At the age of 71, Grace Coddington has made a real mark on
the fashion industry. The British woman,
who is currently the creative director for American Vogue, began life as a
convent-educated child, who yearned to be around fashion with only the pages
of Vogue to keep her urge satisfied.
At 17, someone submitted her pictures to a Vogue
model contest and she ended up winning in the young model category. She was a top model during the ‘60s, alongside Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton. At the age of 28, she joined British Vogue as
a junior editor, soon becoming a photo editor. She ended up staying there for nineteen
years. Next, she moved to New York City
to work for Calvin Klein and in 1988 she joined Anna Wintour at American Vogue, and since has been the creative director.
(Photos from cheztitina.blogspot.ca)
In 2009, after The September Issue was
released, Time Magazine wrote, “If Wintour is the Pope . . . , Coddington is
Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve
times a year.” (time.com)
The movie
depicted a hard-working and truly inspiring Coddington, and how hard she works
for Vogue to put together immaculate fashion spreads. This brought her into the spotlight and gave
her great credibility.
(Sources for photos above (top-left clockwise) nhu-imagen.blogspot.ca, nhu-imagen.blogspot.ca, beautyisdiverse.com, nhu-imagen.blogspot.ca, amazon.com)
On November 20th, her memoir
came out entitled “Grace: A Memoir” and is for sure set to become a bestseller. The book gives an introspective of Grace’s
life during her times as a model, working with the top photographers and
designers in the world, to her time at British and American Vogues. Amazon declares Grace by saying, “Beautiful.
Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddington’s extraordinary talent and fierce
dedication to her work as creative director of Vogue have made her an international icon.” (amazon.com)
By: Adam Keller
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