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. 

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Transcript

Fabien Baron: She said, I want to do the most beautiful magazine in the world.

Cynthia True: She defined Nineties fashion. She was Princess Diana's mentor, Grace Coddington's best friend, Anna Wintour's biggest rival. 

Dennis Golonka: In 1992, Vogue was, as now, fashion's global bible.

Cynthia True: But an upset was in the offing. The long-comatose Harper's Bazaar was about to be revived.

Dennis Golonka: And the person hired to reinvent Bazaar was none other than Anna Wintour's former right-hand and polar opposite, Liz Tilberis.

Cynthia True: And many fashion insiders predicted no one would dare work for Liz's Bazaar.

Dennis Golonka: But then Linda Evangelista shocked the industry by saying yes to appearing on Liz's first cover. And suddenly no magazine mattered more than Bazaar, the hip alternative to Vogue. And no one was more celebrated than its charming editor-in-chief.

Cynthia True: This is Blow-Up: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar.

Dennis Golonka: A six-episode pod about fashion's forgotten Queen, including conversations with Grace Coddington

Cynthia True: Linda Evangelista

Dennis Golonka: Fabien Baron

Cynthia True: Plus, Donna Karan, Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta, Mario Sorrenti, and Isaac Mizrahi.

Dennis Golonka: And Princess Diana's private secretary, Patrick Jephson. 

Cynthia True: Blow-Up: When Liz Tilberis Transformed Bazaar.

Fabien Baron: There was a time limit to this journey. The time we had, it was a ticking bomb.