Vogue Editor Beatrix Miller Remembered

Beatrix Miller, editor of British Vogue from 1964 to 1986, died this weekend aged 90. Known for her exacting standards, and passion for dynamic and exciting journalism, Bea - as she was often known, although more junior members of the staff always called her Miss Miller - steered the magazine through a period of great change in the country; from the swinging Sixties to the innovative Eighties.

Beatrix Miller

Her own love of innovation was reflected in her colourful and constantly evolving covers - from a close-up of white teeth biting green jelly, to Jerry Hall in a football helmet - and, although feared for her low tolerance for boredom, friends and colleagues remember her ability to advise and guide.

"I often look back at her Vogues for inspiration and, of course, because, like myself, her career was rooted in journalism not fashion and I find the most wonderful articles alongside the fashion images, so many of which are now so famous," Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman told us today. "She saw Vogue as a chronicler of a particular world and she did a wonderful job."