Liz Tilberis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Liz Tilberis

British magazine editor

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1947

Place of Birth: Alderley Edge, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1999

Profession: editor, journalist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About 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 Shirehampton, Bristol in 1947 and attended Malvern Girls College.
  • She then went to Leicester Polytechnic where as a fashion student, she was expelled for having a man in her room.
  • She then tried to go to Jacob Kramer Art College in Leeds.
  • Andrew Tilberis was an art tutor and looked over her portfolio for admission.
  • He was unimpressed with her work, but Liz gave him a speech why she wanted to attend and won him over (and later married him).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 nice and enthusiastic Liz was, and was promoted 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.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."

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