Cohost Dennis Golonka talks to photographer David Sims about his influences, starting his career at Harper's Bazaar in '93, and his philosophy about photography today.

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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 as supermodels. Inside, you were as likely to see Pamela Anderson shot by Peter Lindbergh as Amber Valletta. But Liz's cleverest use of celebrity came when she cochaired the Met Gala in 1996; she created a slightly surreal Christian Dior tribute (with his best dresses suspended mid-air) and invited the world's biggest celebrities. Her guest of honor was Princess Diana, whose much-photographed presence that night put the Met Gala on the map—and Bazaar at the center of the chat.

In this episode, we discuss some great BTS moments with Linda Evangelista, former Bazaar editors Paul Cavaco and Richard Sinnott, Liz's former publicist Susan Magrino, and former assistant Stephanie Albertson.

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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.

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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.

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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 Grace Coddington, Paul Cavaco, Tonne Goodman, Susan Magrino, and Isaac Mizrahi, about the truth of Anna and Liz's complicated relationship and about how Liz remains Anna's only real rival to this day.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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