the environment, you need to be smacked upside the head a couple of times.
Minimum number of former psych students willing to smack around "eco-psychology" therapy patients: One. KathrynwithaY.
Font...Too...Small...my contact lens scrip is already -7.0 or something, Christ.
Magnifying glasses needed to read that horrible pink font: 1
I'm 31 and have never owned a pair of shoes costing $770! That's absolutely insane. People, it's just clothing, get over it.
Speaking of perfume, can someone teach me how to do that thing where it floats around you and when you walk by people, they visible perk up but it's not overwhelming or sneeze inducing? I have no idea how to do this. I fail lady skillz.
I'm sorry, I couldn't keep reading after I spotted Ashton Kutcher's name.
I don't need some frat boy telling me about politics... WELL, at least not while I'm sober.
And the perfume thing? It's kinda like... dude, you married Demi Moore, nobody really cares about what you find sexy. Kutcher lost the hot a long time ago.
The only thing I love is page 218, because I think I've actually used that quote before. If I had boobies, I'd be a total slut... or more of a slut, take your pick.
@JessicaLovejoy: I think God put you here to test *my* faith...: Well, not a trick per se, but the way I put on perfume is by spraying it out in front of me and walking into it. One spray.
That said, no one ever makes a comment about how I smell, so maybe that doesn't work.
Less is better, in this case!
@JessicaLovejoy: I think God put you here to test *my* faith...: Also, it's better to have perfume that doesn't spray, so you can dap it onto your wrists and behind your knees.
Why don't they do this??
@Skinny Bone Jones: click on it and it will enlarge
The IMF deficit: surprisingly relevant to the fashion industry? Members aren't having crises, so the IMF isn't getting interest on loans, so they have a deficit paying for the useful things they do, like technical advising and data gathering. To keep themselves afloat, they're trying to get approval to sell some of their ENORMOUS gold reserves.
So if you're waiting for the price of gold to drop so you can get rock-bottom prices on designer gold jewelery, ladies, wait until the IMF cashes its gold on the world markets!
I appreciate the effort, but this post is just not quite there. Something about less and more and being easy to digest...yeah, nah. Or maybe I don't get it.
@Anna:
hahaha!
i will steal this line and try it on my man!
(yes, i´m immature and giggling)
@Archetype: Aren't they all in the East Village? Are they slutty artists or hipsters? I can never tell.
@princessxenu: exactly. get over it.
"Shameless, ubiquitous, and sooo fucking talented at charging more for less" ie charging SEVEN BUCKS for a stockpile of useless information that holds no real relevance for real women.
indeed, the sight of a well-packed suitcase, like a color-coded underpants drawer or a shelf of yogurts arranged according to their best-before dates sends my loins into a well-organized frenzy. oh. yes. god.
Number of times I've had the occasion to "board a plane in jeans": 0
That's because I always wear sweats, though.
She looks so down and out. Um, girl power anyone?
Seriously, I always"board a plane in jeans." God forbid I have to use an emergency exit or it's windy on the tarmac. I don't want the world to see my lady bits.
@Captain_Morgan: I agree, I always dress comfortably when flying, especially when I had a total travel time of close to 20 hours when flying back from Spain. There was no way in hell I was going to dress up for that. And just like you said, in case of an emergency I would much rather be in jeans and sneakers.
My guess is Hillary Clinton could give a rat's ass about raising sartorial standards according to Harper's Bazaar.
(Good)
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