I first became infatuated with Grace Coddington after watching RJ Cutler’s amazing documentary The September Issue. The iconic beauty graces (pun intended) the cover of ID Magazine this month.
America’s Vogue Creative Dirctor we have learned to love more than Ms. Wintour herself, is the first cover star of this month’s ID Mag. In addition, her book comes out Tuesday. Grace is an inspiration to all, and by the way, it is possible for an It girl to be from an older generation.
“The 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. Known through much of her career only to those behind the scenes, she might have remained fashion’s best-kept secret were it not for The September Issue, the acclaimed 2009 documentary that turned publicity-averse Grace into a sudden, reluctant celebrity. Grace’s palpable engagement with her work brought a rare insight into the passion that produces many of the magazine’s most memorable shoots.
With the witty, forthright voice that has endeared her to her colleagues and peers for more than forty years, Grace now creatively directs the reader through the storied narrative of her life so far. Evoking the time when models had to tote their own bags and props to shoots, Grace describes her early career as a model, working with such world-class photographers as David Bailey and Norman Parkinson, before she stepped behind the camera to become a fashion editor at British Vogue in the late 1960s. Here she began creating the fantasy “travelogues” that would become her trademark. In 1988 she joined American Vogue, where her breathtakingly romantic and imaginative fashion features, a sampling of which appear in this book, have become instant classics.” Said the review of her premier memoir.
On GRACE, “If Wintour is the Pope . . . Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year.” —Time
Her book comes out Tuesday so get your copy now!
Image via ID Mag
