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BLOW-UP: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar

Dennis Golonka + Cynthia True
  • 5.0 (92)
  • FASHION & BEAUTY
  • UPDATED WEEKLY

A six-part podcast about the resurrection of Harper's Bazaar in 1992 and the visionary editor who led it, Liz Tilberis. For a brief, glorious era, she gave Vogue a run for its money—and her old boss, Anna Wintour, too. With Fabien Baron, Paul Cavaco, Grace Coddington, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Isaac Mizrahi, Donna Karan, and Patrick Jephson.

  1. 10/28/2025

    1. Enter Elegance

    In 1992, Vogue was, as it is today, the global fashion authority, and Anna Wintour was its already-famous leader. But an upset—to this day, the only one of Wintour’s reign— was in the offing. Just a few days into the New Year, Hearst announced they were reviving the long-comatose Harper’s Bazaar, which was once Vogue’s greatest rival. To add fuel to the fire, they were bringing in Liz Tilberis, the warm, white-haired size-twelve editor of British Vogue—and Anna Wintour’s former second in command—to lead the charge. In “Enter Elegance,” we tell the story of the editorial dream team Liz gathered around her, the super-secret September launch, and the magazine cover that shook the industry and announced the new Nineties minimalism.   Co-hosts Cynthia True and Dennis Golonka recall starting their careers at Liz Tilberis’s new Bazaar and talk to their former Bazaar colleagues, including creative director Fabien Baron and editors Paul Cavaco, Tonne Goodman, and Richard Sinnott. Plus, Linda Evangelista, Isaac Mizrahi, and Liz’s best friend, former Vogue creative director Grace Coddington. Buy Me a Coffee is a lovely way to support our independently produced show. We always need caffeine! Thank you!

    44 min

  2. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Blow-Up Trailer

    A six-part podcast about the resurrection of Harper's Bazaar in 1992 and the visionary editor who led it, Liz Tilberis. For a brief, glorious era, she gave Vogue a run for its money—and her old boss, Anna Wintour, too.  Buy Me a Coffee is a lovely way to support our independently produced show. We always need caffeine! Thank you!

    1 min

  3. 06/29/2025 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Paul Eustace Q&A

    Advertising veteran and Former Harper’s Bazaar Art Director Paul Eustace talks about meeting young Liz Tilberis for the first time, how working with her and Fabien Baron changed his work forever, and what it took to get a really good Princess Diana cover.

    22 min

  4. 06/07/2025 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Jill Kargman Q&A

    Cohosts Dennis Golonka and Cynthia True talk to writer, actress—and former Bazaar intern—Jill Kargman about growing up at the center of the fashion world, why her family's connection to Liz Tilberis went way beyond business and the most important thing she learned at Bazaar.

    30 min

  5. 05/24/2025 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    David Sims Q&A

    Photographer David Sims talks about "the runaway train" his career became when Liz and Fabien put him under contract in '93, the affinity (and gratitude) he felt for former Bazaar photographer Richard Avedon, and shooting Linda Evangelista for an iconic "comeback" story at a moment when supermodels were supposedly dead.

    31 min

  6. 05/10/2025 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Alison Edmond Q&A

    Cynthia True talks to Alison Edmond, Artistic and Fashion Director of the Hollywood Reporter, about art-directing some 40 covers a year at THR (one of which just won a National Magazine Award), starting her career at British Vogue with Liz Tilberis and becoming her West Coast Editor at Harper's Bazaar in '93. They also chat about Alison working with her idol, photographer Peter Lindbergh (@therealpeterlindbergh); shooting Prince at 1 am after the Grammys; and the moment Liz “saved her” early in her career.

    22 min

  7. 04/26/2025 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Andrea Linett Q&A

    Cohosts Dennis Golonka and Cynthia True talk to their 90s Bazaar colleague Andrea Linett, co-founder and creative director of Lucky magazine and founder of the hit Substack style guide I Want to Be Her! A longtime fashion innovator, Linett recalls discovering a teenage Chloe Sevigny on a downtown sidewalk, lending Kurt Cobain her dad's old V-neck sweater for his iconic Sassy shoot, and how Liz Tilberis didn't get her at first!

    28 min

  8. 04/12/2025 · BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    Wendy Goodman Q&A

    Cohost Dennis Golonka talks to the ultimate style influencer, New York magazine’s much-adored Design Editor, Wendy Goodman, about being one of Liz Tilberis’s first hires for Harper’s Bazaar, how fashion, theater and design are inextricably linked, and her “stalkerish” approach to finding great stories She also reveals what it was like to work with Stella Adler, Andy Warhol, Diana Vreeland, and Anna Wintour!

    33 min
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A six-part podcast about the resurrection of Harper's Bazaar in 1992 and the visionary editor who led it, Liz Tilberis. For a brief, glorious era, she gave Vogue a run for its money—and her old boss, Anna Wintour, too. With Fabien Baron, Paul Cavaco, Grace Coddington, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Isaac Mizrahi, Donna Karan, and Patrick Jephson.

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  • Creator
    Dennis Golonka + Cynthia True
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 BLOW-UP: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar
  • Show Website
    BLOW-UP: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar
  • Provider
    Cynthia True