Liz Tilberis
Elizabeth Jane Tilberis (née Kelly; 7 September 1947 – 21 April 1999) was a British fashion magazine editor of Manx and English ancestry.
Tilberis was born in
In 1967, British Vogue held a contest requiring three essays. Liz was the runner-up and began an internship there, making tea, picking up dress pins, and ironing for fashion shoots for 25 pounds per week. Beatrix Miller, then editor-in-chief, noticed how pleasant and enthusiastic Liz was, and promoted her to fashion assistant in 1970. In 1971 she married Andrew Tilberis, whom her father forbade her to marry because "he was a foreigner". They remained married for almost 30 years until her death.[2]
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Liz began fertility treatments to try to conceive. They were not successful and she adopted sons Robert in 1981 and Christopher in 1985. After 20 years at British Vogue, she was offered a lucrative job in New York City as part of Ralph Lauren's design team in 1987. She sold her house, packed up, and was about to leave for the United States. Anna Wintour, the then-editor, suddenly called Liz into her office, and informed her that she was moving to New York to become the new editor of House & Garden. Wintour offered her job to Tilberis, who accepted. Its circulation began to rise under her leadership and she said, "My staff are respectful rather than frightened."[2]
New York
In 1992, Tilberis moved to
In January 1995, at the CFDA Awards, Tilberis received a special award for her achievements at Harper’s Bazaar from her friend Diana, Princess of Wales.[4]
Tilberis served as President of the
Death
Tilberis died on 21 April 1999 in New York City from ovarian cancer. Tributes to her were in the June and July 1999 issues of Bazaar. She was survived by her husband, Andrew Tilberis, and their two adopted sons.[3]
References
- ^ Harpers editor dies at 51 | UK news | The Guardian Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ a b c Avril Mollison. Obituary, The Independent, 23 April 1999.
- ^ a b Obituary, salon.com; retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Marc Karimzadeh, "TBT TO 1995 WHEN PRINCESS DIANA ROCKED THE CFDA FASHION AWARDS", cfda.com, accessed 13 June 2023