For the first three years of Bazaar's comeback, Hearst Magazines gave Liz Tilberis and her team carte blanche. But by 1995, the magazine world was getting leaner, and Liz was under pressure to cut costs and kick up newsstand sales. Her solution? Celebrity. And lots of it. Suddenly, actresses, rock stars, and royalty graced the cover almost as often…

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. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a Cup of Coffee Instagram @Blow…

Cohosts Dennis Golonka and Cynthia True talk to supermodel Christy Turlington about the pivotal role Liz Tilberis played in her early career, what made their relationship unusual in fashion--and her take on what the 90s was really like. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a Cup of Coffee Instagram @Blowuppod TikTok @Blowuppod…

When Liz Tilberis relaunched Harper's Bazaar in 1992, the fact that she was Anna Wintour's former right-hand—and her polar opposite—fueled press stories about a feud between fashion's top two editors. Some of it was drummed up, and some of it wasn't. In this episode, cohosts Dennis Golonka and Cynthia True talk to friends and colleagues, including …

Cohost Dennis Golonka talks to photographer Mario Sorrenti about Harper's Bazaar "catapulting" his career back in 1993 and how the magazine's new Creative Director, Fabien Baron, was the key to Sorrenti booking the Calvin Klein Obsession campaign that made him and then-girlfriend Kate Moss world-famous. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a …

Cohost Cynthia True talks to Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana's former private secretary, about the sister-like bond that developed between the Princess and Liz Tilberis as Diana transformed from a shy teenager into an international superstar. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a Cup of Coffee Instagram @Blowuppod TikTok @Blowuppod…

Hosts Cynthia True and Dennis Golonka interview Amber Valletta about the early days of her career, the whole grunge thing, and the beauty of Nineties Bazaar. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a Cup of Coffee Instagram @Blowuppod TikTok @BlowuppodBy Dennis Golonka + Cynthia True

Less than two years into Bazaar’s triumphant return, the magazine’s spare sculptural look was being imitated everywhere. Bazaar had, practically overnight, defined a new visual landscape. But as the competition scrambled to copy Fabien’s innovative use of typography and negative space, Liz and Fab kept moving, mixing supermodels and street photogra…

Liz Tilberis was nice. Legendarily nice. People claimed that when she fired an editor, they left feeling they’d won something. (They usually left with a chic little gift, too.) In this episode, we explore the way that Liz’s natural warmth and ability to charm assistants and royalty alike made her not only something of a unicorn in fashion but fuele…

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. And they were…

a six-part documentary podcast about fashion's forgotten queen and the biggest moment in Nineties fashion. If you're enjoying the show, please Buy Us a Cup of Coffee Instagram @Blowuppod TikTok @BlowuppodBy Dennis Golonka + Cynthia True