Grace Coddington, at age 70, has been the Creative Director of Vogue magazine for the past 20 years. Her candour, her irascibility, her commitment to her work, and her always fresh and original take on fashion has made her, after Anna Wintour, the most powerful person in fashion. Acquired after an intense auction among every major publisher, this woman who became an unwilling celebrity captured the hearts of everyone when she was revealed in the movie as the creative force behind the throne at Vogue. Having grown up on a backwater island in Wales, she came to London just in time to be discovered as a dazzling model by the famous Norman Parkinson, then went on to shape the pages at Voguefor 19 years where she worked as Creative Director with many luminaries including the young Wintour. Lured by Calvin Klein to run his New York operation she then jumped back to American Vogue when Wintour returned to America in 2003. She has been there ever since.

 

I happened to really enjoy this book. Definitely perfect for the fashion lovers out there. It details the unforgettable life of model and Vogue creative director Grace Coddington, as she writes about her early life in a lonely Welsh hotel with her family, her first journey away from home to be a model in London and through her years spent with the fashion elite in Europe and America.

The book is full of glamorous photo shoots, exotic locations and parties thrown by the top fashion players in the world. This is a great read and a wonderful coffee table book for guests to enjoy while they visit!

Have you read the book? What are your thoughts? We’d love to know!

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