She had a weekly syndicated fashion column entitled "Tobe Says" for the Herald Tribune.
Davis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the only daughter of Oscar A. Coller (April 19, 1858 – October 26, 1920) and Taube (Tobea) Silberberg (January 18, 1869 – June 18, 1888).
She added the accented "é" to her name in order to gain acceptance from the French fashion industry.
[1] In 1927, she founded the Tobe Report, a weekly fashion consulting think tank for retailers.
Her body was returned for burial in Greenwood Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, near the graves of both parents, her stepmother and her Coller grandparents[3]